Gas tank swap!
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From: NW Indiana
Gas tank swap! I have a 98 camaro ss with the metal gas tank. I am curious if there are any advantages to swapping to the later plastic tank. Are there any differences (weight, wiring, plumbing)?
the plastic tanks have different mounts for the pumps. so you might have issues there. I haven't performed my swap yet, so I can't answer. I've read that the filler tube is held to the body differently as well, but once again, cant confirm this yet.
Actually the disadvantage of swapping to a plastic tank is the actual pump location within the tank. The metal tank places the pumps toward the rear for better fueling under hard acceleration. Unless you tank is rusty or you are running corrosive fuels (like methanol) I would keep the metal tank.
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Wow, that sucks. I was going to have a custom metal tank made and cut off the mounting bracket from a metal tank and then slip the whole sending unit from my current plastic tank inside it. If this won't work, what other way can I mount my current Sending unit?
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