Fuel cell pics?

[kishg]

unfortunately gustave took down his e30m3performance website. It had all the documentation plus a good porsche or mercedes filter to run. the wayback machine doesnt have the detail pages. Maybe someone saved it?

search on s14.net. someone there saved all of gustave's docs off.

[briansjacobs]

Yes, This is a good question and one I need to decide on soon...I am thinking about converting the car to a rally car for just tarmac events....
I would like to try and one day compete in the Targa Newfoundland.

In that case I would stay with the factory tank and add a surge tank. factory tank has more than enough capacity for any rally and the placement is ideal. Dont waste your money!

[S4lex]

After the accident that destroyed my first Spec E30 there's no way that I'd want anything that could be hazardous aft of the shock towers. I've even moved the battery to be between the shock towers . The car hit a wall on the right rear corner at about 80mph. The right rear corner wound up a couple of inches from where the rear window used to be. The battery was crushed and the positive cable's insulation was almost cut. I had a spare in the tire well for ballast and the entire well ripped out except for about 1" of metal. It was just sort of hanging there. So much for the spare being part of the crush zone.

The stock tank on an E30 is in an ideal location, low and forward of the rear axleand completely out side of the cabin. If one is determined to install a cell in the trunk area it should nestle in a built up strong cage. Keep in mind that moving the fuel and structure weight aft will increase the polar moment of the car. You'll also need to add panels to seal up all the holes in the rear cabin bulkhead.

Thanks for sharing. Good information to know.

[kishg]

jim is right. the stock tank really is in a good spot both structurally and weight balance (c of g) wise. the only issue with stocks tanks is fuel starvation which a surge tank should help with.

[nando]

unfortunately gustave took down his e30m3performance website. It had all the documentation plus a good porsche or mercedes filter to run. the wayback machine doesnt have the detail pages. Maybe someone saved it?

http://e30m3project.com/e30m3performance/

[browntown]

Thanks nando, here is the article I was thinking of:

http://e30m3project.com/e30m3performance/installs/installs-1/fuel_cell/cell_1.htm