Spare fuel bladders in the doors?

[nukegoat]

you are making a massive assumption that A) the bladder won’t/can’t be pierced and B) that the magic material and seam seal you choose to utilize will handle the spread of force during the impact. If A or B fail then you have only some heavy card stock between you and whatever liquid is in the bladder.

Unless you have some sort of bunding designed, this is incredibly dumb. But you do you boo.

I will probably wrap the bladders in some sort of high tensile fiber like kevlar or graphene if I can get some on ebay

 

[Eyedaho]

I will probably wrap the bladders in some sort of high tensile fiber like kevlar or graphene if I can get some on ebay

Maybe a group buy on graphene? I need some to build the graphene battery for my PHEV mod that I'm planning.

 

[steveLX450]

I will probably wrap the bladders in some sort of high tensile fiber like kevlar or graphene if I can get some on ebay

you should put the crack pipe down dude !

 

[Funner]

This is why you should leave engineering to the engineering people. Gasoline is a liquid. Liquids are incompressible (almost, anyway. I don't want to get into the physics of it, but basically we can treat them as infinitely incompressible.) The fluid would actually distribute the force of impact along the A and B pillars perfectly, and the elasticity of the bladder would provide sort of a "shock absorber" in case of impact. You may actually get away from being T-boned with just some paint scratches.

I am glad we are getting back to facts.
There are many engineered motorized transports where the fuel is stored inside rather than outside of said “vehicle”. I have never seen a boat with an external fuel tank. They are inside the boat.

 

[Cruzerman]

Totally sure it would DOT approved...

 

[surfpig]

WHOA.

 

[steveLX450]

I am glad we are getting back to facts.
There are many engineered motorized transports where the fuel is stored inside rather than outside of said “vehicle”. I have never seen a boat with an external fuel tank. They are inside the boat.

Sorry , but Boats dont have fuel tanks made of flexible bladders !

 

[Outsane]

In the mean time some people put Nato cans full of fuel inside the cab.

 

[sunrk]

4wd doors are not aircraft wings. They are not for fuel storage

 

[Funner]

Sorry , but Boats dont have fuel tanks made of flexible bladders !

Really? The internet says otherwise...

 

[SNLC]

McLaren F1 dudes.....



Cheers

 

[thatcabledude]

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McLaren F1 dudes.....



Cheers

I think you mean Ferrari F40. Non US models specifically.

 

[SNLC]

I

I think you mean Ferrari F40

Nope.

F1 has soft fuel cell that has to be changed every five years.

Cheers

 

[thatcabledude]

Nope.

F1 has soft fuel cell that has to be changed every five years.

Cheers

You’re right. They both do.

 

[-Spike-]

you are making a massive assumption that A) the bladder won’t/can’t be pierced and B) that the magic material and seam seal you choose to utilize will handle the spread of force during the impact. If A or B fail then you have only some heavy card stock between you and whatever liquid is in the bladder.

Unless you have some sort of bunding designed, this is incredibly dumb. But you do you boo.

Sucker. I expect more from you.

 

[ewillis]

Gasoline will freeze at about -200f. You could modify an ARB fridge to work like a cryogenic chamber and run iridium tubing through the door channels to dissipate liquid nitrogen. This would keep the fuel solid and even double the safety factor in a t-bone type collision. Just melt and use as needed...

 

[80t0ylc]

Wow, I thought this thread was a joke when I read the title. And a poor joke at that. @nukegoat if you've ever seen the results of humans that have survived accidents involving gasoline burns, let alone the remains of those that didn't, you would abandon this ridiculous idea. I don't care how many "degrees" you have in any field. And I don't care how many "safeguards" you design into it, it's not worth the potential danger to the occupants for carrying around a few extra gallons of fuel. I'm no saint, I've foolishly carried extra fuel inside my rig and gotten away with it when needing extra fuel for a trip. But looking back, to what I exposed myself to, I shake my head in embarrasment. Since then I've been blessed to install a LRA 24 gallon aux tank where the OEM spare was stowed. No it's not foolproof or totally safe, but it's engineered with a time tested design? You can't see all the hazards coming your way, but you can use common sense to avoid exposing you and your rig's occupants to unnecessary risks.

 

[maxamillion2345]

Anyone know what caused the yellow FJ Cruiser to explode?

Acetylene tank leak.

 

[Bludozer]

Wow, I thought this thread was a joke when I read the title. And a poor joke at that. @nukegoat if you've ever seen the results of humans that have survived accidents involving gasoline burns, let alone the remains of those that didn't, you would abandon this ridiculous idea. I don't care how many "degrees" you have in any field. And I don't care how many "safeguards" you design into it, it's not worth the potential danger to the occupants for carrying around a few extra gallons of fuel. I'm no saint, I've foolishly carried extra fuel inside my rig and gotten away with it when needing extra fuel for a trip. But looking back, to what I exposed myself to, I shake my head in embarrasment. Since then I've been blessed to install a LRA 24 gallon aux tank where the OEM spare was stowed. No it's not foolproof or totally safe, but it's engineered with a time tested design? You can't see all the hazards coming your way, but you can use common sense to avoid exposing you and your rig's occupants to unnecessary risks.

 

[Railwelder93]

Really? The internet says otherwise...

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Just need one of those the size and shape of the seat cushions and we are in business. Seat cushions fuel mod, it would be comfortable too like a water bed.