When building an off road rig in order to pass tech you often cant use the oem fuel tank. The tank was shortened to accomodate wheel tubs.
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Fuel cell vs fuel tank. Because fuel cells are designed primarily for racing they have a very high burst strength to prevent fuel from spilling out in the event of a collision or a rollover. A factory fuel tank steel or plastic is simply not built to take that kind of abuse. The shops use a variety of different tools for projects. Fuel tank help discussion in high performance modifications started by jpkerley jul 8 2010. Ive developed a leak in my modified ie. They chose the fuel cell option because its safer stronger has all the ports for fuel injection and can be mounted anywhere.
The biggest difference between a factory type fuel tank and a fuel cell is burst strength. Chopped stock gas tank. Jun 4 2008 location. Jul 8 2010 1. And weve gone over the basic tools from wrenches to hammers however we havent taken a look at one group. I havent determined the exact source of the leak yet but i believe one of the welds has gone bad probably from inadequate venting ie.
Jpkerley veteran member lifetime gold member. So in the case of the xor pre runner a fuel cell can be the best choice.
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