kjp Posted January 10, 2003 Share Posted January 10, 2003 Two quick questions 1) I have a bent track rod, where can I buy steering rack spares and rebuild bits (It was a big impact there may be quite a lot of internal damage)? 2) What is the normal route to getting a large capacity fuel tank, buy dispraportionatly expensive Caterham option, buy from someone else or manufacure your own from a normal tank? Thanks in advance Ken Pendlebury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.R. Posted January 10, 2003 Share Posted January 10, 2003 I have a 72 litre tank which has been made by welding together two standard tanks (one above the other). Fits in fine and still has limited boot space left (De-Dion chassis) almost as much as the live axle boot. Standard fuel guage would only work on the first 36 litres though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevefoster Posted January 10, 2003 Share Posted January 10, 2003 I assume the big two tanks together tank only has one bottom? Why not extend the arm on the level sender so it can operate further. Perhaps baffles are in the way etc though. /Steve My racing pics, 7 DIY, race prep. Updated often here Photo's of the year here Hants (North) and Berkshire Area club site here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve-B Posted January 10, 2003 Share Posted January 10, 2003 what are these bag tanks i see on email, BC that some folks are fitting 🤔 are they just for safety or are they also larger tanks then steve 🤔 i would suspect that different suspension setup would be required then with a larger tank, as more weight is further back in the car. Steve Metalic Black SV-VHPD click here to see our pictures.... Edited by - w1scb on 10 Jan 2003 14:27:17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevefoster Posted January 11, 2003 Share Posted January 11, 2003 The bag tanks are for safety. They cost a bomb about 5 times more than the ali tank and when I looked at them had a limited life span. Forget the change out frequency but it is something like 3 or 5 years. They could be spec'd bigger for the loss of boot space (who cares for racing) or smaller for sprint races. There will be off the shelf ones to fit 7's. A custom made one will probably cost even more. I have the ali tank and crash protection kit. It will help some but not something pointed like a sticky outy towing eye being rammed through. You would have to set the car up a little differently for ultimate speed with a bigger tank I guess but compromise as the fuel load lightened. I think 7's are pretty forgiving in this dept and you can probably learn to drive around this just a F1 drivers of old did starting off with some 220lts of fuel and going faster as the fuel load lighten and then slowing a bit as they adjusted to the tyres wearing out.... they were the days eh?! The extra fuel would not be as heavy as a passenger but it would be all out at the back. Good for traction. Def a full tank for wet running for example /Steve My racing pics, 7 DIY, race prep. Updated often here Photo's of the year here Hants (North) and Berkshire Area club site here Edited by - stevefoster on 11 Jan 2003 15:08:19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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