Australian Belly Tank

[Milwaukee Midget]

So I made sure that I polished the lid up really well because the last thing is that we want anything to look English...

So you're worried about looking English, yet you propose to parade around in these Pommy Pantaloons?

[Dr Goggles]

So I made sure that I polished the lid up really well because the last thing is that we want anything to look English...

So you're worried about looking English, yet you propose to parade around in these Pommy Pantaloons?

Speaking of Pommy Loons....nah , the most we'll muster this year are real "cheater guards"....just a piece that protrudes beyond the edge of the tyre so we can run in streamliner class ......

as you were men.

[Reverend Hedgash]

captain chrispy,

these pantaloons are what we call "hipster irony".

For those who don't know the term irony:

i⋅ro⋅ny1  /ˈaɪrəni, ˈaɪər-/  Show Spelled Pronunciation [ahy-ruh-nee, ahy-er-]  Show IPA
–noun, plural -nies. 1. the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning: the irony of her reply, “How nice!” when I said I had to work all weekend. 
2. Literature. a. a technique of indicating, as through character or plot development, an intention or attitude opposite to that which is actually or ostensibly stated.
b. (esp. in contemporary writing) a manner of organizing a work so as to give full expression to contradictory or complementary impulses, attitudes, etc., esp. as a means of indicating detachment from a subject, or theme
 
In other words, it's like wearing a Michael Bolton Tee shirt to a Neil Young concert.

rH+

[Milwaukee Midget]

Got it - like being 6'5", and driving a Midget.  

Must be the "Hipster" aspect I need to brush up on.  Probably be second nature to me if I was . . .

you know . . .

English.

 

[Dr Goggles]

I trust your judgement Chris, trust me.

Now on the subject of the fuel tank.....below is a shot of the tank before I put in the last layer of foam. The hole cut in the top has Riv-nuts around it, the partition you can see is to prevent the return line ( seen in the upperleft corner)from aerating the contents , as a reminder we put the foam in the tank because we believed that cavitation has wrecked our fuel pump.



The next shot is the tank in situ with the new top and filler in place , as you can see once all the fasteners are in place it's gonna look like one of those studded Harley panniers  , It wasn't so long ago the Rev had a handlebar moustache....what next? a set of chaps over the flame suit?

speaking of flames the extinguisher cylinders were collected today for testing and refilling , another thing off the list, another note out the window.

[Geo]

Keep after it boys!   

On the fuel tank, just so I gets it right...  The return enters the fuel container (the tank is the car) filling up the area above the baffle (partition) and then the liquid waterfalls into the main part of the container while the gas (vapor) flows near the top, yes?  The pickup for the pump is next to the bottom, yes again?

What did you find out on the fire system fluid mix?

Geo

[Dr Goggles]

Correct on all counts there(ahhhh the Count, "I laaaarrrrv to Count!")...... baffle causes return line to run down side of cell, pick up is at bottom, breatherline is visible in shot, goes via NRV to breather line.

Have spoken to Fire system cert' guy who says "YES, empty the system and store the AFFF in a plastic airtight container and return it with the cylinders next year to be repackaged"...

DO NOT STORE THE CYLINDERS FULL, UNLESS THEY ARE STAINLESS. He showed me a steel cylinder that seriously looked brand new that was from  a 20 year old industrial automated system, he had just re-installed it and five minutes later heard a hissing noise only to find it had a pin-hole( yes, steel)....as he pointed out this system needs to function 24/7.....we need ours for a week a year....when we don't need it it is just sitting there corroding so it might as well be emptied..........

This way they'll last for a long time. Like wise the foam we put in the fueltank we were told would last about twelve months of constant fuel exposure, so I figure if we wash it with alcohol after each event we should get a few years out of it.

[generatorshovel]

"I figure if we wash it with alcohol after each event we should get a few years out of it."

Your gonna P i $ $ in it doc?

Alcohol does strange things to most everything and everybody it comes in contact with mate, Iv'e had it in my fuel line (rubber) for 1/2 hour before draining to do a jet change,,and it has changed colour from clear, to something resembling wd40,,,,,,,,,,,
Tiny (in OZ)

[Stainless1]

Doc, we use fuel safe foam, been in the tank for 15 years or so.  We drain it when we get back, mix a little Marvel Mystery Oil with the residual gas in the bottom of the tank and run the pumps to lube them till next year.  Put a good screen filter before your FI pump, the foam gives up a few little pieces when it is new.  (big enough to clog a N20 gas jet...  don't a$k how I know)

[Dr Goggles]

Good advice Stainless,thanks,and no I won't ask.Why did you guys put foam in? same reason, cavitation?

And no Tiny I didn't mean racing methanol

22 days to go

[Nexxussian]

Doc, I had to order pushrods for an engine, I used an adjustable "checking" pushrod to determine length (it had a piece of all thread in one section and a nut welded to the other, with a jam nut).

Is it that you don't have time for different pushrods to get there, or you don't have time for someone to custom make them?

Good luck either way.

[Dr Goggles]

We're pretty sure that we have the right length now, the problem was whether to machine the rocker pivots or get longer push-rods, we went with the longer rods.......

[Dr Goggles]

Just went and saw the Colonel and delivered another sump and oil pickup for the motor build....the sump on the motor being built has a drain back spigot for the turbo oiler that was previously on the motor, the replacement he had had had( c'mon slim did you like that, 3 in a row!) a mod to the lower front section so the pickup would fit properly.....When I got there he told me that although there was no cam chain tensioner on the short when we got it, he knew where it was.... It was in the sump in it's constituent parts ....the motor has revved hard...That said there was no apparent impact damage on the top of the pistons when we got it so even if th cam chain had let go it doesn't seem like anything too terrible happened, who knows.............

while I was in the workshop there was a crate there that contained a 180hp 1000cc V4 that was due to be exchanged in a warranty program from one of the large Italian manufacturers starting with A.. gee would it ever be a good powerplant for a liner.......

[Reverend Hedgash]

There was a sign writer painting the sign for the Coach and Horses pub. Apparently he spread the words too far apart for the owner who said to him, "There is too large a gap between Coach and and and and and and Horses."

 

[Dr Goggles]

There was a sign writer painting the sign for the Coach and Horses pub. Apparently he spread the words too far apart for the owner who said to him, "There is too large a gap between Coach and and and and and and Horses."

 

That's too many ands , even to make light work....................




yeah I know.