[TEKNO]

G'day all
So I was wondering if anyone makes a bigger fuel tank for jimnys,I would like to have 60 litres as opposed to my current 40 litre standard tank.
Tanku

[Qthefun]

Have read a few posts about this... could be done but the price would be scary.
I would love more range in the tank but will get a jerry holder on a trailer or on the rear bar much cheaper and a custom fuel tank I would imagine would have the jim off the road for at least a week or more

[GraphicX]

only custom tank i've seen in a jimny is on the bigjimny forum & the user cut away the boot section (where the jack is stored) & placed a stainless tank in that location.

[got_bar_work]

U could put a plastic boat tank in the back and just plumb the breather and filler into the original and gravity feed it down to the stock tank

[tanshi]

im designing one. we are looking at the amount of clearance the tail shaft hase from the tank and gaining there but its a while off

[jordan00191]

From what I have read, it is possible to gain some fuel space, but only around 10 litres or so.. So for the $1500 + that it costs to make it, its not worth the investment. The drive shaft is the biggest killer here. It reduces the space dramatically. A body lift could increase this, but not by much.

[tanshi]

hahaha 1500 dollars is ridiculous. im looking at less than half of that

[TEKNO]

Thanks for the info folks....I will do some more investigating on this subject.

[TEKNO]

And Tanshi that sounds bloody good if it all works out

[shep]

I will have a 40-50 litre aux tank worked out in a few months similar to the longranger aux tank but not $2500 and able to be self fitted.

[striker99]

shep wrote:

I will have a 40-50 litre aux tank worked out in a few months similar to the longranger aux tank but not $2500 and able to be self fitted.

How will that fit???

[TEKNO]

I found and rang a company in Vic I believe called BROWN DAVIS and he said yes I can do a replacement tank of 60 litres but he needs to have a donor jimny for a while so it can be made to suit. And it would be around $1000ish to have it done.
I'm in SA,doh

[striker99]

TEKNO wrote:

I found and rang a company in Vic I believe called BROWN DAVIS and he said yes I can do a replacement tank of 60 litres but he needs to have a donor jimny for a while so it can be made to suit. And it would be around $1000ish to have it done.
I'm in SA,doh

Damn that sounds good....I'm in qld

[tanshi]

lol brown davis. mine will be less than that too

[shep]

striker99 wrote:

shep wrote:

I will have a 40-50 litre aux tank worked out in a few months similar to the longranger aux tank but not $2500 and able to be self fitted.

How will that fit???

Heaps of room under a jimny for an aux fuel tank.

[striker99]

tanshi wrote:

lol brown davis. mine will be less than that too

Any chance of some small scale mass production? :p

[TEKNO]

striker99 wrote:

tanshi wrote:

lol brown davis. mine will be less than that too

Any chance of some small scale mass production? :p

This could turn out to be a nice little offsider job for him

[TEKNO]

shep wrote:

striker99 wrote:

shep wrote:

I will have a 40-50 litre aux tank worked out in a few months similar to the longranger aux tank but not $2500 and able to be self fitted.

How will that fit???

Heaps of room under a jimny for an aux fuel tank.

Thanks Shep,love the idea but I'm really after a tank to replace my standard tank without having to carry extra.
My zook will never be a full on mud or rock crawler,more of a tourer and everyday cruiser.

[striker99]

I feel like if suzuki were to make the new model Jimny come stock with a 60/70 litre tank that it would be a big selling point..... of course then you loose more of your carrying capacity....But then surely suzuki could up the GVM by another 30-50kg...? ....That being said....and then an M16a engine...and a replacement gearbox....but then they fit it all in a suzuki swift as standard what's so hard about a Jimny :p

[Gwagensteve]

Well, follow that logic and you end up at a defender 90 or jk wrangler.

[GraphicX]

& a car costing twice as much & losing what made it great in the first place, being lightweight.

[Gwagensteve]

Any new model jimny will be monocoque/awd.

[Qthefun]

Gwagensteve wrote:

Any new model jimny will be monocoque/awd.

NOOOOO you take that back steve!!!! lol

[Gwagensteve]

I'd put money on it.

[Qthefun]

Gwagensteve wrote:

I'd put money on it.

You are unfortunately more than likely right :/

[shep]

TEKNO wrote:

shep wrote:

striker99 wrote:

shep wrote:

I will have a 40-50 litre aux tank worked out in a few months similar to the longranger aux tank but not $2500 and able to be self fitted.

How will that fit???

Heaps of room under a jimny for an aux fuel tank.

Thanks Shep,love the idea but I'm really after a tank to replace my standard tank without having to carry extra.
My zook will never be a full on mud or rock crawler,more of a tourer and everyday cruiser.

Do you know what a auxiliary fuel tank is? It is a second tank under the car, push a button to switch between the two tanks.

[TEKNO]

^^ yes im aware of that thankyou