Clearance??

[funnycar farmer]

Mini-tubbing and leaf springs on our a-bodies equates to a tight fit on the passenger side of our cars, huh?? I'm trying to find out how some of you came up with options when running your stock gas tanks with this combination? On my altered '64, along with the relocation kit, it puts the springs within a hairs width on the stock gas tank welded flange. I'm glad I chose to use leaf spring sliders to help lock in the rear end of the springs so as not to sway side to side. I loosened the gas tank strap, and wedged a 2"x4" piece to buy a scant more room, but it appears that under a hard compression (like that of oh JEEZ, look out for that dip in the road!!!) the strap portion gets touched. How'd you guys work yourselves around this "tight spot"??? And why did Chrysler offset the tank over to the passenger side??? To offset driver weight, maybe??? Let me see if I can get a picture of what I've got and post it up.

Other than this small glitch, and still trying to balance those big a-100 drumbrakes up front from pulling to one side or the other, my altered drives like any other "somewhat" normal car!!!:cheers:

Dale

 

[64dartwagon]

It's offset to clear the exhaust system. Could you possibly roll the welded flange of the tank to get more room? I think the corners are rolled up but that might just be a safety thing.

 

[Commando66]

On my Barracuda, we cut a section out of the right side and welded it back together. Another option is to cut the spare tire well out, weld a flat floor in and use a tank out of ???

 

[funnycar farmer]

I'm going to try and drop the tank down, and roll up that flange. Thats worth a good 3/8th's inch there. Still have that darned strap, but I may reinforce it with a piece of 1/8" steel, then make a bend to buy more clearance. I just love the idea of using the stock tank. One unforseen issue was when I reversed the filler tube to re-connect with my new/old drag boat gas cap located on top of the rear quarter. The vent is now on the bottom, so on the first fill-up, gas dribbled out my vent tube under the car. I was wearing sandals!!! A new vent tube with a loop higher then the filler neck solved that problem.


A stock tank way up under the altered just looks right instead of a fuel cell:
http://public.fotki.com/teddisnoke/bmw-2002/22.html