What is the best way to mount a fuel cell and battery in a wagon and keep it seperated from the driver? I'm not beyond cutting something if need be (no reason to stop now! :laugh: ) Any ideas and/or pictures? I want to get this thing done so I can :3gears: !!!!
Alan, In my 68 Sportwagon, I mounted the battery in the spare tire well (with the original tire cover as the cover) and used the original gas tank with a thru tank fitting and the Alum line out the back following the bumper to the license plate area( mounted the electric pump at this point) and across to the right frame rail and put the alum gas line inside the frame up to the front. Its been this way 5 years with no problems, but because of speed I may put a cell in the left side of the rear well and use sheet alum to cover it. If you go ahead with the cell, I would be interested in your choice for a location of the cell. Good luck Bill "SPORTWAGON FROM HELL"
I've always thought the storage compartment would be a great place for a cell. Its behing the rear axle so you couldn't ask for a better placement weightwise. On my '68, the original tank if over the left wheel.....doesn't seem like the optimal place for extra #'s ....Im even thinking of "T" ing it in with the original tank for a dual-feed for cruise AND Race. Dreaming....I'd use an aircraft fuel switch for in-cabin changeability :Brow:
My big concern with the stock gas tank location is that it's outside the frame and if things got really ugly it wouldn't be as protected as it could be. I've thought about using the roundtrack style neck that bolts to the fuel cell and then plumbing that to the factory filler neck. I could mount the fuel cell under the floor (I would need to raise the floor first!) and keep it outside the car. I've even considered mounting it in the front! :shock:
I'm with Alan W. on this, every time I would open the storage compartment on my Sporty all I could think was..."fuel Cell"
Alan, first of all from the pictures I've seen, there's not much left to take apart on that wagon. It looks like you could do pretty much anything you wanted to at this point. Good luck with the project - looking forward to seeing it when it's done! Are you going to paint it green too??? :Brow: I'm with Bill on the battery location - I'm actually thinking of doing that this winter. It's the perfect location for it - more weight over the right rear and you can utilize the factory spare tire cover to hide everything. As for the fuel cell, I did something similar to Bill's setup. Using the factory gas tank, I built a dual-outlet sump (it's the perfect tank for a sump - it's narrow and tall and the footprint on the bottom isn't very long so the fuel wants to be in the sump). Then I ran braided line into the storage compartment where I mounted my filter and pump, then brought the line over to the right framerail and ran it inside all the way up to engine compartment. This way everything is out of sight and there's plenty of room for access or to add other items later. (That's where I used to keep the nitrous bottle (shhhh!) years ago along with the 2nd fuel pump/filter; hence the reason for the dual outlet sump.) I should have some pictures at home - I can post them later tonight. Paul
Something I saw years ago There was a company that use to sell single cells (2.5 volts 700 Cold Cranking amps) for $10 each and my neighbor had 6 cells stuck in various locations under the hood wherever there was an open vertical space using 1 gauge welding cable bridging the cells together and a 100 amp Alternator all to run high powered lights and radio equipment ) It was the craziest thing I ever saw One nice thing was if one cell went bad he just replaced it
That's funny, everytime I look in there I think "where's my jack" ou: Only kidding Kurt DO NOT SHIP IT. Now that you mention it, that would be a good place for a fuel cell :Brow: Beth :grin:
