Alloy fuel tank/cell capacity?
Discussion
Looking at fuel cells for my MGZS track car and wondered what ppl generally opt for capacity wise. I appreciate some cars are thirstier than others etc. the standard tank is around 12 gallons which seems a lot to be inside the car. What is the general consensus for track days?
Cheers.
Cheers.
Well, my boxster starts the day with 13 gallons in or so... and normally need refilling about 2pm. So... 12 gallons doesn't seem unreasonable to me.
By all means go for a smaller cell, but you'll have to refuel more often.
Personally I don't really like refueling, and, given its not a race, I'd go for an endurance cell so I didn't have to refuel at lunch. Also car would get noticeably lighter towards the end of the day, which would be fun.
By all means go for a smaller cell, but you'll have to refuel more often.
Personally I don't really like refueling, and, given its not a race, I'd go for an endurance cell so I didn't have to refuel at lunch. Also car would get noticeably lighter towards the end of the day, which would be fun.
Yeah, I'd recommend the bigger the better for trackdays. You're not realistically going to worry about the extra weight and the benefits of less refuelling far 'outweigh' any drawbacks. You don't want to be running close to empty and definitely don't risk a red flag for running out of fuel!
Hugely depends on car, level of performance, specific track and the conditions. Standard tank on my Lotus (~10gal) will only do about 14 laps at Spa on a dry track, no more than 5 at the 'Ring...been known to fill up 4 or 5 times before lunch!
Hugely depends on car, level of performance, specific track and the conditions. Standard tank on my Lotus (~10gal) will only do about 14 laps at Spa on a dry track, no more than 5 at the 'Ring...been known to fill up 4 or 5 times before lunch!
Edited by alicrozier on Friday 7th February 08:41
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