I have done this on several of my 4th gens, but haven't seen any links for it on these? is anyone doing it.

 

Too many.

Do it right and drop the tank. I know some will say, "Why, it doesn't hurt anything," but hacking up your car when it doesn't have to be to me is hurting something.

 

I could care less about cutting it, alreadt has went on a pretty good diet anyway, anyone?

 

I wouldnt buy a car that someone cut a hole in just to remove the fuel pump... thats for sure. If you've done it on a 4th gen then do it the same way on a 3rd gen... They'll all basically the same back there. Have fun bringing down the value of your car

 

from personal experience on this board you should just use the SEARCH button because its not a good idea and all it does is get the thread closed and its not all that hard to just drop the tank and do it right the first time even if that means adding an external pump and taking out the pump in the tank and putting in a carbed pickup in the tank ...but if your using this for a race only car then i could understand your wanting to do it but if your driving it every day my question is WHY???

 

There are quite a few threads (long Ones too) on this mod. Seems to be the subject of some very heated discussions and strong opinions. I believe its a good mod, i've done it my self, I am not a hack!

Just do a search and you will see!

 

wow see i told ya i didnt even start calling someone a hack and this guy jumps in calling it on him self ...my question to ya laiky is why would yo do that ?? its not that hard to drop the tank and its not as if the pump you install is going to go out on you in a week. the last one i replace had been in there 10 years and the new one lasted atleast 5 i know of before i sold the car and the only reasonable reason behind doing something like this is if it is a race only car and you would have to change it between rounds but on a street drivin car its silly to do and the time it took you to cut up your car and fab it back together you could have changed that pump twice.. assuming you did it right that is

 

I did several searches and pulled up nothing. No intentions on resale for one. second its no where near stock so that value is out the door. 3rd how cars have you bought and pulled up the carpet in the rear to see if someone cut it for a pump install?

 

actually 3 and i passed on all three within the last month i was looking to buy another thirdgen and im not about to buy one with that in it mainly because that makes me think if the person cut corners there where did they stop??

 

heres a couple for ya too look at
https://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/sho...mp+access+door
https://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/sho...mp+access+door
https://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/sho...postid=1868774
theres a couple for ya and i still dont believe its a good thing to do but ill let you make up your own opinion
and dont do it like the pic shows....LMAO i found that on another one of these posts but the guy was just j/k and was getting ready to install a fuel cell which isnt a good idea in these cars either because of the open tank in the car idea you need to build a fire wall of some sorts to get it on the track and its not too easy to do to a hatchback car ya know

 

I thought the intent on that project was to reconstruct the floor area in the rear of the car so that it was basically flat. In other words, to eliminate the "hole". Not that hole that we're looking at the floor through, but the well in the rear of our cars. With a flat section of rear floor, the fuel cell was to fit underneath the floor, outside of the car. At least, that's the way I understood it....

For the record, as far as fuel pump swaps go, I'm for dropping the tank. I'm not aware of any place to see documentation on how to cut the access hole that you want, but agree that it should be quite similar to your 4th gens.

 

If you used an impact wrench it would take about the same amount of time as pulling your interior apart and cutting a whole and putting it together nice. Granted you might save yourself some time in 5-10 years. Drop the tank.

 

i forget the whole story he said he was doing with the fuel cell but i was just making fun of the guys cutting up their cars to do a job that only takes a couple hours to do ...LMAO

 

It was basically a joke, i do not consider myself a hack. It's amazing how someone sitting at a keybored can make a determination about a person/car/event they know nothing about (this is not directed at anyone in particular) . I am surprised at the seemingly bitter opposition to doing what most manufacturers do. No one advocated a butcher job, i think early on some one posed about a flap cut out of there deck and siliconed back down. I did mine because i installed fuel injection and retrofitted a factory pickup. In the event of a problem i wanted to save the aggrevation. My car also had a fuel starvation problem with the carb pickup, and after 4000 bucks in mods for FI i didn't intend to drop the tank if i stil had the starvation problem. I do not have a large area to work in. I use a tight 1 car gararge with a driveway that is pitched about 25 degrees. I also do not have any help, not even 1 person in my house who can give me a hand. This makes laying on my back with crap falling on my face even less appealling. I do not have room to get to both sides of the car and i cannot wiggle large parts out from underneath. I have given up on working in the street because i do not like lying in filth, i don't want to get hit by another car and i care how the front of my house looks. Exactly how many more reasons do you need? In the event of a failure, or upgrade, or leak. i can stand upright, stay clean and save time.

 

Here's the reference link for this highly recommended and worthwhile Camaro upgrade.

Third Generation F-Bodies > Tech Boards > Fabrication > Has anyone ever just cut out the metal in the hatch area to take the fuel pump out?

 

not saying you cant do it and im sure there are circumstances where it is needed but i just get tired of the people on here calling it a great mod when all it is actually is just cutting a hole in your car..and some of them i have seen on here are very nice looking and wouldnt mind it if i was looking at a car to buy if it had a really good job done to it but like i said before the majority of them on here have just cut the **** outta the metal and screwed an new peice on top of it and called it done ......that is a hack ...cmon you even have to admit that look back at some of these threads and you will see what i mean ..and like i said before that the majority of these people that are doin it are just because they are lazy and think that itll be easier than dropping the tank when in all actuality it isnt if you do it right and fab it up nice and actually put an "access door" in there not just a piece of metal on top of a hole ....

 

Laiky -- A logical reply to emotionally underdeveloped posters is basically wasted time. Those people don't have the capacity to respond with any technical fabrication help or assistance, they can only offer incoherent ramblings about how they "feel" about whatever is being discussed at the time. Ignore them, as an adult would an undisciplined child.

 

yes people such as this who respond to this thread the same as i did and if you look closer at the begining of this thread i gave him some threads to look at which i believe is what he was asking in the first place and i gave him three good ones to go look at and i just offered a suggestion as to how much it looks like crap and doesnt make any sense to do just like the others that posted on here before i did...

 

This subject always seems to be a double-edged sword.

 

Yes, but only because people don't stay on topic -- the thread originator didn't ask for opinions about the mod -- only if other people were doing it, as he had done it on his 4th Gen.

The proper answer should have been, "yes, some people do and here's the links." There was no need for emotional hand-wringing and over-the-top name-calling by a select few. Jeez, it's as though one of their family was being tied to a post to be ravaged by the village mob.

Additionally, this thread should be in the Fabrication area -- not the Engine area...

Heh, human nature is a funny thing ... like watching three-year-olds at day care.

Someone needs to start a topic in the Flame Section titled: What do YOU think about cutting access panels in a 3rd Gen Camaro!

 

yeah i can agree with you on the childishness of the posts on here man ...LMAO and staying on topic would be nice wouldnt it ...