Fuel Cell Questions, Which One?

[muthstryker]

*Meant for title fuel cell not fuel safe"


Hi guys, Was going to get a fuel cell for a budget build and had a question. They sell them with and without 0-90 ohm gm sending units. are the sending units for a fuel injected car? I will just have a chevy 350 with a carb.

here are the 2 tanks


one with the sender http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?autofilter=1&part=SUM%2D293220%2DS&N=700+4294925239+4294839036+4294920243+400304+115&autoview=sku

and with out
http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?autofilter=1&part=SUM%2D293220&N=700+4294925239+4294839036+4294920243+400304+4294 903820+115&autoview=sku

both are identical minus the sender. confused on what i should get.


thanks alot

[chicane67]

The 'sender' and it's resistance are related to your fuel gage... and nothing else. It has nothing to do with EFI vs. carburated... so you are good to go with either.

The 'sender' related to the fuel cell that you are looking at allows you to use your stock fuel gage, if you are using an OEM GM gage or if you are using an aftermarket 0-90 OHM gage.

If you want a working fuel gage, either stock or aftermarket, get the cell with the sender. If you are not worried about looking at a simple gage to "see" your fuel level... dont worry about it.

:)

[Twentyover]

I'm going to guess this is a fuel tank, not a fuel cell. My understanding of a fuel cell is a can, a rubber bladder, and foam. The expensive part of the deal is the bladder- the two best known sources for cells in the US are Fuel Safe and ATL. Understand (but have not personally confirmed) one bought the other

[muthstryker]

The 'sender' and it's resistance are related to your fuel gage... and nothing else. It has nothing to do with EFI vs. carburated... so you are good to go with either.

The 'sender' related to the fuel cell that you are looking at allows you to use your stock fuel gage, if you are using an OEM GM gage or if you are using an aftermarket 0-90 OHM gage.

If you want a working fuel gage, either stock or aftermarket, get the cell with the sender. If you are not worried about looking at a simple gage to "see" your fuel level... dont worry about it.

:)


Thanks for letting me know, I will get the one with the sender then.

[muthstryker]

I'm going to guess this is a fuel tank, not a fuel cell. My understanding of a fuel cell is a can, a rubber bladder, and foam. The expensive part of the deal is the bladder- the two best known sources for cells in the US are Fuel Safe and ATL. Understand (but have not personally confirmed) one bought the other


Ya i messed the title up, meant fuel cell not safe. thats why i edited it.

[Twentyover]

Hence my comment. This is in my definition (shared by a number of sanctioning bodies), a fuel tank, not a fuel cell, as it does not contain a bladder. The fact that a seller calls a tank a cell does not atually make it a cell.

This will work for the street and no doubt for HPDE track days, but I doubt that if you want to go road racing you'll have much joy with a good tech inspector.

Why is this important- because it's appearing the safety equipment thread