FUEL TANK REPLACEMENT

[oz_ek]

Bought a couple of early &*#@ fuel tanks to play around with I think XW and XY. Anyone have any pics of the conversion?????

Did you manage to fit one of the XW / XY tanks ?

[ek wazza]

In the process at the moment. Had engineer check out my build yesterday and he had no problems with progress. Fitting from the top not underneath is the way to go. XR/XT/XW/XY seems to fit the best but I also tried the XA/XB tank which is not as square.

[FireKraka]

Hey Wazza looks good and I have seen a couple of other builds on here or the FE/FC forum using them the only thing I don't like about them is the height into the boot but I suppose they do give you the option for the spare wheel.
How are you intending to finish off the boot floor? I think one of the other builds used ply to make the false floor.
Neil

[ek wazza]

Not really sure yet how I’m going to finish off most probably with ply or custom wood. Sitting the tank on the rail flanges gets it lower than what I have seen. What you lose in the height of it which isn’t much, you gain more room by not having the spare sitting vertically plus an increased fuel capacity

[oz_ek]

Not really sure yet how I’m going to finish off most probably with ply or custom wood. Sitting the tank on the rail flanges gets it lower than what I have seen. What you lose in the height of it which isn’t much, you gain more room by not having the spare sitting vertically plus an increased fuel capacity

How's it look from underneath ?

[ek wazza]

I’ll show some pics soon. Just working on different areas at the moment

[oz_ek]

I’ll show some pics soon. Just working on different areas at the moment

Cheers.

[Blacky]

Found these old pics of a VN Commodore tank mounted in our old V6 sedan --

[Brett027]

Would a metal tank ( like a mustang) require straps Blacky?

[oz_ek]

Blacky thanks for sharing the pics!.....The Commodore tank appears to hang lower than the quarter panel ?

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[Cliff Regan]

Guys,

Done the same as Blacky with my FB Sedan (VS Commodore tank), the only difference was I fitted a 3mm plate under the boot area to have a clean area for the tank to fit up against. this also nicely covers the old tank and spare wheel areas.

[Harv]

Blacky thanks for sharing the pics!.....The Commodore tank appears to hang lower than the quarter panel ?

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Cheers,
Harv

[Blacky]

Would a metal tank ( like a mustang) require straps Blacky?

Mustang tanks are mounted in a similar way to the stock tank so no straps required.

[Blacky]

Blacky thanks for sharing the pics!.....The Commodore tank appears to hang lower than the quarter panel ?

Maybe it does - I cant remember ....

[Blacky]

Blacky thanks for sharing the pics!.....The Commodore tank appears to hang lower than the quarter panel ?

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Cheers,
Harv

I actually built a lowrider style car a few years back Harv - man that car was a lot of fun