Home made fuel log

[rodneym]

Of all the parts in my Cobra, probably the only actual Ford part was my 2x4 fuel log, and I'm not a huge fan of it to boot. I called Gessford to order one of those shiney ally numbers but they don't make them for non Gessford builds. Fair enough....but he did tell me where to get the parts!

We have a small, old fashioned machine shop at work with no way of welding aluminum. So I bought them a tig welder and went to work. I hadn't welding anything since high school. My HS had a pretty decent metal shop. We brazed, had spot welders, oxy-acetalene, arc welding and even heliarc (Mr. Johnson never called it tig).

I regulate 5 psi of fuel from a Holley black (14 psi). I figured if the regulator tore (which it had, recently), I should have double the psi as a safety factor, so I tested the log for 30 psi. It failed at a weld so I repaired the leak and polished away. The welds aren't perfect or very 'professional' but I'm happy with it. I welded an Earl's 8AN boss to the rear of the log (since I have an electric pump) and capped the front. I can always tap it later for a gauge. I didn't have much luck with the old gauge at operating temps, so there isn't one for now. I also extended the legs 1". I know I could have welded 6AN fittings to the dual fuel feeds but I'm going part old school, part new. When I get it mounted I'll post a pic.