Mocking up fuel tank in my 27 and have a question

[TbucketMike]

Mocking up the gas tank in my 27 and I have it placed as far forward as possible to clear the rear end. The issue I'm having is the bottom of the tank is sitting on the floor of the body which is making the tank not sit level. Should I just make spacers (steel plate) to bring the tank up so it sits level and is up off the floor? I will be placing 1/4 inch think rubber between the frame and the tank mounts but that won't be enough to make it sit level.

 

[jcunning]

I don't know that I would want the tank that close to the drive shaft.

 

[Dirt-T]

How about trim sheet metal or body? I would have more support for that tank. At aprox 7 lbs/gal X 18 gal = 126 Lbs..
I would some how strap it to help support the weight.

 

[EX JUNK]

I agree with jcunning's post above. That just looks to be an accident waiting to happen.

Jim

 

[donsrods]

How many gallons capacity is that tank? It looks pretty big in the pictures. Most of us are running 10-11 gallon tanks, that is what is in my 27, and it tucks in very easily. With the gas milage these things get that still gives pretty good range.

Don

 

[TbucketMike]

I think Ron from RPM said it was 15 or 16 gallons. I am beefing up the tank mounts as I also think it needs to be better supported. As for the drive shaft I'm not sure what to do. I was thinking maybe building a diamond plate shield on the bottom and spacing the tank up a little more. Not sure yet.

Don who made your tank? Aluminum?

 

[donsrods]

Mine has been in there for over 20 years and is aluminum. It is a marine (boat) tank and is 11 gallons. I was in that business so a lot of my parts were marine oriented. I had a local aluminum fabricator change the fill neck so it would match up to the flip fill on my turtle deck. I just spent some time with various fuel tank manufacturers catalogs and found this one that happened to be the correct dimensions for my car.

Don

 

[EX JUNK]

TbucketMike, to figure the number of gallons in your tank calculate the total volume of the tank, L x W x H = V, then divide by 231.

Jim

 

[jmr122848]

I think I would raise that tank as much as possible, then armor the bottom. It could be perspective, but it sure looks close to the drive.