Road racer

The Japanese plate looks nice but the extra lip on the front & sides are not addressing the problem areas. The back edge & right side are the problem areas, not the front. The back of the inner pan is lower than the front. This is where the fuel escapes. Even if you could turn it around, the extra lip is simply not needed. The cover I came up with solves the issue and is much simpler. Thanks for sharing as it is good to see alternatives to help solve this issue.

xBoostx

I dont see how that would be more effective. Than the one that covers most of the opening covered.

Now the problem with the first design will happen near and under a .25 tank where the fuel will have trouble returning down in the bowl.

The second design seems to be mostly for right handers.

ckowalc

I wasn't sure how the bowl is oriented inside the tank. I assumed they would have made the raised section was toward the middle of the tank.

altimatic

Installing that fuel tank baffle, along with getting a new fuel filter and fuel sock eliminated my left turn fuel starving issues.

not sure if one helped or a combination of all, but the problem is solved

Chibo

I tested this yesterday at a track that I was able to 100% reproduce fuel starve in a certain corner every single lap.

Happy to report that I was able to run the car fuel starve free. I was able to run until the fuel light came on, after which I finished out the lap and pitted. Once the car settled it showed zero bars. I was able to do this three times through the day.

Absolutely worth every penny.

Road racer

Excellent feedback Chibo!! I continue to get nothing but positive feedback on this. Its great to find a low cost solution to the problem & it's so easy to install.

I have plenty in stock if others are interested. Just go to roadracerproducts.com

Chris

ckowalc

I also installed this fuel bowl plate on my S2000 just before a track night at Atlanta Motorsports Park. Unfortunately the first session ended very early so I wasn't as low on fuel as I wanted and the tires I had were gone and had very little grip so I wasn't able to carry as much speed as I normally would through the sweeper that causes the starvation. However it did read ~1/3 of a tank after I finish my last session and I normally experience starvation at 1/2 - 2/3 tank. I'm fairly certain that I would have seen fuel starve without the plate. I'm sure I'll be back and can give a better update.

The video below is the first time I experienced fuel starve in this corner (hard to hear or see in the video) and had to make a steering correction. Code brown moment. At least they have runoff on the exit of that corner now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmFBc3dBa-w

Live Fast

Just wanted to bump this and say after having fuel starving issues trying to run lower fuel this was really awesome once installed.

It's not a quick and simple install if you have a soft top or full interior car.
Make sure you have at least 8mil rubber gloves & as low of fuel as you can do.

It's easiest to remove the 7 pins in the drip tray under the soft top then using plastic trim tools removing the rear panel should be easy. Then you go into the trunk and lift up causing those 4 white/yellow plastic pins to pop up. feed it either way to remove it. Then you can follow anyone's fuel pump install thread.

I would HIGHLY recommend a new fuel pump and filter sock when you do this for the "while you're in there"

I've had the baffle for awhile but I'm sure there have been changes. The metal did have some burs I had to clean up which wasn't crazy but bending it in the fuel tank with my limited access was tricky. I'm not sure if the plate has been made thinner yet to help make it a tad easier to bend while you are doing Yoga.

Stook_Driver

As an aside, for S2000s with unmodified fuel tanks, at what fuel level do you first experience fuel starvation?