Quote Originally Posted by rspears View Post
Like Mike says, any gas tank is going to see the ambient heat, so it has to be properly vented. Of course the tank between the frame rails gets direct radiant heat, but with proper venting it's not going to be any additional risk. For me it's more of an appearance issue. I like the cleaner look of bobbed frame rails in back (no, it's not my plane) as opposed to the OEM tank, especially on a highboy.
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Apart from appearance, the OEM gas tank is totally exposed in a rear collision, but others will argue that having it in the trunk is worse. Mine's trunk mounted, but I did put a solid bulkhead between the trunk & passenger area to at least try to delay the fire path....
Roger, Good points, I had not considered a rear end collision. The picture above: frigging awesome, now that be the type of fine lookin' piece of workmanship that's ringing my chimes. I saw a few of these at the Barrett Jackson event in Scottsdale and was hooked. The field is narrowing. Cheers, tin-man