Fuel Cell

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navbtcret

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I have a question for those more tech savy then myself. I know it is doable but would it be cost effective to install a fuel cell, preferably a custom one to fit where the spare tire goes, along with it own pump, line, the works. Somehow wire it and the stock fuel system to a say toggle switch so one postion it would run off the tank and the other it would run off the fuel cell. That way I could keep the best of both worlds by running the car on the street all the time like I do now and really leaning on it at the track with race fuel in the feul cell. I drive my car to the track and the nearest one to me is over two hour away.

Currently I use the Torco race fuel accelerator at the track but would like to run 112 and not have to carry feul cans unless I was low on the 112. That way I could run a bit more boost and spark than I am running now at the track but still not have to trailer the car there and back. I like driving my 10 second street car to the track, letting air out of the DR's and letting her rip, then airing the tires back up and driving it home. I have run a best of 10.7 with the torco so far but I would like to run faster but do not want to turn the boost up anymore without race gas.

Let me know your thoughts if this is a pipe dream or if it would be cost effective enough to do.
 

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I'll find the guy over on YellowBullet. He was on the cover of MM/FF recently with a teal Fox coupe that drove from Florida up to Commerce, ran high 8's in True Street, then drove home. He uses an auxiliary tank with C16 and the pump for it was wired to a boost activated switch. Once the car hits 4 or 5 psi it activates the race fuel pump. Give me some time to find him.
 

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I'll find the guy over on YellowBullet. He was on the cover of MM/FF recently with a teal Fox coupe that drove from Florida up to Commerce, ran high 8's in True Street, then drove home. He uses an auxiliary tank with C16 and the pump for it was wired to a boost activated switch. Once the car hits 4 or 5 psi it activates the race fuel pump. Give me some time to find him.


that dude is badass! didn't it run 8.4X's...
 

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