914/6 oil tank, Just thinking Options

[r_towle]

So,

What are the options for oil tanks?
New, used?
Who sells the new ones, and how much?

Rich

[bigkensteele]

Can I ask why having the oil tank reside in the left quarter is so critical? It would seem to me that it could live virtually anywhere in the car. Front trunk, rear trunk? Would that not take away from the complexity of building a very specificly shaped/sized container to fit in that odd location? Why not put it in the front trunk and add a little weight bias up there? You could shape it anyway you want and probably buy something off the shelf that would work for far less. Just my $.02.

[brant]

Can I ask why having the oil tank reside in the left quarter is so critical? It would seem to me that it could live virtually anywhere in the car. Front trunk, rear trunk? Would that not take away from the complexity of building a very specificly shaped/sized container to fit in that odd location? Why not put it in the front trunk and add a little weight bias up there? You could shape it anyway you want and probably buy something off the shelf that would work for far less. Just my $.02.

a lot of race cars run it in the front trunk
the tank has to be high enough in the chassis to feed the engine via gravity
the front trunk is done often, yet there is still a miniscule question about the gravity feed and ability to meet the engines oil need with such long lines...

obviously lines need to be thought out carefully with a front trunk set up as well as size of those lines.... usually AN16 is considered optimal for the feed due to less restriction in the bigger sized line..... so AN16 from the front end can run $$$$ big big money! (possibly more than the cost of a stock tank)

finally... some racing sanctioning bodies won't allow the front trunk
may not matter to 99.9% of the people out there.. but in my case, my vintage organization will only allow stock location for the tank.

b