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Alternative Tank For A Hatch


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Has anyone used an alternative tank for a hatch? The originals as we know are poorly protected from the factory, and are difficult to find in good condition.

 

Anybody fitted anything different? I'm thinking a plastic tank from another car, an alloy custom tank or possibly even a plastic marine tank?

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pretty sure Kev Abbot dabbled with the plastic tank off a calibra some while back , if i remember right it was a close match apart from a fouling one of the chassis members

 

I compared the tank off my calibra to the manta tank when I took if off to repair the fuel inlet/return lines. I think you'd really struggle to get it to fit.

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The calibra tank fitted. I had to remove the original floor. Chassis sections too.

It won't fit a standard car.

The tank is wide and high and the inlet for fuel meant I would of had to fabricate sections to cover that too

Exhaust was very close. Probably too close for comfort.

Anyway. It was binned in favor of an original tank but I don't think that is the answer.

Crappy manta stuff is old and rubbish.

I trip to the scrappers with a tape measure may be the future

Tank with a built in pump required also to avoid it rotting under the car.

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or get in contact with alloy fabricators on ebay who make anything from ally.

take a tank get it copied with a hole fabricated for modern fuel pump fitment.

might corrode over time under the back but last better than an old new stock item.

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What made me think of this was lifting a tank out of a 205 GTI I was dismantling, which has a lift pump in the tank. I think the idea of going round scrapyards with a tape measure is the best idea - actually mounting the tank is easy - it's the shape and the location of the filler neck that look to be the biggest potential headaches.

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