Do I sell one of the kids and purchase an over the top, custom made aluminum tank with fuel sender, return line, baffles, slick fill tube, heated pickup and vent?
Or do I get an old plastic boat tank, retrofit it with a heater and possibly sender and rig up some kind of filler neck?
Well, it's nice to have options. At minimum I recommend a plastic, aluminum or stainless steel tank. These materials will have less chance of accumulating polymerized oil. Also, I see it crucial to have a fuel level sending unit in the tank, connected to a gauge in the vehicle, unless you prefer to have someone riding in your trunk monitoring the fuel level by dipping in a stick on occasion.
Here is one you can use for passenger vehicles. It's a 19 gallon aluminum fuel cell, with 3 ports and a fuel sender. It's 30 x 12 x 12 and costs about $300. Part number: 2191AD. You can pop an 11" Hot Stick in there and have a nice heated tank for a passenger vehicle.
Also, there are Spare Tire tanks which take the place of your spare. The are only about 13 gallons though. Greasecar sells them.
For trucks, we have recommended this 80 gallon tank from RDS, available at Northern Tool. It's 50" wide, 20" long and 19" high. Cost: $529 We don't have a Hot stick to fit this tank, but there are other options for heating.
L - shaped tanks are also an option for trucks. Here the tank I used on my 97 F250 pickup. It's an L Shape which fit right under my crossbox. I had it made for $950.
So, there are a variety of sizes, shapes and materials for WVO Tanks. The can be very slick and ingeniously designed, or thriftily thrown together for a few buck...much like rest of the WVO Conversion Parts.
What have y'all done? Send pictures and I'll post them here.
Additional Tank resources:
Purchase a tank from:
Ebay - Search for "boat tank" or "wvo tank"
-Jason Jelonek
