My new class 5 car

**westtexasbaja** · March 5th, 2008, 07:13

Lookin' good. Did you make the fuel cell straps? If not, where did you get them?

Thanks,
G.

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**baja stu** · March 5th, 2008, 07:48

Originally Posted by westtexasbaja

Lookin' good. Did you make the fuel cell straps? If not, where did you get them?

Thanks,
G.

Thanks for the complement. The fuel cell strap was made buy Steve @ Griffith Welding. It’s a simple design, just some strap material bent to conform to the cell and then tig welded together with a slip bolt going through it on each side. I’ll post a close-up picture of the strap.

**5racer** · March 5th, 2008, 18:48

Originally Posted by baja stu

I was going to mount the power steering reservoir right here but I decided to mount it closer to the fuel cell and away from the engine / brakes. Plus I needed to move it out of the way to have a place to mount my spare tire right above the trans. I saw this trick little mount and thought that I would make some thing similar.

stu mount the resivore close to pump .read the paper that came with the ram or go on line to howe.
cant wait to see this car done .

**baja stu** · March 5th, 2008, 19:13

Originally Posted by 5racer

stu mount the resivore close to pump .read the paper that came with the ram or go on line to howe.
cant wait to see this car done .

Steve,

I looked into mounting it close to the pump but then it would hang over the exhaust or be in the way of the spare. What would you suggest? I have seen people mount it close to the pump and on the fire wall. I know that there wouldn’t be any problem if I had a type IV but with a type I isn’t there a concern about a fire like the picture of the 1600 car?

**Haycock** · March 5th, 2008, 20:05

i believe the feed line from the res. to the pump should never be longer than 2 feet (atleast thats what howe recomends).

the car is looking good! keep up the nice work!

**baja stu** · March 10th, 2008, 13:16

I picket up some 4130 plate and built a small riser box for the shifter to sit on. I just haft to drill 4 holes in the bottom to mount it to the 4 tabs I welded on the center brace and then drill the top and install some inserts to thread the shifter bolts to.

**5racer** · March 22nd, 2008, 00:51

Originally Posted by baja stu

I picket up some 4130 plate and built a small riser box for the shifter to sit on. I just haft to drill 4 holes in the bottom to mount it to the 4 tabs I welded on the center brace and then drill the top and install some inserts to thread the shifter bolts to.

looking high tec stu .good job