Fuel starvation, who else?

SPOHN · 05-13-2012, 12:29 PM

Ok sounds great and simple.

Mike · 05-13-2012, 08:09 PM

the only certain fix that I know of is what jayfightmoves did and its a little extreme, plus you lose the fuel gauge. He took the tank out, cut it in half and welded the one side shut and just put half a tank in the car.

travisjb · 05-13-2012, 08:42 PM

^ damn, not a bad idea for my car... but wait, what materials is our tank made out of?

Mike · 05-13-2012, 09:40 PM

aluminum, I think.

phunk · 05-14-2012, 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Mike

aluminum, I think.

i have a brand new tank from nissan sitting on the floor here, and its definitely steel! Very easy to fabricate on. For those of you willing to fabricate on to your gas tank, I see no reason to go so far as to just cut the tank in half and weld it shut to keep it that way... if you already have the tank cut in half, just add proper baffles and trap doors and then weld it back together and retain full tank volume.

travisjb · 05-14-2012, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by phunk

i have a brand new tank from nissan sitting on the floor here, and its definitely steel! Very easy to fabricate on. For those of you willing to fabricate on to your gas tank, I see no reason to go so far as to just cut the tank in half and weld it shut to keep it that way... if you already have the tank cut in half, just add proper baffles and trap doors and then weld it back together and retain full tank volume.

Christ, maybe that's the best solution here... someone create a program where they offer modified steel tanks... if a core exchange is included, maybe it would be the cheapest and most effective fix to our problem???

phunk · 05-15-2012, 10:14 AM

^^^ thats a pretty labor extensive route.. I believe much more costly than a good surge canister setup. But, it does solve the problem at its very ROOT, which I am a big fan of doing.

For those who havent caught my thread about it... Fuel Starvation Control Product

We are now entering production on the solution we have tested by the Performance Motorsports team. I posted over there about it to get a head count for people in for the first batch. Production will begin in a day or two and we are trying to determine how much material to order for some of the parts we dont have the billet we need in stock for. I put all the details I have in that thread, those who sign up will get more specific details via a mailing list.

critical · 04-28-2013, 11:31 PM

Fuel starvation on the side of the freeway. Fml

takjak2 · 04-29-2013, 12:31 AM

Fuel starvation no more, thanks to Phunk!

whis9 · 04-29-2013, 04:35 AM

more weight reduction and weight placement

19.4lbs

nismo09 · 05-01-2013, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by whis9

more weight reduction and weight placement

19.4lbs

Man we are working hard for some weight reduction!!!!!!!!

synolimit · 07-19-2016, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by whis9

more weight reduction and weight placement

19.4lbs

How much fuel can you get in? I get like 6.5 haha

Mike · 05-01-2013, 08:39 PM

I think that's more the inexpensive fuel starve fix, weight reduction is just an added bonus!

whis9 · 05-02-2013, 09:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Mike

I think that's more the inexpensive fuel starve fix, weight reduction is just an added bonus!

exactly I already had the car apart so it was not a big deal to drop the tank I'm going to a fuel cell next year anyway so not that big of a deal I think

martin82 · 05-02-2013, 12:51 PM

From what I remember AE Performance pretty much took a stock pump and installed on Driver side, with a switch to turn on only when needed/track.

05-13-2012, 12:29 PM	#1 (permalink)
SPOHN A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Covington, GA Age: 47 Posts: 14,844 Drives: Waiting on next Z Rep Power: 223	Ok sounds great and simple. __________________

05-13-2012, 08:09 PM	#2 (permalink)
Mike The370Z.com Sponsor Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Loganville, GA Posts: 5,944 Drives: 370z Rep Power: 2188	the only certain fix that I know of is what jayfightmoves did and its a little extreme, plus you lose the fuel gauge. He took the tank out, cut it in half and welded the one side shut and just put half a tank in the car. __________________ NISSAN: 75 280Z / 86 300ZX GLL /87 Sentra SE / 03 350Z / 23 Z Porsche: 93 968 / 23 Macan GTS / 93 968

05-13-2012, 08:42 PM	#3 (permalink)
travisjb A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: GSO Posts: 2,803 Drives: VIR Rep Power: 190	^ damn, not a bad idea for my car... but wait, what materials is our tank made out of? __________________ 2009 370Z #104 For Sale

05-13-2012, 09:40 PM	#4 (permalink)
Mike The370Z.com Sponsor Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Loganville, GA Posts: 5,944 Drives: 370z Rep Power: 2188	aluminum, I think. __________________ NISSAN: 75 280Z / 86 300ZX GLL /87 Sentra SE / 03 350Z / 23 Z Porsche: 93 968 / 23 Macan GTS / 93 968

05-15-2012, 10:14 AM	#7 (permalink)
phunk A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chicago Posts: 3,669 Drives: 370 Rep Power: 974725	^^^ thats a pretty labor extensive route.. I believe much more costly than a good surge canister setup. But, it does solve the problem at its very ROOT, which I am a big fan of doing. For those who havent caught my thread about it... Fuel Starvation Control Product We are now entering production on the solution we have tested by the Performance Motorsports team. I posted over there about it to get a head count for people in for the first batch. Production will begin in a day or two and we are trying to determine how much material to order for some of the parts we dont have the billet we need in stock for. I put all the details I have in that thread, those who sign up will get more specific details via a mailing list. scruffydog, nismo09 and scionide like this. __________________ Charles @ CJ Motorsports : Website \| Facebook \| Instagram \| YouTube Home of the 9 second, stock longblock, stock drivetrain 6MT 370z. 9.91 @ 142mph

04-28-2013, 11:31 PM	#8 (permalink)
critical A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Washington Posts: 1,252 Drives: 09' 370z 7AT Rep Power: 17	Fuel starvation on the side of the freeway. Fml

04-29-2013, 12:31 AM	#9 (permalink)
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04-29-2013, 04:35 AM	#10 (permalink)
whis9 Base Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Dayton Posts: 54 Drives: 2003 under the knife Rep Power: 14	more weight reduction and weight placement 19.4lbs synolimit likes this.

05-01-2013, 08:39 PM	#13 (permalink)
Mike The370Z.com Sponsor Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Loganville, GA Posts: 5,944 Drives: 370z Rep Power: 2188	I think that's more the inexpensive fuel starve fix, weight reduction is just an added bonus! __________________ NISSAN: 75 280Z / 86 300ZX GLL /87 Sentra SE / 03 350Z / 23 Z Porsche: 93 968 / 23 Macan GTS / 93 968

05-02-2013, 12:51 PM	#15 (permalink)
martin82 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: los angeles Posts: 2,636 Drives: 12 Nissan 370Z MB M6 Rep Power: 21	From what I remember AE Performance pretty much took a stock pump and installed on Driver side, with a switch to turn on only when needed/track.

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