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Originally Posted by AKADriver
I've kind of wondered if an S13 tank setup would fit in some of these cars.
I mentioned this in a prior comment but the WC34 (Stagea) retained the S13/R32/C33 tank location even though the rest of the chassis is updated similarly to the S14/R33/C34. Mostly so it can have a flatter load floor behind the seats rather than the fuel tank hump between the rear strut towers that the other cars have. It's actually a plastic tank in the WC34 but the same piece was also used in the BNR32 GT-R... anyone know if R32 GT-Rs have tank cracking problems?
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S13 or any other metal fuel tank really. As long as the capacity remains reasonable, I would be more than happy to modify the floor pan by the rear seats to accommodate a new design.
Another thing I've wondered is weight distribution. Rear seat floor pan or trunk floor pan sections wouldn't be overly difficult to redesign for a new fuel tank. A filler neck could be made to retain the same door location.
I would much rather switch to an S13 or similar fuel tank design over the S14. Out of all the S13's I've owned, only a handful have had fuel leak issues and 95% of them were from being punctured while bottoming out or backing into something. The rest had small leaks from the O-rings and were all easily resolved.