| davethedog |
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Friday, Mar 16th 3:10pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car] |
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Post nr. 163
Northants, England
E21 320 |
I am looking at removing some of my boot floor to fit a fuel cell.
How much car rigidity is in the boot floor or can I get away with cutting it all out and fitting an aluminium sheet over the hole.
Any advice would be great.
Thanks in advance,
James |
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| ichiwan2 |
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Friday, Mar 16th 4:05pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car] |
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Post nr. 276
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
BMW320/6(e21) |
I would suggest that you weld some steel angles (1mm to 1.5mm thick steel) into a rectangular ring and weld it to the floor. Similar concept to a ring beam in building construction. It might turn out stronger than the original 
You would of course, weld the housing to the "ring". |
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| jdench |
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Friday, Mar 16th 9:28pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car] |
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Post nr. 175
Sussex, UK
1979 E21 323i, 1998 E36 323i touring |
Don't they do ones that will fit in the spare wheel well? |
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| davethedog |
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Monday, Mar 19th 12:37pm [Edit] [Quote] [IMS] [View car] |
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Post nr. 164
Northants, England
E21 320 |
| jdench wrote: | | Don't they do ones that will fit in the spare wheel well? |
Yes they do, but I have just brought a 100 litre one for an Alfa. It fits perfect in the boot but the spare wheel well is about 20mm out of line. |
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