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Fuel Tank advice
muzchap - 31/1/06 at 10:08 AM

Hi guys,

If you were 'attempting' to build your own fuel tank....

What gauge ally plate would you use? 2mm? 2.5mm or 3mm?

Or maybe stronger

Cheers,

Murray


nick205 - 31/1/06 at 10:23 AM

I think my MK supplied ally tank is fabricated from ~1.5mm material and is plenty strong enough. If you go much thicker I think it will be difficult to bend the material into shape - assuming you want to bend it and not just weld flat sections together that is.

Nick


NS Dev - 31/1/06 at 11:47 AM

thin as you can weld really!

1.6mm sounds a good bet, 1.2 (18 swg) if you can weld it ok.


addison - 31/1/06 at 12:21 PM

all mk tanks are fabricated from 2mm ally.
regards m.k