All this talk about alternate fuel tanks reminds me of when I first
bought the Tiger. My regular car at that time was a '73 German Capri
V6. The fuel tank in that was against the rear of the back seats. A
couple times I found myself wondering if the Capri tank could be made to
fit in the Tiger. The capacity was about the same, and the width wasn't
that much different. I don't recall ever taking a tape measure to it.
The trunk springs might have to be redesigned, though.
At one time Tom Ehrhart had a positively huge fuel capacity in the tow
Tiger, the normal tanks, plus another, which looks suspiciously like a
Capri Tank. This was years back, so he may have changed it by now.
When I saw it, my Capri was long gone, so I can't say for sure.
Stu
Bob Palmer wrote:
>
> Jim,
>
> I have a fuel cell installed in the trunk of my Tiger. The work was done by
> Dale A. He cut a hole in the bottom where the spare tire went and added a
> box to fit the dimensions of a standard fuel cell. Tomorrow I will take
> some pictures of the installation and send them to you.
>
> Brgds,
>
> Bob
>
> At 05:33 PM 2/19/00 -0500, James Barrett wrote:
> >Folks,
> > Checked with Fuel Safe and they had exactly the same sizes
> >as ATL Tanks so no luck with stock sizes. I did find a real
> >cheap plastic tank on the web for $185. Very similar to the
> >plastic boat fuel tanks. It also was the wrong size. Have generated
> >a drawing in Power Point for the tank I would like to have.
> >Fuel Safe builds custom tanks so I will send it to them for
> >a quote. I expect the quote will be $1000. If so then back to
> >looking for a stock size tank.
> >James Barrett Tiger II 351C and others
>
> Robert L. Palmer
> UCSD, Dept. of AMES
> 619-822-1037 (o)
> 760-599-9927 (h)
> rpalmer@ucsd.edu
> rpalmer@cts.com
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