I am runnig the standard fuel tank mounted into the back of my ute (lack of room under the car).
I am wanting to change it to a "fuel cell"- those plastic boxes as the standard tank is ugly (not to mention heavy).

am wondering if anyone else has used one of these fuel cells? also what size to get? what is the size in litres of the standard tank?

Hey simon how are ya im thinking bout this at the moment. According to my owners manual my 84 model ute runs a 37 litre tank standard im not sure if they vary year to year.
Im looking at buying a 40 litre plastic fuel cell and i think they have a in tank baffle and surge tank if anyone can confirn let me no.
The reason im doing this is it makes doing the fuel system much easyer and looks much neater im still trying to find out if it can be engineered mounted in the tray as i am planing if anyone has done it let me no.
Cheers Luke

hmmm... only 40L? I thought the main reason you'd get one would be to increase the amount of fuel you carry around. I found the 37L one rather small with my old 2L motor. (or maybe it was just that my foot was too heavy... )
50 or 60L would be better. but, yes it would be heavier. If i wanted to increase my fuel, i'd look into putting another tank in, opposite the original.
a) 75L or there abouts (fill it up for as much as you need... no extra weight unless you want it)
b) leaves the tray free for other bits and pieces. a ute is used to put things in... not fuel tanks...

my 5c anyway...

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What do you mean put things in the back of my ute it might scatch the paint haha im sorry but il tell you now i am not building my ute with a CA18DET so its load carring capalities are better.
I have 2 reasons, no weight over back wheels therfore better skids and to seats so i dont have to give people lifts.

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If it's any help i have installed one into a 510 before a 60L. The tank WAS quite big, pretty much took up the whole boot.

It did have a big baffle in it, these kind've netted sponges in the bottom of it.. I also noted though, it didn't have a sender unit, (which is probably fairly obvious i guess).

(Oh and when installing, don't fill with only 5 bucks and get the feed and return hoses mixed up )

Cheers

Plastic ones at revolution racegear were $330.00 last week on special. They were about 40L capacity...little more expensive for larger ones....or
I know someone who can make them out of polished alloy and will look great for about the $550 mark

im not interested in using my ute for carrying loads of whatever... im with NIS18L- the less weight over the diff the better

the alloy one sounds good but i have always liked the clean look of the plastic cell. I would look to replace it with the same capacity, as i have mini tubs and want to add full tubs one it one day, i will need the room.
i have a polished surge pump next to the tank at the moment and every thing else is exposed next to the tank- pumps, filters... so i think the plastic cell would suit.

my current set up should legally be boxed in- but again the weight issue... it is however fully engineered so a swap to the plastic cell should be no drama

I was reading one of those aussie car mags today and it had a 1200 ute in it, they had installed a tank in the front of the tray and welded a panel just above it just out far enough to line up with the upper sides of the tray,was quite a nice job. It looked as though the fuel pump and surge tank was placed in front of the tank.

i stopped in at the local auto one shop on the way home from work yesterday to get prices on the fuel cells.

plastic and alloy tanks are the same price for a 40litre version- $275

the plastic cells need a strap kit to tie them down which is more money and they were only black in colour. the alloy tanks looked fantastic and already had tags welded to them so fitting will only need a few high tensile bolts.

i asked about the weight and the guy said that the alloy ones felt like an empty cardboard box when they arrived

it pays to shop around...
i went to windsor auto one, and asked the price for the same 40litre alloy tank that richmond quoted $275, and they gave me the price of $230!
go figure that one
needless to say i will be ordering one shortly