Can I snag a set as well?

I am in contact with a nearby shop, the owner is a master welder, does aluminum tanks, and has a son apprenticing who does CAD plasma cutting. If anyone can provide me a set of plans, I will work with them on a preproduction sample, letting them work from the plans, and with the tank from my 88, while it is off the road this winter. I will test it in my car, and post updates during the process. I would plan to coordinate a production run using advice from PFF members, pricing at whatever sweet spot would get volume and reasonable return, and handle the order processing and shipping myself. A PM will get my phone and email for further correspondence.

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1988 Pontiac Fiero Formula, Yellow, original. (CJB #118)
1977 Pontiac Le Mans Can-Am W72, original, unrestored.
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2001 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP L67/MN7 (DD)
2005 Pontiac Grand Prix L26 (Wife's DD)

Just a thought, but different metals do not always go well together. Fuel tanks are now made of plastic, which does not rust. If starting over on making a fuel tank, plastic may be the way to go.

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quote Originally posted by tshark: Just a thought, but different metals do jot always go well together. Fuel tanks are now made of plastic, which does not tust. If starting over on making a fuel tank, plastic may be the way to go.

That would make it even more difficult for a normal person to acquire or build themselves. At least an aluminum tank is more feasible to aquire.

It's probably easier to make an epoxy resin fiberglass or even carbon fiber tank in your back yard than it is to weld one up in your back yard.

I have the original aluminum tank from Joe. It has been flawless. I can get some good pictures sometime.

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Best 1/4: 11.7 @ 115mph
Best 60ft: 1.60

I bought one from marine , it does not have a way to hook up the external tank, is it required?

quote Originally posted by Joesch1999: Sunrise marine has them available on their website. You can even use PayPal and do 4 payments

Thank you for mentioning that. I don't know if the forum was aware they were being made:
https://www.sunrisemarineta...ftermarket-fuel-tank

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Here is a picture recieved it today. Im using 6an fitting tank thread is 3/8 npt
Standard boat sending unit you have to buy, I got one 8” long 0-190 ohms so im going to have to put a resistor in parallel to get it to match the fiero 0-90 ohm. O-90 are available i just ordered the wrong one.

I have one these tanks as well. It's on the long list of things to do on my 3800 swap.

Rodney was offering an OEM style replacement gas tank duplicate but we haven't heard anything about them for a while.

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quote Originally posted by Dennis LaGrua: Rodney was offering an OEM style replacement gas tank duplicate but we haven't heard anything about them for a while.

He did his last run of them in 2024. He even said at the time he was not going to do anymore.