News
-
Results
-
Links
-
Photos
-
Forums
-
Contact Us

    FSAE.com Forums    FSAE.com Forums  Hop To Forum Categories  Open FSAE Discussion    Fuel Cell Under Steering Wheel
Go
New
Find
Notify
Tools
Reply
  
-star Rating Rate It!  Login/Join 
Member
Posted
Hey guys i was wondering what was better to place the tank behind the Seat or in the area under the steering wheel (like Racing Go-Karts)??
 
Posts: 7 | Location: Dayton, Ohio | Registered: February 26, 2005Reply With QuoteEdit or Delete MessageReport This Post
Member
Posted Hide Post
due to firewall rules i'd say behind the seat.


'01-'06 Cal Poly Pomona
 
Posts: 302 | Location: Huntington Beach, CA | Registered: September 19, 2004Reply With QuoteEdit or Delete MessageReport This Post
Member
Picture of Colin
Posted Hide Post
due to closeout rules you have to have a floor so there is no reason why you can't put the tank under that as your firewall, under the seat has the added safty advantage of not being wedged near the exhaust and less weight transfer as it empty's, although that is a relativly small amount. We've always ran it under our legs, the biggest problem has always been the filler neck location


Full Boar Racing (02, 03, 04, 05)
http://gtv.seddon.ca
 
Posts: 160 | Location: Melbourne, Vic, Australia | Registered: July 02, 2003Reply With QuoteEdit or Delete MessageReport This Post
Member
Posted Hide Post
see what i was thinking for the tank is use a clear plastic tube for the filler neck and run it along the frame near your elbow or something to the conventional filler neck location behind the drivers shoulder between the engine and fire wall
 
Posts: 169 | Location: Dayton Ohio | Registered: February 20, 2005Reply With QuoteEdit or Delete MessageReport This Post
Member
Picture of Colin
Posted Hide Post
yep, that's pretty much what we've ended up doing


Full Boar Racing (02, 03, 04, 05)
http://gtv.seddon.ca
 
Posts: 160 | Location: Melbourne, Vic, Australia | Registered: July 02, 2003Reply With QuoteEdit or Delete MessageReport This Post
Member
Posted Hide Post
Would their be any dynamic effect on the car having the fuel weight relatively to the front?
 
Posts: 7 | Location: Dayton, Ohio | Registered: February 26, 2005Reply With QuoteEdit or Delete MessageReport This Post
Member
Posted Hide Post
I don't want to go under the seat because of the raise in the CG.
 
Posts: 7 | Location: Dayton, Ohio | Registered: February 26, 2005Reply With QuoteEdit or Delete MessageReport This Post
 Previous Topic | Next Topic powered by eve community  
 

    FSAE.com Forums    FSAE.com Forums  Hop To Forum Categories  Open FSAE Discussion    Fuel Cell Under Steering Wheel

© FSAE.com 2001-2008