Anyone have any new/more info on the maf auxilliary tank listed on their website for an FJ Cruiser? I think it would be a great accessory for expedition travel.
Later,
Matt
Later,
Matt
man-a-fre auxilliary gas tank?
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They are still in the final refinements stage. I'm guessing the next couple of weeks will see it go on sale. Looks like it will come in at about 20 gals.
Check out this link for more info
I agree an aux tank would be great. However if it is sticking halfway down to the ground from underneath like their picture suggests...
Think they would be thinking "Tucked up away, nice and neat with a skid plate".
Think they would be thinking "Tucked up away, nice and neat with a skid plate".
The photos are a bit deceptive about how much it hangs down - even the prototype shown doesn't modify the departure angle (and I have a high clearance rear bumper on there - so for stock this tank would seem very well tucked up). Also, the tank is undergoing mods right now to make it even more tucked up... I'm pretty sure this will end up being very off-road useful and not an impediment to rock crawling (such that FJC's can).
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Will it be E85 compatable?
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How is it using the factory fuel neck for two tanks without modification? Or are they doing a separate filler?
My understanding is that the factory fill neck has to be modified. You overnight it to them, they modify it, then overnight it back.
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Interesting. I was on the phone with Steve this AM, i should of asked... but i don't have a FJC so i didnt know it even existed.
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Except that I'm hoping to eventually convert it to run on a number of different fules.
Except for the fact that there is NO advantage to running E85? Why would you even consider running a fuel in your engine that runs like crap, pollutes more, costs more, and drives the cost of every food product out there up? E85 would not only kill our air, it would kill our cars AND kill our economy.
Get off the fad of the week wagon and actually research the facts rather than think you are the black sheep revolting against the oil "man". Instead of a black sheep you end up being just another white sheep following behind where the liberal side of the media wants to take you...
E85/Ethanol = Garbage
Good old fashioned Gasoline = Good
Bio-Diesel = Better.
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I dissagree. Top fuel dragsters have been using the Ethnol for decades now and when done right it runs better, cooler, and cleaner. The real problem with most Flex Fule vehicles has more to do with the Flex part, not the fuel part. Pluse if you hygorgenate the fuel it works even better.
http://www.e85fuel.com/
http://www.e85.us/
http://flexfuelus.com/
http://knowledgepublications.com/gw3h2/gw3h2_landing_selector.htm?gclid=CNL-tMzLpIwCFQPGgAod0nlBWA
http://e85vehicles.com/
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I don't know the economics of it very well, but maybe increased demand would allow the massive farm subsidies to finally go away in the US and the EU? (tongue in cheek - once an entitlement is there, never goes away
)Pollution has two sides to it: Local noxious stuff and fossil carbon. I was recently in Brazil where they run ethanol flex cars. Pretty stinky. But, it's not a net carbon source, since the carbon is just recycled from plants -> fuel -> atm -> plants. Emitting ancient carbon into the current active carbon inventory that's pollution from the global warming perspective - that is digging up carbon that was locked away in buried dinosaurs and forests hundreds of millions of years ago.
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Thanks for all the info all of you. I'm looking forward to seeing it. I'm planning a trip to the Trans Taiga road in Canada and thought this would be a great addition to the FJC.
Matt
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I like the idea, but it looks extremely susceptable to rupturing if the vehicle is rear ended.
Of course they won't crash test it, so you won't know until you get hit.
Of course they won't crash test it, so you won't know until you get hit.
