Hi David,

The original thread was from a 2WD'er... so thats a 60L tank
good for 400km if you are REALLY lucky.

To answer the extended tank question. Ken Wilford at
www.vanagain.com sells a 22.5 Gallon / 80 Litre tank made by
Winkler of Germany. Fits all 2WD vans... unless you have a
BA6 heater, that will be in the way.

The South African tanks that fit under the drivers door are
really cool. I think they are about 45L. I still need to
figure out how to plumb it though...

Thanks,
Chris

---- Original message ----
>Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 10:38:49 -0700
>From: "David Marshall" <david@volkswagen.org>
>Subject: RE: [Syncro] additional/bigger fuel tank(s) in a
vanagon/syncro
>To: "Forhan, Thomas" <thomas.forhan@mail.house.gov>,
<chrisp@xmission.com>, <vanagon@yahoogroups.com>
>Cc: <syncro@yahoogroups.com>
>
>Re: [Syncro] additional/bigger fuel tank(s) in a
vanagon/syncroWhy do you
>need all of this extra fuel storage?  I can drive for about
6 to 7h with the
>fuel that in on my Syncro before I have to fill up again.
Even here in
>Northern BC there arn't so many filling stations that I
don't go to (I go
>almost exclusively to PetroPass card lock) and I have enough
range to make
>it to all of them.  Even if I could drive farther I would
still have to stop
>for the old bathroom break - why not do it at a filling
station and rest for
>those extra few minutes it takes to put some more fuel in
there?
>
>On a safety note - why would you want to put fuel under the
passenger seat -
>sounds dangerous to me!
>
>On a performance note - the 75L of fuel on my Syncro (and
yours too) weights
>about the same weight as a good sized extra passenger - more
fuel equals
>more weight and more fuel needed to carry the extra weight.
>
>Do what I do - take a 20L gerry can along with you on those
long trips (I am
>going to Northern Saskatchewan next month) this will give my
Turbo Diesel
>Syncro over 1000km of range.
>David Marshall
>
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>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: Forhan, Thomas [mailto:thomas.forhan@mail.house.gov]
>  Sent: October 20, 2002 6:20 AM
>  To: 'chrisp@xmission.com'; 'vanagon@yahoogroups.com'
>  Cc: 'syncro@yahoogroups.com'
>  Subject: Re: [Syncro] additional/bigger fuel tank(s) in a
vanagon/syncro
>
>
>  2wd vanagons have three choices I can think of:
>  Installing a syncro fuel tank, installing a long skinny
tank inside the
>frame in the middle of the vehicle like those recently
bought from SA, and
>installing a smaller tank under the front passenger seat.
>
>  Do all three and you'll end up with something like 50
gallons of fuel on
>board.
>
>  These are all written up at various times in the various
archives, a
>little hard to find but easier than going out and doing it
yourself without
>help.
>
>  Good luck
>  Thomas Forhan
>