the two holes you see on race cars (eg JGTC)
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Often the cars have a set on each side of the car, so that it doesn't matter what side of the track the pit lane is on, for example, at Laguna Seca the pit lane is on the left, so they would fill the car from the left, at Silverstone it's on the right, so they fill from the right. It saves time.
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- GTP_Duke
You know what's truly funny? Some guy had a riced-out car on Ebay, where he had actually re-routed the exhaust pipes to run up through the trunk pan and out through the back of the decklid...
...because he had seen pictures of them but had no idea what they actually were, and didn't think to do a little research before doing all that bodywork.
On the fuel fillers, the upper one is actually a return line, so that they capture any overspray or vapors that might spew out of the tank during filling. This was mandated after a series of pit lane fires in the late '80s/early '90s.
...because he had seen pictures of them but had no idea what they actually were, and didn't think to do a little research before doing all that bodywork.
On the fuel fillers, the upper one is actually a return line, so that they capture any overspray or vapors that might spew out of the tank during filling. This was mandated after a series of pit lane fires in the late '80s/early '90s.
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Yes, I know. When I first read the whole topic, the NASCAR situation was the first thing that poped into my head. The NASCAR fuels up right there behind the "Goodwrench" sticker and has the catch can on the back of the car next to the small blue "GM" sticker.
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what about F1 cars, how is the air released when their filling up??
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- GTP_daan
AFAIK the fuel filler in F1 is a tube within a tube. The fuel goes in the inner one and air goes out the outer one, but it looks like one hose from the outside.
Unless you're BAR. Then the air goes into another tank inside the car and they use it for ballast.
Unless you're BAR. Then the air goes into another tank inside the car and they use it for ballast.
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ahh, i thought BAR used fuel for ballast. Air wouldn't help add much weight lol!
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Yep, this is what happen when you do it wrong:daan
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If there's something that seems have become very apparent recently in racing, it seems you actually have to have a lot strength to handle the pump.
I've noticed how sometimes the 2 guys refueling usually have flexing arms to hold the pump in. So due to this, I take it the pump is actually held in place, not locked/unlocked when done?
I've noticed how sometimes the 2 guys refueling usually have flexing arms to hold the pump in. So due to this, I take it the pump is actually held in place, not locked/unlocked when done?
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Quite often you find someone had a poor pitstop because the fuel filler got stuck. They might spigot but not physically lock, when refueling you want as much fuel as possible and dont want it pissing out everywhere.
The straining arms are probably due to the heavy pipe and the force of pushing 50 odd litres of fuel in less then 10 seconds.
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lol that porsche pic 
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