Gas tank too close to exhaust?

[FORD*DIEHARD]

Dry fitting 23 gallon tank , is the tank too close to the exhaust (the photos are of the driver side exhaust?

If it is what is the best solution? Or is it ok?

Thank you in advance,

Sonny

 

[Apogee]

Looks good...I'd run it as-is and probably not have any issue. You could slap some reflective heat tape onto the tank to combat radiation, but you get enough airflow under an EB that I don't think you'll have any problems as-is.

 

[EricLar80]

I ran mine like that for years without issues.

 

[ngsd]

I have see many like that and never heard of an issue.

 

[Timmy390]

Way too close. Send that tank to me and get another smaller one

Slap some tape on it as stated above and run it. Or start hacking the exhaust and get more clearance.

Tim

 

[Madgyver]

Because of a 4-link, routing of the exhaust was tight. on areas where it got close to the 23 gal tank Taz used exhaust wrap to help isolate the heat.

 

[DirtDonk]

And even though it does still get hot, that's pretty much the coolest part of the exhaust by the time it gets back there. So it's not like it's boiling the gas inside.
So I say it's ok too, but it also just makes good common sense to make a shield/barrier of some kind or another. Anything simple that reduces what heat does get back there is nothing but a good thing.
It's those long freeway drives that usually end up heating things up I would think. You've got a cooling wind under there, but you also have the time when the exhaust is seeing the most heat production up front. So better safe than sorry?

While the tank is full-ish I can't see it being an issue, but if you had an almost empty tank and on a vehicle with an already well known vapor lock issue, I'd go to the trouble and make a shield too.

However, truth in advertising I ran my '71 about like that on the passenger side for years (true dual exhaust, but both tubes on the passenger side) without any issues either. Even at extended highway speeds.
Looks like you have duals with the tubes on both sides all the way back?

Paul

 

[charlie6976]

Exhaust issue solved!!!
From another post.
https://classicbroncos.com/forums/showthread.php?t=305533

 

[DirtDonk]

Thought you were going to link to some exhaust stacks through the hood with flapper valves on top!

Paul