Our new aluminium tank has just arrived and I am very happy with it! Baffled and foam filled with a central fuel pickup to avoid fuel starvation, with a modern AN-6 outlet fuel fitting and sender unit removed. It fits perfectly and doesn't look out of place in the boot. The car ran in period with a standard tank so wanted to avoid changing to the large aluminium cube fuel cells that most are fitted with. Unfortunately the old tank has had the top cut off to fit baffles, then was fibre glassed back together! Not safe nor worth saving. If anyone is interested, the aluminium tank is also just over 3kg lighter as well.
I have specified the new tank without the fuel sender as it would not have fitted with the foam tank filling, and with all of our race cars we calculate fuel usage and drain the tank after every track session so a gauge is unnecessary, plus adds an extra potential leak point.
We have had a slight set back with the shell however, as during assembly we kept noticing more and more paint defects, to the point that the shell is going back to the paint shop at the beginning of January to have all of these rectified. In the meantime we can get all of the smaller sub assemblies refurbished and the loom made though.
