Hello everyone, I agree the gas tanks are not safe. I was rear ended in my
Tiger once by a small pick-up truck. The impact didn't seem too bad, bent in
the bumper and the lower valance, but it damaged the cross pipe and both
vehicles were sitting in a lake of gas. Could have had a large fire but I was
lucky. Now I have a fuel safe fuel cell sitting on the trunk floor. The only
trouble is loss of trunk space and nowhere for the spare tire. I'm trying to
find a space saver spare that will fit where the old gas tanks were.
Brent Edinger
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 23:03:13 -0500
From: "Robert J.Jaarsma" <jaars@cyberportal.net>
Subject: Safety Gastanks
A friend of mine is building a "modern" Alpine V6.
Ralph Nader would agree with his concern: the safety of the two saddle
tanks and related piping.
Question: Has anybody done anything about this?
I have never seen any discussion on this subject!
Robert Jaarsma
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Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 07:36:28 EST
From: CANISDOG@aol.com
Subject: Re: Safety Gastanks
Robert,
I was taking the tanks out of a parts car just last weekend and was thinking
as I did it... WOW what a death trap!!!
More than the saddle bag tanks is the crossover tube!! What a poor design
for safety. I hate to think about the folks that were rear ended and their
trunk turned quickly into a raging inferno.
It would not take a whole lot of smack to break those tubes loose, spilling
the entire contents of the tanks out within seconds.
Anyway, not a good situation. I wonder if the crossover tubes could be
reversed to face forward, giving more protection.
Paul
Series 3 GT (with a gas free trunk)
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