just bought a fuel cell...now what

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SGT_Coene2
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Hey guys i just bought a 15 gallon fuel cell....but wasnt thinking about what else i needed such as sending unit ( if thats possible with a cell) also fuel pump (in tank or inline?) the male ends are -8an should i run those the length of the car or should i scale them down to stock (-6an) if someone could maybe give me a list of parts i will need for this that would be saaweeet....the RB25 is also on its way over from japan i gotta wait 28 days for the shipping. thanks guys


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Totally unrelated but DUDE YOURE FROM ROCHESTER NY!!! lol I went RIT and HATED that place....

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well if your tank has the spot for an in-tank fuel pump just go with that, probably the most popular walboro255, they are pretty cheap and will give you the fuel delivery you need up to about 600hp

get steel braided fuel lines and just route them where the stock lines ran, just tuck them up out of the way,

and with that cell you now have no trunk space left since the rear seat brace is the fuel tank in the s14's,

are you track racing it? or just hardcore dd?

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I don't know what your plans for the car are but I'd run the -8an to stock lines. I'd go with an out of tank pump just because installing and replacing it will be that much easier. Then again if you buy a badass pump you shouldn't have to worry about replacing it.

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SGT_Coene2 wrote:Hey guys i just bought a 15 gallon fuel cell....but wasnt thinking about what else i needed such as sending unit ( if thats possible with a cell) also fuel pump (in tank or inline?) the male ends are -8an should i run those the length of the car or should i scale them down to stock (-6an) if someone could maybe give me a list of parts i will need for this that would be saaweeet....the RB25 is also on its way over from japan i gotta wait 28 days for the shipping. thanks guys
inline fuel pump, inline fuel filter, keep the lines the same size at -8an...

What the heck kind of race car are you building??? sounds suwheeeeeet!

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Fuel cells are best suited for external inline pumps. I would run the line the size of the fuel rail or slightly larger. So running 8an from the cell to the pump to the regulator to the rail and then stepping to -6 is fine, but if you can keep it all the same size.

Why 15 gallon? Kinda large, is this a road coarse car?

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GSDKinked wrote:Totally unrelated but DUDE YOURE FROM ROCHESTER NY!!! lol I went RIT and HATED that place....
Yes, this place sucks, I've been here my entire life...Now that I have my degree from RIT, I can't find a damn job that will get me out of here .

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for the short term it will be a hard core DD with minor trips to the track. but in the long run i want to compete in the next gumball 3000 with a friend of mine. also im the poor kid in my neighborhood full of rich kids who drive porsches and vipers and i want a car that will make them think twice. fully built RB25DET with super advan racing ver2 rims...the american monalisa

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nissanman04 wrote:
Yes, this place sucks, I've been here my entire life...Now that I have my degree from RIT, I can't find a damn job that will get me out of here .
where in rochester are you? im staying with my grandmother in penfield for the time being...

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Fuel cell in a DD, occasional track car? ummmmmmmmmmmm... Good luck.

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i suffer from an illness called "aint-rite"....i tryed to come up with a design to turbo charge my lawn mower....

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SGT_Coene2 wrote:
where in rochester are you? im staying with my grandmother in penfield for the time being...
I'm in Chili

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nissanman04 wrote:
I'm in Chili
hahah CHI LIE! I got yelled at when I called it Chili. And f*** RIT god I hated that school. Thank god I left, it was like a god damn prison. Although U of R was FUNNNNNNNN. They got some friendly hoes over there haha.

And dude Porsches aint s*** and neither are vipers, ESPECIALLY in the hands of incapable kids.

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GSDKinked wrote:And dude Porsches aint s*** and neither are vipers, ESPECIALLY in the hands of incapable kids.
so true i've seen so many fail articles about stupid 16 year old kids who just got there license and daddy bought them a porsche and they wrap it around a tree


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