Puke Tank Question

[brentfenimore]

All,

The tank is a nice and original pice of the racing history of the Cobra and is available from several suppliers to include Kirkham, Shelby and Motorsports International as well as several others.

To be quite honest the plumbing of the tank has seen several configurations over the years however the original intention was to minimize the excreation (pardon my spelling) of both vapor and liquid lubricants of the vehicle in front of the rear wheels of the vehicle.

The diff and trans use 90 weight and the engine uses 40 or 50 weight however it was not an exact science back in the days of rubber and thunder, contamination and viscocity were not a concern (winnig the race was, who cares if the guy behind you spins out unless he is on your team).

The laws of gravity were in effect and the highest (usually passanger) side 1/2" port was intended to be used as the windage hose and was run along the chassis to be dumped behind the rear wheels in ordr to avoid spinning out in your own grease if a puke situation arose in the engine, the trans and rear end plumbing was for breather purposes and to avoind the same however they run under fairly constant pressure, run or fail (please note that the original 427 S/Cs were equipped with a Diff Cooler System and did not need a breather).

Please remember that we did not have PCV Valves back in the early days and were racing towards the flag every time we started the engine.

This was a development of CS and Company during the 1964 season when we were racing for the championship with the 289 FIA models.

Please note: Most of the original tanks I have seen are mounted aprox 1" off center to the passanger side to the inside end of the tank and 4" down from the hood opening to center of tank.

I thinks it is a neat piece, please let me know if you need more detail on availability or location,

R Brent Fenimore