Custom Fuel Tank?
 

Hey I'm in a fuel delimma right now. I'm torn between buying a fuel cell and making my own fuel tank. My company makes "water tanks" quite a bit with no problems, so that's not a concern. What I'm a little worried about is my application. I have a '79 Chevy Blazer that I bobbed the rearend off of. This is an extreme rockcrawling 4x4 so fuel slosh is going to happen. I'm putting a partition in right behind the back seat and in this way creating a mini sort of short bed. I'll put the tank in the bed and a custom size would be optimum. What do you guys think about making my own so I can take advantage of the space available? How should I place the baffles and what should I make the tank out of? 16 ga was my first thought, with corrogated type top and bottom for rigidity. Can I use my stock lines, filter ,and all that? What to use for a pump? I dont want high pressure as I have a stock 350. Any help you guys can give would be appreciated. I've asked a lot of questions with the off road type guys, but the street guys have been playing these games a lot longer. So I appreciate your advice. Btw, I'm looking at between 26 and 35 gal.

Bryan

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Clunk whap whap whap...ahh the lovely sound of my driveshaft breaking...
Locked, Loaded, and ready to break $hit!!!

fuel cell with the foam. better all around deal. no fuel slosh, fuel fittings allready installed etc. much safer. these things do turn over. good luck

I'm no 4X4 guru but agree with roland26. Use the foam cell. Since extreme tilting will be exprienced, I would use an electric pump with a manual cut off switch installed too. Your stock fuel lines should work once you modify the ends to fit the electric fuel pump. Block plates for the fuel pump/engine block are realy easy to find.

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Gerardo
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