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Old 07-02-07, 04:45 PM
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methanol tanks

2 things

1. has anyone mounted their meth tanks in the boxes on a FC? If i take it to a drag strip with them in there will it pass tech inspection?

2. if you want to buy those plastic meth/water tanks all the ai sites sell them for 30$ buy it from http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/pro...uct%5Fid=14120
its much cheaper... like $10/per.
Old 07-03-07, 01:19 PM
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I think if you run 100% meth in the passenger compartment you may have trouble.
Wow! They have a 2.5 gal tank for $20.84
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http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/var...iant%5Fid=8665
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if you are going to run 100% methanol you need a fuel cell not a plastic jug w a screw-on top. that is fine for water injection and a 50-50 mix which won't burn... not alcohol.

consider it exactly the same as gasoline.

here's what i run along w all stainless steel braided lines and brass fittings..

http://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs/store...0002_758786_-1

$145 for a 4 gallon cell. more expensive yes, but...

please see my thread regarding compnent location for further help.

https://www.rx7club.com/auxiliary-injection-173/optimized-ai-alcohol-system-component-location-fd-586925/

good luck and i know you will get hooked on the alcohol. i did.

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thanks howard. as always great advice. if i have one of those cells mounted properly, will i have to do anything to mount it int the passenger compartment to pass tech inspection for soem weekend drag racing or road course racing?
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those fuel cells are made of polyethylene...so are these tanks made by flambeau. Just have to have a vent tube to vent vapors to outside of the car and it will be good

this is what i did...on my meth injection setup:


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Thats a damn nice looking setup. Where did you purchase the bottles from? Directly from the company or do they have a distributor?

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http://fluids.flambeau.com/multipurp...5.0_quart.html

they have a wide selections of sizes and shape and ~$20ea

note: get the tallest and narrowest bottle possible - minimise gas bubbles created from sloshing going onto the pump intake and also lessens the triggering of failsafe float switch from liquid movement.
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Does anyone make a round donut type tank that would fit in the spare tire well? I found a cell for a full size spare but it is to large. (#171115, 8 gal well tank ATL 22”dia x 6” ).
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Hey, that looks pretty good SlowCar2.

8gal fuel cell, Barry? Don't need anywhere near that large a reservoir. I've used my 1gal cell and it seems to last a good amount of time!!

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we all may need different sized cells... i really am happy w my 4 gallon size. particulars are in my thread re my installation. i run 2 M10 nozzles and you wouldn't believe how much they can put out.






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I'm still on the fence in terms of cell-size totality, but 1gal seems to be good so far. But, then again, I haven't cranked my new 2xM10 nozzle setup yet. That was with the use of the single M15 at low-mid 400rwhp.

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