Topic: Various fuel cell questions
EDIT: Ignore all the below. I decided I'd go the safer, more expensive, and less complicated route, so I bought an FIA-rated ATL 22-gallon Sports Cell from the Lemons store with an attached ATL Remote Fill Plate, plus an ATL Recessed Fender Fill Cap.
Now that my wallet really hurts, I need to figure out what AN fittings and hoses to buy.
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We finally decided to put a fuel cell in the Dart. After looking around a while, we found this one. It's an RCI, and it is not FIA-rated. We plan to put it in roughly the same location as the stock tank with its own cage built into the trunk floor (not connected to the roll cage, obviously). It'll be separated from the driver with a sheet metal firewall. I like the wedge shape, as we have the vertical room for it and the smaller floor area should reduce starvation from fuel slosh. Anyone have experience with RCI fuel cells?
https://www.speedwaymotors.com/RCI-22-G … 68831.html
It doesn't look like this unit includes foam. What foam do people recommend that will put up with ethanol-laced gas for a reasonable amount of time?
We want to run a remote fill hose, probably to the C-pillar. Wire- or nylon-reinforced hose, the bigger the better. What hardware is recommended for this? I assume I'll need a filler neck for the tank side as well as a flange with a cap for the fill side.
Since we'd be running the fill hose to the C-pillar, it would exit the trunk area that's protected by the firewall. I know I've heard of people surrounding the fill hose on a non-FIA setup with metal piping or conduit; does anyone have pictures of such a setup?
We've already been talking to John Pagel, but I'd like to get a parts list together so I can give him more specifics on our plan. I realize I could probably get some of these answers with an exhaustive forum/internet search, but I didn't get much from a brief one. This has been a long week, and I'm tired of thinking about open-ended questions. If you have any of this knowledge or info on hand, thank you in advance for making my life easier.