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Old Dec 6, 2006 | 10:38 AM
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Default 2 fuel cells, is it possible?

i dont even know if this is possible, but say you had 2 fuel cells, or even 1 15 gallon fuel cell, divided into 2 sections.

is it possible to rig a setup, to where at a flip of a switch, one fuel pump turns off and the other one turns on.

almost like have 2 complete stand alone fuel systems on a car?

you could have them both feed into a y connection for the feed line. then one turns off and the other turns on.

my thoughts for this is for a boosted application. in 1 tank you can have 93 oct. then flip the switch, the other pump would turn on and in that tank there could be 104octane. then you'd be able to turn the boost up.

then you'd never have to the excuse of , I'm only on pump gas.

any thoughts? is this even feasible?
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Old Dec 6, 2006 | 11:46 AM
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It could be possible if you had 2 check valves in each line so you did not have flow back through the other system and 2 return lines before the Y so you could not mix and over flow one tank. NOT an ideal setup but could be done. We helped setup one for a guy building a kit car with 2 separate tanks.

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Old Dec 6, 2006 | 11:50 AM
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call Kurt @ W2W -- he's the master at two tank systems
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It could be possible if you had 2 check valves in each line so you did not have flow back through the other system and 2 return lines before the Y so you could not mix and over flow one tank. NOT an ideal setup but could be done. We helped setup one for a guy building a kit car with 2 separate tanks.

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or would it be easier to have to complete seperate fuel tanks?
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Originally Posted by TINKRD
or would it be easier to have to complete seperate fuel tanks?
That would be 2 tanks?

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Old Dec 6, 2006 | 01:55 PM
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The C5 is a two tank system

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