Drag Racing Fuel Cell Requirements

Many road racing organizations require fuel cells certified to fia ft3 ft3 5 or ft5 standards.

Drag racing fuel cell requirements.

Some of this may still apply to you but not all of it. 2020 rulebook amendments. See individual class requirements for additional requirements such as stock eliminator. Shield mandatory 7 49 1 4 mile and quicker.

Drivers of nhra lucas oil drag racing series and e t. In order to supply the proper volume of fuel the lines will need to have at a minimum 1 2 inch inner diameter. Junior dragster racing league rulebook. Full face helmet mandatory on all cars 9 99 1 4 mile 6 39 1 8 mile or quicker.

Fuel system safety requirements back in the 80 s when i was racing there was hardly a weekend event where someone s car didn t catch fire when they drifted and hit the guardrail. Mello yello series event contingency posting. Fuel cells must be located within body if located outside of frame it must be enclosed in a steel tube frame constructed of minimum 1 1 4 inch o d. Our drag cells have sump fittings and safety foam.

Buy a rulebook. For that reason this article will focus on fia certified cells. Contingency sponsor approved decals. 2019 to 2020 rulebook amendments.

Drag racing fuel cells. Once again fuel filters are required before and after the fuel pump and not just any filter will do. Our drag racing cells with sumps come in a variety of shapes and capacities. Drag racing fuel tanks and fuel cells parts in stock with same day shipping.

4 5 8 12 15 gallons. Shop drag racing fuel tanks and fuel cells parts and get free shipping on orders over 99 at speedway motors the racing and rodding specialists. X 065 inch chromoly tubing here is a pic of shepards back in the day from this site. In a normally aspirated drag racing engine with 5 to 1 afr over 20 percent extra fuel is supplied for cooling.

Nhra rules tech cards. Fuel cell may be relocated to front of car maximum 2 gallon fuel cell meeting sfi spec 28 1 required. For this reason nhra safety regulations state that any fuel filler neck that is located inside the vehicle s trunk must vent to the outside of the vehicle. 2019 to 2020.

With this ratio over 85 percent extra fuel is supplied for cooling. Cars 13 99 or quicker 8 59 must use a helmet meeting snell. In contrast during our drag racing days we ran an afr of 3 4 to 1 in our high compression blown methanol hemi engine. Lodrs div contingency sheet.