Hello all, I'm restoring a 68 Camaro that was used primarily at the track. It has a fuel cell in the trunk that I would like to swap out for safety reasons. My goal is to replace the entire fuel system for EFI.

My problem is that standard 68 Camaro fuel tanks don't fit my car as the springs were brought inboard. I'd prefer to not move the springs back out as it accommodates the larger wheels and gives the car a nice stance.

The spacing between the spring brackets, with bolts, are about 27" with a little clearance.

I can't find narrow tanks that are direct 68 Camaro fitments. Does anyone have experience with this issue or know of narrower tanks that will fit? DSE explicitly stated on the phone today that they do not make or customize such tanks.

Is it possible to use a non 68 Camaro tank like the following: https://www.summitracing.com/parts/sne-19-136

Thanks for your help!

 

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Food for thought - a quality made fuel cell is better than any commercial tank.

 

How does one grade better? Is it leakiness, lifetime, and/or other?

I'm interested in the fuel cell approach as it may be the cheapest and easiest option. Even with a high quality cell my concern is fuel vapor accumulation in an enclosed space. The cell needs ventilated which currently is a line that leads to the bottom of the trunk which is one failure point. The battery is in the back which can be moved, but also the tail light and license plate light wiring is back there. Low probability of spark i'm sure but still concerned.

I had a cabin cruiser years ago that had an inboard engine. The engine compartment had to be ventilated by blowers (always failing) which I suppose is one way to eliminate vapor.

On the fuel tank side I got a quote back from Rick's Tanks for a custom tank and I'm ok with the price. A bit more expensive than a DSE tank but it fits.

 

Maybe I can be of some help. I'm converting my 69 from strip car to street car and I used a 5 gallon cell. I'm replacing it with a 12 gallon cell with a sending unit and because of the size, I had to drop the fuel cell down, for clearance of the sending unit and also to move it deeper into the trunk to be able to run my fuel line, so I made what I call a belly pan.
Then I bought some 1" flat bar at Lowes and made supports for the fuel cell to sit on.
It's in the working stages yet, as I need to get some rubber seals to go around the 10AN fuel lines, run the 6AN vent line, and 8AN return line from the cell to the pump and of course, it needs all cleaned up, some beads put into the belly pan and painted.
Maybe you can do something like this?