SS Fuel Tanks
 

Curious what size tanks other SS's have.

My forward tank is only a 40 gallon, rear if I remember right is 75. It just dosen't seem like they have much fuel on board for 2 large engines.

I have read where some of the SS's had 3 tanks.

one 83 gal

ive got a 28 lebear which is a splash of a 28ss and i have a single 105 gal

Mine had 40 bow and 75-80 belly tank. The fuel capacity was designed around small blocks. I've also seen an extra 20 gallon bow tank in a few.

Had a 1980SS with 80gal rear and 40gal front.

Do you normally run on the rear tank and switch both engines to the front when you get low? or do you even use the front tank?

I drilled through the rear and ran the fuel lines back from the center tank to the engine removing the fuel shut offs by the seat. I ran the front tank line to an electric pump with a dash activated switch and then to a T in the line to fill the back tank. Eliminates all off the long fuel lines and small openings on the valves etc. and main fuel lines to engine end up being 2' long instead of twenty.

We did the same thing when we redid Miss Cigarette. Worked great. I used the front tank like a ballast tank in rough races, only moving fuel when we needed it.

28ss tanks
 

I also have a 75 /80 rear tank and a 30-40 bow tank. I also use the front tank for ballast and only use the fuel if my rear tank runs out. My boat has closed cooled mpi big blocks so any extra weight up front helps. There is not much free board out back. I also have a transfer pump plumed in so i can transfer that fuel to the rear tank at least once a season to keep it fresh.

My SS has the additional Stewart warner electric pumps on each engine, but neither can draw the fuel up to the motors unless the lines are full of fuel.

I have always suspected the 20 feet of hose and tank selector valves allow the fuel to drain back to the tanks after sitting for a few day.

I have to put 5 pounds of air into the fuel tanks to push fuel thru all the hoses, shut off valves, tank selector valves water seperators to the mechanical and electric fuel pumps.

Does anyone else have this problem?

That was my boat . sold it to tim. It has been for sale on ebay in mich. I am still amazed that the gill headers survived all this time, i bought them from a hurricane andrew damaged boat.

My 78 CIG 24 Race Boat had a second 24g tank installed forward of the original tank..they also used an electric pump to transfer from the front to the rear tank.

Although I am not sure using the original vent line was the best way to do that, that is how it was done. Pretty simple way to do it I guess. Took me a while to figure out why there was a T fitting in the Vent line about 2 feet down from the original filler/overflow/vent fitting.

Pic of tank removed... not sure what to do with it now.

http://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-WE...19-44-20_9.jpg

Is that tank aluminum? Is the fuel sended good? My front tak sender has become flakey.
Looks much like the same installation as both of mine, screwed to the ribs with the welded on brackets and surrounded with spray foam.

No, it is one of the newer cross-linked poly plastic tanks.

This one was just foamed in place...no brackets needed. Heck it took 2 of us over an hour to get it out..sucker wasn't going anywhere.

Sender is good, but senders are not all the same tank to tank, different tank depths etc.

I also have an AFP 77 Gal aluminum tank, it is new and never been used, has sender etc. Was sat into a boat, plumbed and never used as the boat has never been rigged. Not sure what to do with it, came in a virgin hull I "thought" I was going to finish..LOL