who needs a petrol gage?
On Wed, 14 Jan 1998, Odd Hedberg wrote:
> Friends...
> Could someone tell me how the fuel level sender works in a tank
> filled with a foam material, please. I have a little bit of a
> problem picturing how they do it... Silly me, right? ;-)
> Yours
> /Odd
>
> Dan Arrington skrev:
> >
> > Actually fuel cells can be about any size you want them.
> > NASCAR uses a 22.5 US gallon cell. The cells used in Drag
> > cars are plastic. All other racing use Steel cells. The main
> > difference they are called "Cells" is they are filled with
> > a foam material and vented in a way that keeps gasoline vapor
> > from replacing the free space as the gas is used. Thus hopefully
> > avoiding an explosion in the event of a crash that may rupture
> > the cell. In my opinion, in most of our LBC's are rolling bombs
> > that would greatly benifit from having a fuel cell installed
> > in place of the gas tank. BUT they are EXPENSIVE!!! In the
> > neighborhood of $400 US for a 10 gallon cell.
> > My car will definatly have one in it before it sees the road.
> >
> > Dan Arrington (Near Portland,Oregon)
> > gt6nut@foxinternet.net
> > http://foxinternet.net/web2/gt6nut/index.htm
>
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