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I was wondering if it is possible to custom make a drop tank for a Skyline R33 GTST.

Like capacity maybe I am only guessing about 90 litres. Made out of Stainless Steel=$$ or Aluminium.

Your thoughts and ideas.

I guess this scenario is for the daily work horses. Going to work and coming home. Yes I understand all the weight issues on the sat or friday night when we are in town wanting to make a spectacle of ourselves.....but this is mainly for like I said for the work horses.

I am going to come up with some designs and see how it goes. Has anyone done it before?

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'cuz it lookz fully sik bro! :P

*sorry couldn't help myself :P*

Have you looked under your car? R33's have a very weirdly shaped tank, unlike the commonwhores. If you ARE only after the look, best get an aliminum cover made up with red or blue fake bracing. If that is the case i retract my appology :D

jetpilot,

A W E S O M E ! ! ! !

what a sensational idea, being an old V8 LX Hatch Back Torana man from way back, i reckon you are really onto something here!!

the Skyline already looks awesome from the rear end, but an Alloy or SS Drop Tank swingin between a set of 255's.........................man i just picture it.

i gonna search & see if it;s been done before. maybe someone with grafics experience could muster us up an imiage!!

keep in touch on this one. :wave:

HDT_SS06-03-2006, 06:58 PM

for those who are interested.......

http://image-cache.skylinesaustralia.com/p...line3_small.jpg

not sure but from a google search looks like there might be a pic on this forum, anyone more learned than me know how to find it the link doesn't seem to work?

32s have teh fuel tank under the boot, R33's ones are infront and over the rear Axle ..

good luck getting one engineered, and more than likely you would lose your spare wheel well in this process too ..

32s have teh fuel tank under the boot, R33's ones are infront and over the rear Axle ..

good luck getting one engineered, and more than likely you would lose your spare wheel well in this process too ..

i got 2 x 12" Subs, 2 x Amps & a Battery in my Boot, my spare tyre is 2 cans of Shhhhht that white stuff, 12 bottles of compressed CO2 & some tryre plugs.

so a spare has never been an issue :ban:;)

still gotta work out where i'm gonna put the surge tank, maybe i can cut the tire well out & put a drop tank that incorporates a surge tank where the spare used to be...................... :cheers:

i got 2 x 12" Subs, 2 x Amps & a Battery in my Boot, my spare tyre is 2 cans of Shhhhht that white stuff, 12 bottles of compressed CO2 & some tryre plugs.

so a spare has never been an issue :D:)

still gotta work out where i'm gonna put the surge tank, maybe i can cut the tire well out & put a drop tank that incorporates a surge tank where the spare used to be...................... :blink:

you would be able to mount the surge tank under the car if you replace the wheel well...

if you are putting a drop tank in, you wont need the std tank, so remove that, plenty of room then for all fuel systems.

making it legal is the hard/costly part ..

and yeah, i dont have a spare in my car either, havent for 3 years.

you would be able to mount the surge tank under the car if you replace the wheel well...

if you are putting a drop tank in, you wont need the std tank, so remove that, plenty of room then for all fuel systems.

making it legal is the hard/costly part ..

and yeah, i dont have a spare in my car either, havent for 3 years.

Craved, definately food for thought!! i'm happy jetpilot bought the subject up.

PS: legality won't be a problem here, that's the good part!

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