since i have done my 63's on the back and put in my 14 bolt, my fuel tank has to go. i want to lay a piece of steel along the bottom of the frame and cut out the floor to not have the fuel cell/tank not stick up into the bed so much. the bottom line is that my current tank simply wont fit into the hole i want to put it in. which is about 26 3/4" x 20" 21. so i have been looking at fuel cells. everything i find is either circle track or drag racing. the drag cells are too small, and the circle track cells are too much money.
ive found this one but man i wasnt planning on spending that much money, plus it doesnt have a level sender:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Jaz-32-Gallon-Fuel-Cell-Gas-Tank-Red-270-532_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33556QQitemZ8025685595QQrdZ1
so ive been thinking about building my own. well, when i say that, i mean buying some alum, laying out the design and having the guy at work weld it up. dimensions would be 24"W x 20"L x 14"H which would give me about 29 gallons. just the alum for the top bottom and sides would be $125 that would be .080 alum. plus id have to buy some kind of filler, some an fittings and hoses, modify my sending unit and find some kind of electrical bulkhead to pass four wires through. so i would bet it would get into the $200-250 range.
anybody have any suggestions? besides a 16 gallon tank and two 5 gallons jerrycans? which, would still be less than my current capacity. if i made it out of steel to save some cash, what coult i coat the inside with to keep corrosion/rust from buildint up? stock tanks are galvanized right?
ive found this one but man i wasnt planning on spending that much money, plus it doesnt have a level sender:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Jaz-32-Gallon-Fuel-Cell-Gas-Tank-Red-270-532_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33556QQitemZ8025685595QQrdZ1
so ive been thinking about building my own. well, when i say that, i mean buying some alum, laying out the design and having the guy at work weld it up. dimensions would be 24"W x 20"L x 14"H which would give me about 29 gallons. just the alum for the top bottom and sides would be $125 that would be .080 alum. plus id have to buy some kind of filler, some an fittings and hoses, modify my sending unit and find some kind of electrical bulkhead to pass four wires through. so i would bet it would get into the $200-250 range.
anybody have any suggestions? besides a 16 gallon tank and two 5 gallons jerrycans? which, would still be less than my current capacity. if i made it out of steel to save some cash, what coult i coat the inside with to keep corrosion/rust from buildint up? stock tanks are galvanized right?
