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Old Apr 26, 2011 | 03:43 PM
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One picture of my rear tank
The person making the tank sent me a picture of my rear tank completed.
Here it is.

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Old Apr 26, 2011 | 03:48 PM
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wow that looks great shardul. are you going to be mounting in the spare wheel area, similar to benzboi's setup?
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Old Apr 26, 2011 | 04:02 PM
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my car didnot come with a spare. it has a cargo compartment in place of the spare.
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Old Apr 26, 2011 | 04:05 PM
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doh! yes that's what I ment to say, I forgot the older models did not have a spare just the tire foam. gotta admit though I prefer having the extra space available lol
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Old Apr 26, 2011 | 04:54 PM
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doh! yes that's what I ment to say, I forgot the older models did not have a spare just the tire foam. gotta admit though I prefer having the extra space available lol
I love the space aswell, but have to thread jack just a bit, but is there any place that sells the foam kit besides the dealer?
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wow that's awesome can't wait to see it in the car!

how many gallons?
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wow that's awesome can't wait to see it in the car!

how many gallons?
3 gallon tank. Plus 1 gallon in all the plumbing so i should be good at 4 gallon total capacity
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Very nice Shardul!!! What haven't you done to your beast? Looking forward to meeting you the next time I am in Houston. May be sooner than I planned after your recommendation of the new fuel rail/injectors.
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That beast is huge. You going to use a meziere to pump it?
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Very nice Shardul!!! What haven't you done to your beast? Looking forward to meeting you the next time I am in Houston. May be sooner than I planned after your recommendation of the new fuel rail/injectors.
Jerry is tuning my car today. So when you get the injectorsyou will already have a base file for your car to start off.
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That beast is huge. You going to use a meziere to pump it?
I am going to use a in tank pump to push the water to the meziere in the front
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I am going to use a in tank pump to push the water to the meziere in the front
Any updates?
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Nice! Can't wait to see the finished product.
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Nice tig work Shardul..who is doing the fab work?
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I am going to use a in tank pump to push the water to the meziere in the front
I would like to know more info on how you are going to do this. What will happen if the meziere pump wants to pump more then the in tank pump?
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how did you run the plumbing? got any pics
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how did you run the plumbing? got any pics
no pics yet the plumbing is easy all the need are 3/4 NPT elbows.
i have a extra tank that looks the same if you are interested i can sell it to you.
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no pics yet the plumbing is easy all the need are 3/4 NPT elbows.
i have a extra tank that looks the same if you are interested i can sell it to you.
only if you come to san antonio and install it.
ill put you up and get you drunk for a night
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hahaha will let you know. you know if i come the whole houston crew is going to make a weekend out of it!!!
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hahaha will let you know. you know if i come the whole houston crew is going to make a weekend out of it!!!
sounds like a plan shoot me a pm with a price for the unit
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