Fuel cell size and placement
I'm working on getting a Lola T-440 back race ready and I'm trying to sort out what I should do for a fuel cell. The car came with an original style fuel cell down the right side of the car. It's never been used and looks perfectly serviceable, but it's old (1996). I posted the question to a facebook group and a number of people recommended an ATL FC140 wedge cell. That's a 4 gallon cell. It seems a bit small to me but I have no idea.
How much fuel capacity do I need?
If you've converted a Lola over to a wedge cell, what's that do for the drivers position, and would you mind sharing photos?
If you kept the original side pod cell what did you do to enclose the cell in aluminum? Any photos?
Thanks in advance.
Morgan.
Side mounted fuel cell(s)
I looked in the GCR to see if a fuel cell outside the frame was allowed. IIRC, 30+ years ago, that mounting was deemed dangerous and no longer allowed. The Zink Z10 I had from 1974 through 1980 had two cells, one on each side outside the frame. After I sold it in 1981 I think it was converted to a wedge cell behind the seat. However, I couldn't find a current GCR reference to anything that explicitly said that fuel cells mounted outside the frame are no longer allowed.
I also just did an online generic search and didn't find anything useful on that subject.