Drag Racing Fuel Cell Requirements

Cars 13 99 or quicker 8 59 must use a helmet meeting snell.

Drag racing fuel cell requirements.

Drag racing fuel cells. Junior dragster racing league rulebook. In contrast during our drag racing days we ran an afr of 3 4 to 1 in our high compression blown methanol hemi engine. Many road racing organizations require fuel cells certified to fia ft3 ft3 5 or ft5 standards.

2019 to 2020 rulebook amendments. Shield mandatory 7 49 1 4 mile and quicker. With this ratio over 85 percent extra fuel is supplied for cooling. There is also the option of three different caps.

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. 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. Please don t be offended if you get to use something else where you race. Our drag racing cells with sumps come in a variety of shapes and capacities.

Some of this may still apply to you but not all of it. Contingency sponsor approved decals. For that reason this article will focus on fia certified cells. 2019 to 2020.

Fuel cell may be relocated to front of car maximum 2 gallon fuel cell meeting sfi spec 28 1 required. Buy a rulebook. Once again fuel filters are required before and after the fuel pump and not just any filter will do. See individual class requirements for additional requirements such as stock eliminator.

Mello yello series event contingency posting. The larger line will carry a larger volume of fuel which is required. Full face helmet mandatory on all cars 9 99 1 4 mile 6 39 1 8 mile or quicker. 2020 rulebook amendments.

Lodrs div contingency sheet. X 065 inch chromoly tubing here is a pic of shepards back in the day from this site. Our drag cells have sump fittings and safety foam. In order to supply the proper volume of fuel the lines will need to have at a minimum 1 2 inch inner diameter.

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. In a normally aspirated drag racing engine with 5 to 1 afr over 20 percent extra fuel is supplied for cooling. Drag racing fuel tanks and fuel cells parts in stock with same day shipping. Drivers of nhra lucas oil drag racing series and e t.