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anyone ever made a fuel cell? - 5/11/2008 6:52:39 PM

SKAR

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?anyone?

would a steel frame out of like 1" angle iron work with sheet over top and a pickup and return tube welded on work as well as a filler tube?

couldnt be that complicated

thoughts?

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RE: anyone ever made a fuel cell? - 5/11/2008 8:05:22 PM

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It wouldnt be hard to make, but I doubt highly that such a thing would be illegal in some way... fuel cells have special baffles etc to keep the fuel from leaking out if you flip, and I think they need to be approved by a buttload of places before a company can cell one...

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RE: anyone ever made a fuel cell? - 5/11/2008 8:07:24 PM

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why not just buy one from summit that you KNOW will not fail? like, i see where youre coming from, but if your not a really good fabricator, id just be leary of makin one

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RE: anyone ever made a fuel cell? - 5/11/2008 8:08:02 PM

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lol, i completely forgot about baffles.......

oh well

i was mainly just thinking of what the drawbacks would be of making it out of steel, it will be in a street car, so its not like it would need to be approved by a sanctioing body of some sort,

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RE: anyone ever made a fuel cell? - 5/11/2008 8:09:46 PM

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well i couls make a steel box no problem, welding in the tubes would be tricky, maybe bronze welding them would be best

and i mean TIGHT budget, and this would be almost free, just needs to be big enought to make it frm gas station to gas station

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RE: anyone ever made a fuel cell? - 5/11/2008 8:13:57 PM

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Ive heard never bronze weld on a fuel tank.

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RE: anyone ever made a fuel cell? - 5/11/2008 8:15:44 PM

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gas will eat it

damnit forgot about that too

well then weld really cold......

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RE: anyone ever made a fuel cell? - 5/12/2008 5:19:20 PM

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I've been using fuel cells for 20+ in race cars........
The only 'baffles' in them is the foam plastic stuff...
I really doubt that anything you couls build at home would end up being any cheaper than you could buy one for......
I think that TIG welding and making it out of aluminum would be the way to build it.

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RE: anyone ever made a fuel cell? - 5/12/2008 5:32:00 PM

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well id mig it, i have angle iron and sheet at the shop

so it would be free basically

which is cheaper than buying one

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