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04-07-2017, 03:53 AM | #1 |
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Package tray
If a fuel cell is in the trunk, are we required to seal the package tray with a steel or aluminum cover?
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04-07-2017, 08:31 AM | #2 |
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Re: Package tray
Yes, as well as behind the rear seat
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04-07-2017, 09:11 PM | #3 |
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Re: Package tray
IIRC, the choices are .028 steel or .040 Aluminum.
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Re: Package tray
Thanks off to the local steel supplier I go, is it the same thickness to cover holes in the firewall? Last edited by David Lee; 04-07-2017 at 10:22 PM. |
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Re: Package tray
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04-08-2017, 08:14 AM | #6 |
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Re: Package tray
I have found that one inch boiler plate works real well for covering the packsge tray and rear seat areas. A little difficult to get into position but i feel that it gives an extra margin of safety between the driver and fuel cell.
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Re: Package tray
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04-08-2017, 10:11 AM | #8 |
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Re: Package tray
Me thinks that's disguised ballast.
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04-08-2017, 10:21 AM | #9 |
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Re: Package tray
That is exactly what I tell the racers that have me make CUSTOM 50 lb. package trays for their camaros and novas ....they then utter some nonsense about how they love to have weight up that high in their car....I then remind them that when they lock up the brakes at the finish line, turn the car sideways, this 50 lb. package tray could possibly decapitate them....Their final answer.....that's how you drive the stripe...
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04-08-2017, 12:11 PM | #10 |
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Re: Package tray
Wow, if you stay on here long enough you're bound to learn all these tricks. I was thinkng about putting the stock tank back in to get around having to do this, but not now.I guess that's the last thing to do After I weight the car.
PS. I'm hoping its light enough to use that trick. |
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