I have a question on mounting a dry sump oil system oil tank. Car is a Honda CRX, 4 cyl Honda motor, NA but sometime will get nitrous.
I need to mount the dry sump tank in the front passenger area due to space issues.
Is it OK to just securely mount the tank inside the cage area, without being inside some sort of box/secondary containment?
I have seen numerous cars, including the Hondata CRX, that have the oil tank exposed in the passenger compartment.
But are there issues with doing this? Is this a questionable practice? Are there any rules proposals in the pipeline to change this? What could go wrong?
I have run at Bonneville, and plan to run at El Mirage, Loring, and Wilmington. I would swear I read a rule/post somewhere that one of the venues were requiring secondary containment if the oil tank was exposed in the drivers compartment, just like the existing rules prohibiting exposed fuel tanks in the drivers compartment. I just can't find anything in any of the rule books, beyond "the oil tank must be vented outside the car, in lower area of car"
If I do put the exposed oil tank in the drivers compartment, would it be a good idea to add a fire system nozzle aimed at the tank? Any other recommendations?
Thanks,
Jeff #2470