Evodan2004 has lost his mind part 3. The new changes and goals for 2013.
Hey evodan2004 I have a custom fuel tank(driver's side only) in process that will fit the stock location and the OEM fuel pump housing. As soon as I receive it I can tell you about the weight savings. It is being built by a member of this forum.
I am familiar with them. They sure are sweet but not for me. I need the capacity as I do drive my car when its not broken. E85 is not common around here so it would be annoying to figure out how to keep the car fueled up
I believe it's 6-6.5 gallons which is really not that bad. You'd figure cruising should render about 85-100 miles. You've really hooked me on weight reduction in my new build up, now I need an aluminum driveshaft :-( AWD Motorsports no longer makes them.
get a carbon shaft or go to a local shop and have one made... there is usually a drive shaft shop every 50 miles or so...
http://z1auto.com/prodmore.asp?model...ne&prodid=5454
http://z1auto.com/prodmore.asp?model...ne&prodid=5454
see that is what i am saying. no good for me. E85 is 35 miles from me. granted i do have a few drums i fill up to store at home but still there is no going anywhere on 100 miles around here. i plan to build my own tank over the winter. 15/16 gallon and still be lighter then a stock 14 gallon tank.
Thats good news you will be making it to the shootout. Coming with out your own car always sucks, I did it two years ago. Only thing good about it, is when I got home, I had tons of motivation to work on the car lol.
Its 100% I will not have the car. But it is looking good I'll still be going which is fine by me.
I figured i'd share this with you... I was up working on a customers intake mani, when i said **** it and cut off all the mounts to the emissions control bs... There are even a few casting "things" that look like they used to have a purpose but dont anymore that can be cut off. Its still a work in progress and i did it more for the clean look then the weight. i would estimate near 8-12ounces was removed... Not something to tear down your motor for but if you have it off why not
Last edited by joseph143; Jul 27, 2013 at 01:03 AM.
Oh also... Have ya'll ever heard of anything smoothing/polishing the walls of the cam side of the head? I thought it up to help keep oil from clinging inside the head. It may be very ineffective or it might keep more up. Idk but i was opening up the drain ports and it made me wonder so i figured i'd ask for advice


