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Old 29-01-2010, 11:34 AM   #1
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G'day guys and girls,
have any of you's seen or done or know of removing the jerry car of a fuel tank from a MK2 escort and retro fitting it with a drop tank?
easy to do or too much stuffing around?
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Old 29-01-2010, 12:29 PM   #2
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yep - seen it done many times

It all depends on what you call stuffing around?
there is the brackets to mount the tank, the fuel filler section being cut into the rear panel, reconecting of fuel sender & fuel lines

Is it extra capacity you are chasing, there is a difference between them around 10 litres side tank 40.5, drop tank I think is 49..
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Old 29-01-2010, 12:52 PM   #3
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yeah i would like a bit more capacity and i think a drop tank looks a bit better too. re running fuel lines and that doesn't worry me, i just wasn't reall sure how to go about doing it
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Old 30-01-2010, 10:26 PM   #4
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I've seen guys running both tanks in their Escorts. I have a couple of spare drop tanks for sale $50 if you are interested.
I'm in Narre Warren
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