ddozier
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UPDATE -
Tried option 1. from the post above, and had fairly good success. Prior to the foam being added to the center hump of the tank I could not get through the long left hand banked oval without fuel starving at the end of the turn if I ran with much less than 3/4 tank. Added the foam and now I can run to nearly 1/4 tank before the fuel starvation shows up.
On a normal road course that does not include a series of left handers before a long banked left hander I would be surprised if this issues really showed up. Since my local test track happens to be a counter-clockwise roval it showed there in testing.
I used a piece of fuel cell foam from RCI, 7050A is the part number and it is 16" x 6" x 3". Since it is highly compressible I was able to pack in in very tightly above the center hump of the fuel tank by accessing the opening for the passenger side sending unit. Once you remove the sending unit you have to work it into the space between the two sides of the tank. I would assume you could get it into place by removing the drivers side fuel pump but there are more lines and connections on that side so the passenger side should be easier. It was not difficult and would be very easy in an un-caged car. It was a little harder having to fight the cage but was not too bad. Took about 30 min total. I did not take any picks of the install as it was fairly straight forward.
If you run a lot of counter-clockwise road courses you may want to try this to keep from having to run a full tank of fuel.
Dave
Tried option 1. from the post above, and had fairly good success. Prior to the foam being added to the center hump of the tank I could not get through the long left hand banked oval without fuel starving at the end of the turn if I ran with much less than 3/4 tank. Added the foam and now I can run to nearly 1/4 tank before the fuel starvation shows up.
On a normal road course that does not include a series of left handers before a long banked left hander I would be surprised if this issues really showed up. Since my local test track happens to be a counter-clockwise roval it showed there in testing.
I used a piece of fuel cell foam from RCI, 7050A is the part number and it is 16" x 6" x 3". Since it is highly compressible I was able to pack in in very tightly above the center hump of the fuel tank by accessing the opening for the passenger side sending unit. Once you remove the sending unit you have to work it into the space between the two sides of the tank. I would assume you could get it into place by removing the drivers side fuel pump but there are more lines and connections on that side so the passenger side should be easier. It was not difficult and would be very easy in an un-caged car. It was a little harder having to fight the cage but was not too bad. Took about 30 min total. I did not take any picks of the install as it was fairly straight forward.
If you run a lot of counter-clockwise road courses you may want to try this to keep from having to run a full tank of fuel.
Dave
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