DrFishbone
SCCoA Member
I know this has been thought of before, but I'm not aware of anyone (here at least) that has went through with it...
I need more fuel to continue running E85 and would like to explore the dual in-tank pump option first....from what I can tell, it's doable with a T-Bird tank. David Neibert has it done on his car, and I'm sure a few others.
I'm pondering using a late model Mark VIII tank (97/98)...it looks like they use the fuel pick-up bucket like some other late 90's, 2000's Ford cars. It also appears that the sending unit drops the pump / hanger assembly more "straight-down" than the T-bird setup. I'm wondering if this would facilitate arranging dual pumps more so than the T-bird tank. I'm aware there are minor differences in the exhaust path....I don't really care about that right now. There have been other members that have verified that it will bolt it in, so I think that is out of the way.
Also wondering what weight difference there would be between the Mark VIII steel tank and the 92+ T-Bird plastic tank...I doubt it's much - the plastic tank is pretty heavy. A few Google images came up with a factory, gasketed fuel pump access door too...might try to make that work in the process, if I go this way.
I'll be replacing the fuel line fittings out of the hat, and I think I should be able to reuse the sending unit without issue this way.
Anybody care to share their experience and/or research?
I need more fuel to continue running E85 and would like to explore the dual in-tank pump option first....from what I can tell, it's doable with a T-Bird tank. David Neibert has it done on his car, and I'm sure a few others.
I'm pondering using a late model Mark VIII tank (97/98)...it looks like they use the fuel pick-up bucket like some other late 90's, 2000's Ford cars. It also appears that the sending unit drops the pump / hanger assembly more "straight-down" than the T-bird setup. I'm wondering if this would facilitate arranging dual pumps more so than the T-bird tank. I'm aware there are minor differences in the exhaust path....I don't really care about that right now. There have been other members that have verified that it will bolt it in, so I think that is out of the way.
Also wondering what weight difference there would be between the Mark VIII steel tank and the 92+ T-Bird plastic tank...I doubt it's much - the plastic tank is pretty heavy. A few Google images came up with a factory, gasketed fuel pump access door too...might try to make that work in the process, if I go this way.
I'll be replacing the fuel line fittings out of the hat, and I think I should be able to reuse the sending unit without issue this way.
Anybody care to share their experience and/or research?