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aircooled posted:

I like the idea of putting the fuel tank in the "void" area thus making the frunk ideal as a frunk !  From your photos Todd, I think I would cut out all of the glass barrier on the front of the "void". This would allow you plenty of room to re-work that part of the frame that was removed to allow the transaxle to fit in. It looks like you could bend up a couple of curved tube pieces to jump over that transaxle. They should be low and trussed and gusseted to give you maximum floor space in the rear seat area for the fuel tank. Put the radiator up front. With it tilted it really doesn't take up much room up there and certainly allows cool air to flow thru it nicely. With the fuel tank gone, there's even more room below the floor up there. Probably collision safer too ? Glass is so easy to work with and is secondary to the car frame structure. Once the frame is completed to your satisfaction, and the fuel tank is in,  just replace or modify the  Fglass   you cut out to fit the new configuration. Same in the frunk. Fabricate a new Fglass  floor to take advantage of all the room left by the fuel tank re-location.

By the way, where did you get that green elbow for your air cleaner duct work ? I like that a lot and it has a very tight radius for it's tube diameter !  What is the tube diameter anyway ? Don't know if your interested in one of these air cleaners but it is what will be on my Subaru Engine. I call it an "Air Gobbeler". There K&N filter inside is large enough to handle a V-6

 

 

 

That is probably the smart way to go, and the most likely way I will go, but also like the idea of putting the radiator in there just to see how it works.  Yeah, that isn't smart, but rarely am I accused of such.  I am thinking that I will have to cut the glass no matter which of the three options I use, because installation of anything in that space will be tough, unless I uninstall the transaxle.  I will at the very least have to cut enough fiberglass to remodel those cut cross frame members.  The intake elbow, (came as bare metal, but stuff rusts), came as part of a package deal when I bought the Subaru to Vanagon engine support.  I don't remember the vendor name, but will get it for you.  Thanks for the offer, but I don't think my plans for the intake will work with the gobbler.

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