Fuel Cell Installed

hondarider552

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thank you PACougar and Dracing70 for the helpful info, just picked up a 20gallon polished fuel cell this morning for the single cab

Reading through Josh's post about NHRA and mounting locations and pictures of other trucks it looks like I will be ok to mount it on the bed floor.
 

hondarider552

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The one I ordered was foam filled but I will be removing the foam. People have said on CompD that the diesel can deteriorate the foam, if it does or does not mine wont have any regardless.
 

Chevy1925

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It depends on the foam. Foam from a jazz fuel cell is shit and will go bad in a year. Foam in a fuel safe cell will last waaaaay longer. There is also better foams out there you can buy separate. Race gas will kill foam faster than diesel
 

OregonDMAX

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It really depends on who makes the fuel cell. FuelSafe fuel cells are the highest quality on the market, I have seen the foam material and it looks way nicer then the junk they shove inside summit and jazz fuel cells.

Now weather they are approved for diesel is another story.
 

hondarider552

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I drag race and that wouldn't pass tech. Has to be sealed. Im not sure if that's what people have done, but after reading here a Y to tie the factory return, and my airdog return will have to do since I don't have 3 ports on my fuel cell.
 

Ne-max

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Make sure you run a ground wire to the brim of the cell. All the research I did everyone said do not run foam. I never had any issues with mine. Why a 20 and not a 10?
 

hondarider552

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Because as much as I would like to call it a dedicated track truck, it's not. I drive it too much, still need some capacity.
 

JoshH

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You road trip it a lot? Even assuming crappy fuel mileage, 10 gallons would give you an easy 100 mile range.
 

PACougar

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The difference in weight between a 10 and 20 gallon is so small I just don't see the point of going with a 10 if it's going to be used on the street.
 

JoshH

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The difference in weight between a 10 and 20 gallon is so small I just don't see the point of going with a 10 if it's going to be used on the street.

If you're concerned about weight enough to pull the a/c out of a truck in Arizona, I would think the fuel cell weight would be pretty important too.