Project Anchor (68 Firebird Coupe)

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Onto the fuel and rear brake plumbing. I decided to go with the Tanks fuel tank. I love the simplicity of the fuel regulator being built into the fuel filter but I am wondering how loud this setup will be with the pump running full speed all the time. I hope I don't regret it. Here's a pic of the fuel pump after cutting the hoses down to size.

And here's the fuel sender which I really do not like. I brought this setup as a kit and it came with this universal fuel sender which IMO is a piece of crap. It would probably be okay in a fuel tank that is deeper but in this tank I had to cut the float rod down so much that it barely falls down under its own weight. I decided to crimp on a little more weight to the float to make up for the weight of the rod that I had to cut off. So we'll see if this works, but I fully expect I will be swapping it out later for one of those tube senders.

For the tank vent I decided to use the roll-over valve that came with the kit versus a canister. I figure I can always upgrade at a later time if the valve pukes gas or there is a fuel smell. I tucked the valve up between the frame rail and trunk pan which puts it above the tank, but not by much. I used a nylon hose to connect the tank vent to the pump vent then to the valve.

I ran the nylon hose up to the valve such that it's always running uphill. In retrospect I may swap this out for a hard line as that would make it easier to control the angle of the dangle. But for now I will use the hose until I decide if I'm going to keep the valve or use a canister. Part of the hose will be zip tied to the muscle bar once that is installed.

I attached the filter/regulator with a bolt I welded to the inside of the trunk which also makes for an excellent ground point for the fuel sender.

I made a new bracket for the center rear brake line hose as the original one was missing. At first I planned on making it exactly like the original but that looked like it would interfere with the upper control arm so I flipped it around to add more clearance. It still needs to be painted.

I ran 3/8" Nickel copper hard line for the fuel line and 3/16" for the brake line. This was my first time using this kind of hard line and I like how easy it is to bend. I still have some bends left to make but I need to attach the subframe first.