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<blockquote data-quote="d_daffron" data-source="post: 726298" data-attributes="member: 4983"><p>I agree that a pump larger than a 255 will not work with the corvette returnless style fuel filter. </p><p></p><p>So on to the next thing I did thats a little different. issues that I noticed with most buggy builds are </p><p>1. the use of flat rectangular fuel cells causes fuel slosh issues and makes it hard to keep a steady supply of fuel to the engine especially when on steep climbs. Easily fixed by keeping the cell full and running something like the holley hydramat.</p><p>2. Square fuel cells have a tendancy to crack in the corners due to all the extreme bouncing we subject them to.</p><p>3. Directly behind the sears is a great place for radiators to keep rocks and mud off them but if you mount the radiator behind the seats and the fuel cell behind that it causes fuel heating issues. Those issues can be somewhat solved by the use of heat shielding but the cooler you can keep the fuel the better.</p><p></p><p>So my solution to these problems is I used a vertical spun aluminum tank which has no corners to crack and due to it being tall and skinny its much easier to keep the fuel pickup covered with fuel at all times. Also I decided to run two radiators mounted on either side of the tank with the fans blowing directly to the rear. This keeps the hot air form the cooling fans from blowing on the fuel tank and helps keep the fuel cool. </p><p></p><p><img src="https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181219/ca15c0329284000cca7514196c3fe1eb.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />round spun aluminum fuel tank from BAM MFG, again a surprisingly inexpensive solution to multiple problems. $225 shipped including mounting straps and 3 npt bungs placed wherever I wanted. I went with two on bottom for feed and return then one on top for the vent. </p><p><img src="https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181219/e4ad1628ff690275fd2a6c4b79291339.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181219/6cb442420689c89d26d334a65464a6f8.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />these are Ebay 3 row honda radiators I bought for $60 a piece shipped. Initially I was running some aftermarket 14" fans, but they barely moved any air so I bought factory honda fans from rock auto. The honda fans turned out to be a nicer fit anyway since they used the factory fan mounting bungs that were already welded on the radiators. </p><p></p><p>This made for a very compact mounting behind the seats and kept me from having hardly any tube work behind the seats. Which of course helps with the weight issue. The completed chassis right after finish welding weighed in at 360lbs. that didnt include the dash bar or the engine cage but did include everything else.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="d_daffron, post: 726298, member: 4983"] I agree that a pump larger than a 255 will not work with the corvette returnless style fuel filter. So on to the next thing I did thats a little different. issues that I noticed with most buggy builds are 1. the use of flat rectangular fuel cells causes fuel slosh issues and makes it hard to keep a steady supply of fuel to the engine especially when on steep climbs. Easily fixed by keeping the cell full and running something like the holley hydramat. 2. Square fuel cells have a tendancy to crack in the corners due to all the extreme bouncing we subject them to. 3. Directly behind the sears is a great place for radiators to keep rocks and mud off them but if you mount the radiator behind the seats and the fuel cell behind that it causes fuel heating issues. Those issues can be somewhat solved by the use of heat shielding but the cooler you can keep the fuel the better. So my solution to these problems is I used a vertical spun aluminum tank which has no corners to crack and due to it being tall and skinny its much easier to keep the fuel pickup covered with fuel at all times. Also I decided to run two radiators mounted on either side of the tank with the fans blowing directly to the rear. This keeps the hot air form the cooling fans from blowing on the fuel tank and helps keep the fuel cool. [IMG]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181219/ca15c0329284000cca7514196c3fe1eb.jpg[/IMG]round spun aluminum fuel tank from BAM MFG, again a surprisingly inexpensive solution to multiple problems. $225 shipped including mounting straps and 3 npt bungs placed wherever I wanted. I went with two on bottom for feed and return then one on top for the vent. [IMG]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181219/e4ad1628ff690275fd2a6c4b79291339.jpg[/IMG][IMG]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181219/6cb442420689c89d26d334a65464a6f8.jpg[/IMG]these are Ebay 3 row honda radiators I bought for $60 a piece shipped. Initially I was running some aftermarket 14" fans, but they barely moved any air so I bought factory honda fans from rock auto. The honda fans turned out to be a nicer fit anyway since they used the factory fan mounting bungs that were already welded on the radiators. This made for a very compact mounting behind the seats and kept me from having hardly any tube work behind the seats. Which of course helps with the weight issue. The completed chassis right after finish welding weighed in at 360lbs. that didnt include the dash bar or the engine cage but did include everything else. [/QUOTE]
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