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Track Day Issue - Low Fuel Reading

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Old 12-09-2010, 10:52 PM
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Originally Posted by moochman4life
I shouldn't have to keep the tank that full, though. I read something somewhere about a gallon of gas weighing XX lbs or so (I really don't want to do the math lol). I would love to keep the weight down.

However, I'm not trying to replace with a fuel cell, either. My car is a "road trip, DD, street/strip, take it to the track and have as much fun as possible without dedicating it to one specific purpose" kinda car.

I just don't see a middle ground here unless I make a new tank...which I'm not doing.

So, I just have to keep it at 1/2-3/4 at all times while on the track.

Oh, yep, Shenandoah Circuit. Love it. Either I'm going back with TrackDaze in May, or I'm going to see what the National Captial Region SCCA has cooking when they promulgate their schedules. I'm looking into their time trials gig. You?
I've never had fuel starvation issues when it gets to a 1/4 tank, but the annoying alarm that beeps at every hard corner starts to grate on me after a few laps. I usually burn close to a 1/4 tank per session, so starting with it 1/2 full works fine.

When I lived in Maryland I ran with NASA mainly (Summit Main and Shenandoah, and VIR), but also did some of the FATTs with BSR. Out here in Cali, I run mainly with a group called SpeedVentures (LOTS of seat time for the money compared to NASA), but also run with NASA.
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