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By cutting the gas tank in half you lost 9-10 gallons of gas I suspect at 7-8 lbs per gallon you lost 60-80 lbs of weight and added about the same the structural part of that area is above and below where you would attach the duct and my thought is if it reduced the structural integrity that much then why did they do it on race cars. Another thought is you cut the gas tank in half which is attached to the frame in a triangulated format when you cut it in half you take a third of that away and add flex.
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