Dry Sump Tank question

[Scott_]

Does anyone know if the Caterham triangular dry sump tank will fit in front of a Duratec in a S3 imperial chassis?    I have started a rather long term project of building a R500 spec 2.0l Duratec with a drysump to replace the engine in my 1999 K VVC series Caterham and am trying to make a decision about the Caterham tank or modifying the passenger footwell to make space for an off-the-shelf Patterson style tank.

 

Thanks,

 

Scott 

[pethier]

Why would you want to put more mass in front of the engine?

 

Your passenger does not need room for pedals.

[KnifeySpoony]

2 hours ago, pethier said:

Why would you want to put more mass in front of the engine?

 

 

Why would you want to reinvent the wheel and engineer/fabricate a new solution to a problem that already has an off the shelf and well tested solution?

Edited 7 hours ago by KnifeySpoony

[wdb]

I put my tank where the battery mounts, and moved the battery to just in front of the cowl. Different engine, same chassis. 

 

 

[pethier]

3 hours ago, KnifeySpoony said:

Why would you want to reinvent the wheel and engineer/fabricate a new solution to a problem that already has an off the shelf and well tested solution?

I thought Scott was asking if there WAS an off the shelf and well tested solution.

[KnifeySpoony]

The footwell tank can be bought but would require other engineering/plumbing solutions that are already solved by using the Caterham setup. Assuming it fits in his imperial chassis, everything would be plug and play. Maybe I'm just lazy and I hate modifying stuff. But it seems any improvised solution can trigger a set of unintended consequences and further troubleshooting.

[pethier]

38 minutes ago, KnifeySpoony said:

The footwell tank can be bought but would require other engineering/plumbing solutions that are already solved by using the Caterham setup. Assuming it fits in his imperial chassis, everything would be plug and play. Maybe I'm just lazy and I hate modifying stuff. But it seems any improvised solution can trigger a set of unintended consequences and further troubleshooting.

So, you are saying that the Caterham triangular dry sump tank will fit in front of a Duratec in a S3 imperial chassis?    

[KnifeySpoony]

That's what we're all here to find out.