New fuel capacity rule question/clarification: (Page 2 of 3)

Maybe the barcode reader in your region doesn't work - but our region bought one (and SCCA Nationals use two) and they're bulletproof.  I don't know firsthand that they use barcodes, but that's what they have in thier rules.

Whoa!!   You need not get so upset... Around here we call everybody else's engine a cheater..   Like, "hey Trekkor, how's that cheater engine in the Escort running?"  And Trekkor will hand me another beer and say, "Good, man, good" 

  Think of it as a badge of honor that you are assumed to be running a cheater motor, It means you're trying!!

   I just think that someone getting to use as larger tank  because they have a thirsty motor and want to run long stints is sorta like asking to for an advantage because you have a fast car...      So, I should petition Jay for an exception so we can run a 30 gallon cell in the V8olvo?   It's thirsty and fast, and has won a race and done quite well in others.   It has a stock tank that holds about  15 gallons...  yep, fuel every 1.5ish hours.     

  Every car out there theoretically 'has the mechanical ability to run 3 hours straight'  what makes yours special?   

  The limit is 24 gallons, set your stints at 1.5 hours and the math still works, all the drivers get to drive and it all works out, especially if the car breaks, all your drivers have a much better chance of getting a turn...     

       Sorry to have upset you, just wanted to point out the fairness of the rule, it applies to you, the Fox body guys, me and everybody else... easy.

Bump.  Nobody in a position of authority has chimed in yet.

*facepalm*  Well, at least it wasnt' a rickroll.

Lets make this the official thread for talking about mpg, your car, your shaggy dog, snipe hunts,  putting magnets on your fuel lines, barcodes, and anything else that isn't the question I was so foolish to ask.

Actually we have a stock 20 gal tank, we had considered a 40 gal tank but this would have involved way too much modification and excessive weight.

We ran a 22 Gallon Cell on our car trying to only have to stop every 4 hours.  At the last race in Houston we only had to take on 5 gallons in the last hour.  We are going to run a larger motor at the next race but we should only need two fuel stops all day if we start with a full tank.  Our idea in the begining was to keep it simple fewer stops means more laps,  I am glad we only have an aircooled 4 cylinder.

Hi!

I'm a fuel cell.  I'm in a bulkhead, separated from the driver. I was legal last year, but I'm larger than 24 gallons.  That makes me an outcast, just like I was at the 8th grade dance.

I've got these friends who looks like this:

and if I swallow enough of my friends, then I'll be a  24 gallon cell.  Will that make me cool enough to play with the other kids?

Please someone, answer my question.  Then we can resume talking about gas mileage, snipe, møøse bites (they kan be pretty nasti) and all the other things that are on our mynds.

We're aware of the capacity-reducing blocks, and we wouldn't be opposed to allowing them--we just haven't been able to come up with a satisfactory way of verifying that 24+ gallon cells have the blocks installed. If you guys can come up with a reliable and reasonably simple (ie, not draining and filling everyone's fuel tank) way of verifying the capacity, we're all ears....

How about having the teams that are needing to use them install them right there in tech? Having not ever installed a fuel cell, I don't know if that would be too hard/messy to do on the spot like that. You might need a different lane or special time just for those (few?) teams that have this issue. But it would be the team's responsibility to have already drained the cell before going to tech, show up and show tech that they are being installed, get tech to sign off before the cell is sealed up, and then put in enough gas to show that the cell doesn't leak and passes the kill-switch-kills-all test. How's that for a start of an idea?

I'd say probably so. Unless you came up with some sort of tamper-proof seal to put over the removable part of the top of the fuel cell. Lemons Tech could put a tamper-proof seal on the part and then the next time they wouldn't have to re-install in front of tech if the seal were still intact, but if it were compromised, they'd have to re-install. Don't know if tamper-proof seals like that are available or not, although with spec-engine series out there, I'd have to think that they are.

The burden is always on the team to prove that they're in compliance with the rules. The only other choice is to just get a smaller fuel cell, right?

I think that sounds pretty reasonable, too. Except that some tracks may not allow fueling in the tech area.