Well, I got off my lazy butt and got my fuel cell in....cut my spare tire lid to fit the cell sump and am almost ready to go... I was thinking about carpeting my hatch where the cell is before I build the bulkhead but am concerned......as we all know you shouldn't fill a gas tank in a trunk or bed-liner...BUT can I carpet the floor where I am to install my cell....Also, regardless, do I still need to ground the fuel cell (i.e. the fill cap) to the chassis? and can I just vent the cell under the car? the Apollo will be running again soon...
I'm curious about your comment about not filling gas tanks in a truck with a plastic bedliner. Is this due to the possible generation of a static charge? I do this regularly when I take two 25 gallon tanks to the airport for av-gas. Full, they're a pain to lift back into the truck. Could you screw a wire into the top of the plastic tank and then run it to the bed with an alligator type clip?
Static is the main reason I believe. I think the plastic rubbing on plastic makes the static. I think filling it up in a bed without a bedliner (metal) makes it as safe as filling up your truck fuel tank, but I don't know about the alligator clip. They have put warnings on plastic bedliners for a couple of years now.
I believe NHRA wants it grounded. Only one track ever gave me a hard time, though it is something simple, cheap and can save a whole lot of grief. I have a plastic cell. I took a wire attached it to the metal filler outlet on the tank and ran it to the roll cage. Also some tracks are now busting on the vent tubes venting out the rear of the car, not under the car. Apparently fumes can build up and boom. Highly unlikely, but all it takes is one time and the rules are change. Just something to keep in mind. Rick
Yeah, it is the plastic wrapping aroud the tank that causes the problem. I would imagine an alligator clip would in affect eliminate teh charge the same as filling it without a bedliner...I've never personally seen this happen firsthand though Thanks for the response about the ground. I'll also make sure to vent the cell out the back of the car....probably out of where the stock filler was located behind the rear license plate.
