Thread: Fuel Tank experience

Oil shows no pressure drop (all I have is Moroso pan) - but remember I am turning left and the pickup is on the far right so I'd expect oil to accumulate there. I am confident a separate "swirl pot" is not necessary. I ran Formula Mazda for years and have never seen a formula car with an external fuel swirl pot. A proper tank or cell with the correct baffling and pickup should work and why add 5-10 lbs of plumbing and...

I have tried the alloy pro-alloy tank with the pump in the standard position, long LH corners it starves at 1/2 tank. Long LH turns at high cornering force that heads uphill starves with 5/8 of a tank.Under the right conditions it can be even worse. That is tested in a prepped car with slicks. The Elise shop one looks the same. There is a special tank with a central pick up and an external pump that works well. Requires a return line. The tank...

Quote: Originally Posted by ads_green Out of interest what are you doing torevent oil starvation? 10 seconds is a long time at high g. The difference with slicks is huge though Pulling 1.5-1.6 sustained and 1.8 in trans on the A6's. What are you guys getting on the slicks!?

Quote: Originally Posted by kverges Thanks for feedback - who makes the central pick-up style tank? What is the "pro alloy" tank? At about 1/2 tank I am getting fuel starvation on slicks - car is probably pulling about 1.5 G and it is a long left- hander; probably as much as 10 seconds of high-G. Out of interest what are you doing torevent oil starvation? 10 seconds is a long time at high g. Quote: FWIW, I have run the...

Thought the Sector 111 mod (to the stock tank) worked pretty well: V2 Fuel Tank from Sector111

The tank shape is just bad, too wide and too low. Any solution except than changing the shape will never be perfect. At 1 G, the fuel level will be 45 degrees somewhere... Instead than working on the fuel tank, you can reduce the effect of it with 2 solutions: - Reserve tank as Phil of BEO is selling, the tank needs to be big enough for the fuel consumption during high G turn. The set-up will have 2 pumps. - Use a fuel rail without dead end....