Right now I'm using an open Diesel tank with a TBI pick-up in it. I'll just have to keep the tank full for now. I have scouted high and low looking for a SWB saddle tank with the baffles and I've had no luck. Some of the EFI trucks I've looked in had baffles, others didn't. I don't know what to make of that. Note that I need an out-board saddle tank so that limits my options. Of the ones that had baffles, every one I've found has been broken. The force of gas hitting them in a wreck breaks the little plastic walls, even with an otherwise perfect tank. The way the baffles are made, it's kinda like an maze formed of 2 interlocked walls. When setting flat or changing orientation, the fuel will "enter" the maze and a quart or so will be trapped in the well around the pump. This will last long enough (generally) to change orientation again (or level out) so that more can be trapped. "Trapped" is not really the right word but, if you look at one, you'll see what I mean.
So, what to do. I've found and considered several solutions. For one, build your own tank and put in some metal baffles similar to (or improving on) the stock plastic version. For another, I've been told that some people use a sort of "staging" tank. The main tank pumps fuel into a small secondary tank when necessary (or maybe using a recirc. like a pressure regulator?). The second tank is tall and slim so that there is not problem with angles and it has the real pump that feeds the TBI. Obviously, there are a number of possibilities here. Good luck. If you find a good answer, be sure to let me know.
Russ
85 K30 CUCV, 350 TBI, TH400, 205, D60/C14, 4.56 Locked
Some day: 4" lift, 44" tires, massive cutting, shorter wb and rear overhang.
