Dave-gerous E21

[LJ851]

sheet metal screws into the fuel cell? Is it a plastic 'cell? That doesnt sound very permanent.

[Dave-ger]

So much win and trial and error in the thread. I absolutely love it.

Hopefully RCI makes good on their product, would hate to see a fuel tank slow you down!

thanks lad, I don't know if they will make good on their product. The AN fittings on it were not tight when I got it, and I found that out the hard way.. after I put fuel in it that is. When I called and talked to them about that, they offered to replace it... however, when I noticed the leak around the sending unit, they told me to talk to summit racing where I bought it since they get such a good deal... anyways, I talked them into sending me new gaskets, and I was going to tighten what turned out to be sheet metal screws in the plastic.. yes, that's right. and while I did that, I just made my own gasket with the appropriate material from the auto parts store. It may still end up leaking though the threads for the studs for the cap assembly like it was before, but there is thread lock on those, so that might stop it.

Also, the sending unit just has RTV gobbed around it for now. better than nothing even though it's not intended for fuel I guess. the screws are barely snug. I can maybe replace them with bolts, but I have to drill the holes in the cell bigger to do that.


I'm pretty thoroughly upset with my purchase. I see now why the price seemed so good.

[Jand3rson]

Going for a ride in this beast tonight, I'll let you all know how it was when we get back. :up:

[Dave-ger]

Lots of scraping happened.

[LJ851]

Lots of scraping happened.

scraping from low?

[LuckyHenriksen]

I love this project man, I just got into E21's myself and have been building one on the cheap. Your project kicks ass!

[Jand3rson]

scraping from low?

Indeed. But Dave and myself both weigh about 220-230 each, so we were contributing.

[Dave-ger]

I love this project man, I just got into E21's myself and have been building one on the cheap. Your project kicks ass!

thanks man! the E30 in your sig looks really nice by the way. got links for your builds?


yea, the car is less than 1.5" off the ground at the sub frame with nobody in the car. I'm sure I sag it down a bit on my own, and with Josh, that basically doubles the weight, so I'm sure we were an inch or less off the ground with our combined mass.

my soft springs are part of why I'm not planning to lower it any more than I already have... but maybe I'll let it down a touch after I wear down my sub frame a little. ;)


PS: I'm back on my ugly stock wheels, I should have my new tires mounted on the white wheels this week some time.

[LuckyHenriksen]

thanks man! the E30 in your sig looks really nice by the way. got links for your builds?

Thanks, let me dig up a couple of the threads for you. I saw your car at Pacific Waterlands in Woodburn last summer, I took a bunch of pics of it but can't find them now :( It's what got me started thinking about the E21 chassis. I will also throw my craigslist link in here in case you see something you need :D


E21 Thread

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=196837

E3O Thread

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=179495&highlight=FK+Cup+Kit

And my CL ad :)

http://portland.craigslist.org/wsc/pts/2217057322.html

[Dave-ger]

I'm honored to have inspired you to build an E21!

I'm subscribed to your threads, I think I may PM you about some things on your CL ad sir, and I'm going to post your CL ad on my local car club site. there is another E21 owner in my car club now.

[LuckyHenriksen]

Awesome! I appreciate it.

[Dave-ger]

indubitably!

[Dave-ger]

my fuel cell troubles are really bothering me. if I'm going to keep this car, I have to probably make a fuel cell.

just for a feeler, anyone want to buy this car?

[gearheadE30]

You're on the wrong coast....and of course price is a factor...but still kinda interested, hah.

[Dave-ger]

ha, understandable. well, it's good to know that me kind of apathetically feeling out selling this car has confirmed that I'd probably be able to find someone who wants it.

I'm probably going to get some help from my friend who owns G Fab Motorsports. He's worked with many fuel cells while building up off road rigs and has built at least one fuel cell which is on his own buggy. he recommends I try a different cap assembly on the tank first. I might get a few fittings so I can try pressure testing it as well. if the cap assembly doesn't to the trick, I'd need it for building a fuel cell anyways, so it wouldn't be a loss at all.