Spitfire 52L Fuel Tank
A full aluminium tank boasting a 52L capacity! Spitfire Engineering have spent countess hours on making sure the fitment and installation of their tank is easy whilst making sure there the minimal amount of space wasted which could be used to hold that fuel! We know! we helped.
This tank has been designed from the ground up to make use of a triple flap baffle system not seen before in a lotus tank. Conventional baffles are usually tubes with balls in, and whilst the are reasonably effective they do allow flow through, where as the flap system uses the fuels weight to create a seal.
This hugely effective baffle system allows the tanks to remain foam free which means there is a massive difference to the capacity and to the usable fuel in the tank. The foam manufacturers suggest that the foam in a lotus tank can take up 3-4 litres in displaced fuel and up to 3-4 litres of trapped fuel!! Thats a potential of nearly 8L you are missing out on. As if that wasn’t reason enough, the foam also limits the rate at which it can travel along the tank meaning it slows the rate at what the baffled area can fill so you have less in reserve when you hit those high G left hand corners!
The tests done showed the spitfire tank can run as low as ~1L which means your usable fuel is just over 50L
Not having foam in the tank allows the use of Ethanol, which no other tank which is foam filled can do at the moment as no foam is Ethanol compliant.
Versions Available.
Bare Tank - Perfect for DIY jobs if you have alternate pump solutions.
Bare Tank With Conversion Kit - If you already have a pump which you are happy with, you can retain it by using the conversion kit which converts the current float system to use the built in sender system.
Tank with Pre-Fitted Spitfire Pump - Total package solution, perfect if you need or want to upgrade your fuel pump, there is no need to mess about you can just install the entire unit and off you go.
*pump you will receive is the Spitfire HP Fuel Pump.
**conversion kits for the S1 are unavailable so only pre-fitted pump option is available.