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Is it safe to cut out the spare tire well, so I can have a larger propane tank? I'm wondering, because I'm trying to be able to have as much room for a propane gas tank as possible.
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ive seen it done. usually it gets replaced with a flat plate and lots of bolts (1 every inch or so)
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Originally Posted by j9fd3s' post='805140' date='Mar 1 2006, 08:55 AM
ive seen it done. usually it gets replaced with a flat plate and lots of bolts (1 every inch or so) Okay, thanks. How difficult do you think it would be?? |
Easy, take the sucker out then take a sawzall and go to town. Then start making the plate to cover the hole.
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Originally Posted by z-beater' post='805248' date='Mar 1 2006, 07:13 PM
Easy, take the sucker out then take a sawzall and go to town. |
Originally Posted by BeaterRX7' post='805414' date='Mar 2 2006, 10:44 AM
https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/blink.png Look underneath before you cut! Get a magic marker and a tape measure and draw your cutting line before hand. Cut the hole a little small and trim to fit your new tank. Expect your chassis rigidity to go to hell unless you bolster the sheetmetal. what do you mean by bolster? |
Originally Posted by Brian S.' post='805596' date='Mar 3 2006, 10:20 AM
what do you mean by bolster? |
Originally Posted by BeaterRX7' post='805602' date='Mar 3 2006, 10:06 AM
Support/strengthen. okay. what gauge sheetmetal should i get, and what should i re-inforce it with? a couple pieces of metal (c-channel, but short channels)? we have some 1/8" or 1/4" thick iron/steel c-channel pieces, and those are strong as hell. would aluminum ones work? (i'm trying to keep the weight of my car down. |
Sorry about my other post I did not mean to seem as if I were irrational. I do agree with beater measure twice cut once.
If I were you I would run some small (1/8"-1/4") and running it along the existing floor. The "L'ing" it to drop to your propane tank. I would not want that bottle near the exhaust. That is just me though. |
Originally Posted by z-beater' post='805638' date='Mar 3 2006, 03:04 PM
Sorry about my other post I did not mean to seem as if I were irrational. I do agree with beater measure twice cut once. If I were you I would run some small (1/8"-1/4") and running it along the existing floor. The "L'ing" it to drop to your propane tank. I would not want that bottle near the exhaust. That is just me though. its not a bottle, its a propane tank. like ones on grills, except the metal is thicker, and it is almost impossible to puncture, so i'm not worried. its just as bad as having a gas tank near your exhaust. |
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