THe cop told me mine was too low and if i got rearended it would explode....he said i should buy fuel cell and put it where my rearseat used to be .....

Sorry, It doesnt fit. the 4 door has a wider frame. :'(

Mike

Mike, I hate to disagree with you, but I measured a 92 four door frame and a 93 2 door frame. The frames are the exact same width. The 4 door's tank is around 5" longer front to back than the 2 door's tank(and the coresponding crossmembers are 5" further apart in the 4door). The 4 door's tank is a little wider than the 2 door's as well. So wide, in fact, that the pinch weld is wider than the frame's opening! The 4 door tank is too wide to lift the tank even in a 4 door frame unless you bend the pinch weld in or cut it off.

To fit a 4 door tank into a 2 door frame would require major fabrication and frame modification to work. To raise the tank on a 4 door, you need to cut the pinch welds off or bend them in on the sides of the tank, just to clear the frame, then you still need to fab some higher mounts. You could always put a 2 door tank into a 4 door and it would have plenty of room for lifting it, but you'd still need to fab some mounts to fill in the 5" gap in the mounts and you're losing the range of the 4 door tank...

The easiest tank to lift is a 2 door tank in a 2 door frame with at least 3" of body lift. You drop the tank, cut off the old tank mounting brackets then clamp the tank to the round crossmembers with heavy duty 2" muffler clamps with the pinch weld on top of the rear-most crossmember and underneath the forward crossmember...

like digger has said, lifting a 2 dr tank in a 2 dr is easiest, esp with a min of 3" BL.

if you can weld good, you can just make up a new rear section.

http://www.zukiworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=64.0

Here is my 5 cents. I've made 3" bodylift, gas tank replace (from Grand Vitara) and 3" gas tank lift. You can see some photos here.

Other photos are here. And my blog is here (NOTE: IN RUSSIAN ONLY!).

Here is my 5 cents. I've made 3" bodylift, gas tank replace (from Grand Vitara) and 3" gas tank lift. You can see some photos here.

Other photos are here. And my blog is here (NOTE: IN RUSSIAN ONLY!).

How much did that improve your fuel capacity?

Zig

Quote from: Mikerpm4x4 on August 05, 2003, 02:02:31 PM

Sorry, It doesnt fit. the 4 door has a wider frame. :'(

Mike

Mike, I hate to disagree with you, but I measured a 92 four door frame and a 93 2 door frame. The frames are the exact same width. The 4 door's tank is around 5" longer front to back than the 2 door's tank(and the coresponding crossmembers are 5" further apart in the 4door). The 4 door's tank is a little wider than the 2 door's as well. So wide, in fact, that the pinch weld is wider than the frame's opening! The 4 door tank is too wide to lift the tank even in a 4 door frame unless you bend the pinch weld in or cut it off.

You got me, I ment longer. I knew what I ment it just didnt come out right.  I must have been tired.  Even if you cut and moved the crossmember the rear diff would hit the gas tank so it will not fit.

Mike

Mike

How much did that improve your fuel capacity?

Stock gas tank fuel capacity is 42 litres. After mod 70 litres.

Hello All,

Just lifted my tank 3 inches...Heres how I done it.
Removed tank
Cut the front bracket off three inches
Removed the whole rear x-member.
Made new brackets for the front out of 2" strap 1.5"long with nut welded to it.
Made new x-member for back out of 2"angle steel that is 1/4 thick and 30"long
Set the angle flush with top of frame and in 1/2 inch.
Mounted tank to front
Drilled hole from bottom in back for 2"angle.

That is with 2" body lift now my tank sets 1/4 away from the body.Looks much better a is also in a safer place.My rear x-member was getting cancer so bye-bye.

Later Tom K

yo can someone post the link to this mod so i can revew it i was thinking of doing it myself and would like to se someone elses way.