SN95 gas tank

[ShadowBolt]

I purchased a tank for the 55 (returnless system 2002) on Amazon and it will work fine as long as we keep It above 3/8ths of a tank.

JJ

[mach1]

I purchased a tank for the 55 (returnless system 2002) on Amazon and it will work fine as long as we keep It above 3/8ths of a tank.

JJ

Does your fuel pump sit in a largeish cylinder thing? If so, I think that helps keep it from starving, the tank that Michael has I ran for 1 race and pulled it to put in a early SN tank, ford started spot welding the baffle instead of brazing it so it should hold up better (SN vs Fox). The aftermarket tanks are a joke, it's basically a bowl with a hole drilled in the side, the OE tank has a proper baffle setup.

[ShadowBolt]

On the tank I got the pump sits inside a round baffle just like the stocker. The part around the pump is what broke on my stock tank and it was just rolling around by the wires.


JJ

[AI#97]

Does your fuel pump sit in a largeish cylinder thing? If so, I think that helps keep it from starving, the tank that Michael has I ran for 1 race and pulled it to put in a early SN tank, ford started spot welding the baffle instead of brazing it so it should hold up better (SN vs Fox). The aftermarket tanks are a joke, it's basically a bowl with a hole drilled in the side, the OE tank has a proper baffle setup.

2003 Cobra tank is the way to go...but is VERY expensive...or was. best baffle on the planet when used with the proper fuel pump canister. used to run mine down to 1.5 gallons or less before starvation but it also had two pumps in it to suck up every last drop.

Granted, I had nearly $1k in the tank/pumps but that was 10 years ago.

[centerville]

2003 Cobra tank is the way to go...but is VERY expensive...or was. best baffle on the planet when used with the proper fuel pump canister. used to run mine down to 1.5 gallons or less before starvation but it also had two pumps in it to suck up every last drop.

Granted, I had nearly $1k in the tank/pumps but that was 10 years ago.

This. I just ran mine down to 1.75 gallons and had no starvation issues. Mine is still stock. Maybe this is a good replacement. http://www.on3performance.com/shop/o...fled-gas-tank/

[michaelmosty]

Al, there is nothing specifically noted in the CMC rules about running an aftermarket tank like this one in the previous post. Is this something that would be good to run in CMC?

[Al Fernandez]

Reading the CMC rules...
The 2003 Cobra is not an allowed car, which means its parts that are different than the allowed 2003 models are not allowed, unless explicitly allowed elsewhere in the rules. Replacement parts must not offer a performance improvement over the OE. No fuel tank modifications other than going full fuel cell are allowed. The sum total of those rules means that aftermarket tank and pump assembly are not legal. Not saying that it shouldn't be considered, but per todays rules I would say they are not allowed so would require a rules change.

[ShadowBolt]

Reading the CMC rules...
The 2003 Cobra is not an allowed car, which means its parts that are different than the allowed 2003 models are not allowed, unless explicitly allowed elsewhere in the rules. Replacement parts must not offer a performance improvement over the OE. No fuel tank modifications other than going full fuel cell are allowed. The sum total of those rules means that aftermarket tank and pump assembly are not legal. Not saying that it shouldn't be considered, but per todays rules I would say they are not allowed so would require a rules change.

How do you enforce this? Looks to me that this tank is exactly the same as a stock tank looking at the outside.


JJ

[Sook]

Reading the CMC rules...
The 2003 Cobra is not an allowed car, which means its parts that are different than the allowed 2003 models are not allowed, unless explicitly allowed elsewhere in the rules. Replacement parts must not offer a performance improvement over the OE. No fuel tank modifications other than going full fuel cell are allowed. The sum total of those rules means that aftermarket tank and pump assembly are not legal. Not saying that it shouldn't be considered, but per todays rules I would say they are not allowed so would require a rules change.

By this logic I take it an 03 Cobra steering rack isn't allowed either, asking for a friend.

- Josh