Flush mount Marine/Aircraft/Motorcycle fuel cap

Is no one doing this mod anymore? Surely there is someone that can shed some more light on this one. What have you done?

Steve

First I have seen it, thinking it is a must have for my build

I incorporated one into mine. The nicer one's were quite pricy:

http://www.rc-tech.net/pantera1/sidevent/sidevent.htm

Beautiful!

i used my original gill but hinged it and install this beneath.
cheers cj

with gill closed.

Chris,

That is really a neat idea. How does is stay shut? Is it latched or just spring loaded?

Devin

That thing is bitchen Chris!!!!! In other words, I like it ALOT!!!

i'll get a couple of more photos and post, but 3 strong magnets are panel bonded to the gill and the hold her shut, also have a thin wire cable to hold it from openng too far and scratching the paint, have had it up to 100mph and still remained closed , have only had car on road for the past couple of weeks, will get more completed pics up soon.

cheers guys cj

Chris I'd really like to see how you did this. I think its a great idea!

Chris that is a great fix/idea. Really well done.

Look forward to more pics and maybe parts list.

Very nice. Never would've thought about doing it that way.

The first of those type fuel doors were from surplus or home-built aircraft (WWW.aircraft-spruce.com) in the L.A. area, but a few were ex-motorcycle gas tank caps. As for options, I left the stock L outside filler door on the left and duplicated the entire thing as a mirror image on the right side. The new right side door covers the radaitor cap attached to a larger aluminum surge tank. Just in case I didn't like its looks, I didn't cut the stock die-cast gill but made a silicone rubber mold of it, then cast a new gill out of fiberglas & resin, and cut that up. But since it's been on there since 2002, I think its there to stay....
Now thinking about routing the oil dipstick under that door too, so I can check all engine needs without opening the decklid. I moved the stock dipstick to the rear of a 10-qt Aviaid oil pan sump, so it's pretty much right there anyway, but the 3-1/2" door is kind of cramped for space. Needs more thought this winter.

Wow, I love that!

My fuel cap is fairly basic.
I went for the race look & installed the Aston Martin 60’s type race cap similar to what the GR4 had.
I took a mould off of the original louver panel so I did not have to cut up the original aluminium part.
Made a new louver panel in Fibreglass.

I really like Chris’s installation, very stealth !

Regards,
Tony.

This is the internal spout I made to go between the cap & tank.
Has an alloy cover panel inside.

Regards,
Tony.

And here you can see the new aluminium fuel tank insulation panel with fuel filter mounted external.
The top of the fuel tank is also covered with an alloy panel.
Regards,
Tony.

right will try and show what i did.
found an existing gas flap hinge of correct shape. believe this was from a subaru impreza.
cut hole to fit. turns out could have been a little smaller. also all this should have been done when car was in bare metal not back from paint shop.

showing hinge in place