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Will this work? or has someone done it (with pictures)
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 4:15 pm
by Sonic-jdm
From the picture below you will see a EG fuel tank on the left and a EF 1.4 fuel tank on the right.
On the EF fuel tank you can notice where the fuel pump should go (top right with two circles)
I might test this out and clean the EF tank out, cut the hole for the pump and cut the Bolt pattern fixture ring off the eg tank and weld it to the EF tank and install the EG fuel pump?
My concerns are:
Will the EF tank have the baffles in place?
Witch way round does the pump go?
Are the VT / CRX fuel pumps longer or the same as EG's?
Anyone got any pictures of the VT / CRX pumps?
Mark
Re: Will this work? or has someone done it (with pictures)
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 4:17 pm
by nominous
A new fuel tank is £75 (you need to add the pump & bits).
A second hand EF tank I'd expect to be 50 max with all bits included.
How much is your time worth ?
Re: Will this work? or has someone done it (with pictures)
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 4:37 pm
by Sonic-jdm
Lol...I just don't see the point in spending out more money if I could make something up with my spare parts hanging around my garage.
Re: Will this work? or has someone done it (with pictures)
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 6:38 pm
by Gizmo
If you cant find any info on Google about this - Id leave it. If the yanks aint done it. It aint to be done!
Re: Will this work? or has someone done it (with pictures)
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 7:43 pm
by nominous
Have you offered it up to the chassis and put the straps back on it yet?
Also got to move the hose inlets and weld up old holes, or run extra pipe.
Sorry, I love DIY jobs, but this just seems like a lot of work to make a part that is worse than the real one you can get for little money.
Re: Will this work? or has someone done it (with pictures)
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 8:13 pm
by Sonic-jdm
nominous wrote:Have you offered it up to the chassis and put the straps back on it yet?
Also got to move the hose inlets and weld up old holes, or run extra pipe.
Sorry, I love DIY jobs, but this just seems like a lot of work to make a part that is worse than the real one you can get for little money.
I think you have miss understood what in trying to do
I'm looking to modify the ef tank by fitting the EG fuel pump to it and run the EG fuel lines.
Re: Will this work? or has someone done it (with pictures)
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 8:28 pm
by nominous
Yeah you are right. I got that bit wrong.
Still think you're mad tho
The pump may well fit, but may not reach the bottom of the tank, so you might have smaller capacity (like people do when fitting walbros incorrectly).
Also the area is there for fitting but do they bother fitting the baffles on a carb tank in that location ?
Re: Will this work? or has someone done it (with pictures)
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 8:37 pm
by Sonic-jdm
nominous wrote:Yeah you are right. I got that bit wrong.
Still think you're mad tho
The pump may well fit, but may not reach the bottom of the tank, so you might have smaller capacity (like people do when fitting walbros incorrectly).
Also the area is there for fitting but do they bother fitting the baffles on a carb tank in that location ?
That's what I'm concerned about,
I'm still on the look out for a VT tank, but I'm still going to cut it open just to self please myself
Re: Will this work? or has someone done it (with pictures)
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 10:32 pm
by grinch
ya this works ive done it but i used a da integra pump but for piece of mind i got a ef9 tank instead
just didnt trust it really
Re: Will this work? or has someone done it (with pictures)
Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 12:29 am
by Benny_d_man
grinch wrote:ya this works ive done it but i used a da integra pump but for piece of mind i got a ef9 tank instead
just didnt trust it really
Will DA tank fit an EF?
Re: Will this work? or has someone done it (with pictures)
Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 10:02 am
by nominous
There are 3/4 tanks for sale on crx-uk at present.
Re: Will this work? or has someone done it (with pictures)
Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 11:31 am
by grinch
Benny_d_man wrote:grinch wrote:ya this works ive done it but i used a da integra pump but for piece of mind i got a ef9 tank instead
just didnt trust it really
Will DA tank fit an EF?
well i had a 4 door da tank and it wouldnt fit the top of the tank was fatter so it wouldnt fit up into place
Re: Will this work? or has someone done it (with pictures)
Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2013 7:10 am
by Sonic-jdm
No the eg tank will not fit! Tried that and failed.
Just got me a CRX tank now but when I get time I'm going to open the ef tank to see if it has baffles- or is the same as the CRX tank.
Re: Will this work? or has someone done it (with pictures)
Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2013 11:56 am
by Captain_Crustacean
nominous wrote:There are 3/4 tanks for sale on crx-uk at present.
Where's that Dave, I cant find it? Got a linky?