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[Monte Busa]

...on your R1 powered machines? Interested in Hayabusa's mileage too, but I have a pretty big tank in mine...reason I ask is that I'm thinking of a smallish 4 gallon tank in my r1 fwd conversion and want to know if I'll have to fill 'er up ever 100miles if I do....

Cheers,

Aric

[Ade]

Well on mine with the standard Z-cars fuel tank the most I've had was about 170 miles taking it steady motorways mainly. The lowest about 70........ They do get through it when you start getting your toe down

[Monte Busa]

Hi Ade - do you know what size the std Z-Cars tank is? My Monte Carlo tank is a completely different shape...do you maybe have X Y and X dims on yours?

Cheers,

Aric

Well on mine with the standard Z-cars fuel tank the most I've had was about 170 miles taking it steady motorways mainly. The lowest about 70........ They do get through it when you start getting your toe down

[pete]

Managed 34mpg on a steady motorway run. Averaging 70 - 90

[Ade]

Hi Ade - do you know what size the std Z-Cars tank is? My Monte Carlo tank is a completely different shape...do you maybe have X Y and X dims on yours?

Cheers,

Aric

Well on mine with the standard Z-cars fuel tank the most I've had was about 170 miles taking it steady motorways mainly. The lowest about 70........ They do get through it when you start getting your toe down

Sorry I can't remember of the top of my head. I've got a vague recollection that they're a 25ltr tank..... But I could be wrong. It might be worth asking Chris for a definitive answer.

Ade

[Monte Busa]

I'll ping Chris, but didn't want to distract him from completing my turbo setup

Can I get a quick H X W X L? Should be easy to do?

Hi Ade - do you know what size the std Z-Cars tank is? My Monte Carlo tank is a completely different shape...do you maybe have X Y and X dims on yours?

Cheers,

Aric

Well on mine with the standard Z-cars fuel tank the most I've had was about 170 miles taking it steady motorways mainly. The lowest about 70........ They do get through it when you start getting your toe down

Sorry I can't remember of the top of my head. I've got a vague recollection that they're a 25ltr tank..... But I could be wrong. It might be worth asking Chris for a definitive answer.

Ade

[Ade]

Ok for you I'll try and remember to go out into the garage and wrestle my way down to the tank Thought it was a great idea to have the bonnet opening the other way until you try and do things like this!!

[Ade]

Ok z-cars fuel tank dimensions.

45 x 16 x 36cm. Approx. I hope this helps

Ade

[Monte Busa]

Ok Ade...your dims calculate to about 6.8gal. I'd say conservatively you probably have 6gal+, maybe 6.5gal then....I may need to get a bigger tank for the R1 than the 4gal teensie weensie one I just picked up then...

Thanks for the help and hopefully it wasn't too difficult snaking around your forward tipping Kawasaki green bonnet cover (just watched your car this eve on the Mayhem video by the way )

Cheers,

Aric

Ok z-cars fuel tank dimensions.

45 x 16 x 36cm. Approx. I hope this helps

Ade

Edited by Monte Busa, 03 October 2007 - 05:40 AM.

[pete]

Thanks for the help and hopefully it wasn't too difficult snaking around your forward tipping Kawasaki green bonnet cover (just watched your car this eve on the Mayhem video by the way )

Cheers,

Aric

Wasn't difficult at all picking up the phone to get me to measure the one I have sitting in my garage because he couldn't find a tape measure

[Ade]

I did go out into the garage and open up said bonnet before I realised i couldn't find the tape measure!

That makes it all better

And in my defense you couldn't find yours either!!! I seem to recall some sanding of C**p off of your spirit level to be able to see the numbers!!

Edited by Ade, 03 October 2007 - 03:17 PM.

[Ade]

Thanks for the help and hopefully it wasn't too difficult snaking around your forward tipping Kawasaki green bonnet cover (just watched your car this eve on the Mayhem video by the way )

Ok z-cars fuel tank dimensions.

45 x 16 x 36cm. Approx. I hope this helps

Ade

Ohhh was it fun? I haven't watched it for a while...... always seemed a little slow because he was taking it easy because of the rain!

[Monte Busa]

Thanks for the help and hopefully it wasn't too difficult snaking around your forward tipping Kawasaki green bonnet cover (just watched your car this eve on the Mayhem video by the way )

Ok z-cars fuel tank dimensions.

45 x 16 x 36cm. Approx. I hope this helps

Ade

Ohhh was it fun? I haven't watched it for a while...... always seemed a little slow because he was taking it easy because of the rain!

[Monte Busa]

quite squirrely you car is in the wet, but Bill was having fun.

I have all the minifilms videos...watch them frequently as a pick me up when I get frustrated staring at my ever-more-expensive piles of parts in the garage...

Cheers - and thanks Pete!

Aric

Thanks for the help and hopefully it wasn't too difficult snaking around your forward tipping Kawasaki green bonnet cover (just watched your car this eve on the Mayhem video by the way )

Ok z-cars fuel tank dimensions.

45 x 16 x 36cm. Approx. I hope this helps

Ade

Ohhh was it fun? I haven't watched it for a while...... always seemed a little slow because he was taking it easy because of the rain!