# Nuke Performance fuel surge tank

- Source: https://racingcarnetwork.com/wiki/nuke-performance-fuel-surge-tank/
- Publisher: Racing Car Network (racingcarnetwork.com), the race car marketplace
- Type: part · Brand: Nuke Performance
- Discipline: parts
- Era: 2010s
- Last updated: 2026-07-06

Nuke Performance is fuel plumbing's Scandinavian jeweller: the Swedish maker whose billet surge tanks, filters and rails made anti-starvation hardware a showpiece — drift and time-attack's fuel systems, machined like watch cases.

## Specifications

| Spec | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | Fuel surge tanks + system hardware |
| Construction | CNC billet, AN-standard porting |
| Arrangements | Single/dual/triple pump configs |
| Catalogue | Filters, rails, regulators, fittings |
| Application | Drift, time attack, tank conversions |
| Diligence | Visual audit + pump-law split |
| Years | 2012–present |
| Class | Tuner fuel-system boutique |

## History

Nuke Performance built its Swedish operation on a niche the fuel-system giants under-served: surge tanks — the intermediate reservoirs that defeat fuel starvation when cornering forces uncover tank pickups — executed in CNC billet with integrated pump mounting (single to triple in-tank or external arrangements), matched by the catalogue that completes the system: billet filters, fuel rails, regulators and the fittings jewellery that made the brand's engine-bay aesthetic a build-thread signature.

The adoption map is the European tuner elite: drift programmes (sustained lateral G being surge's natural enemy), time attack and circuit builds converting road tanks, the Scandinavian and German show-and-go culture where engine-bay presentation carries real currency — with the engineering (baffling, pump cooling submersion, AN-standard porting) substantiating the anodised looks.

Used Nuke hardware trades on the fuel-system split: tanks and billet hardware audit visually and reuse rationally (thread condition, internal cleanliness), pumps inside them follow pump law (hours, fuel history — ethanol ages everything), and completeness (fittings, brackets, pump inclusions) prices packages in a market where the new catalogue's pricing keeps used honest.

## Palmarès

Feeding European drift championship builds, time-attack machinery and the tuner elite's dyno queens that also race — the surge-tank record: corners that stayed fuelled at full lean angle.

## What to check before you buy

System-role clarity first: surge tanks solve starvation — verify your build actually needs one (baffled race cells don't; road-tank conversions do) and size the arrangement (single/dual/triple pump capacity) to your power honestly. The billet hardware audits visually: threads, O-ring lands, internal cleanliness (contamination law applies to fuel hardware as to coolers). Included pumps follow pump rules — hours, fuel history, current-draw tests; price unknowns as replacements. Fittings-and-brackets completeness is real money in AN-standard systems. New-catalogue pricing anchors used; pay for condition and completeness, not anodising.

## Did you know

- Fuel surge is cornering physics: lateral G piles fuel against tank walls and uncovers pickups — the surge tank is a sump that travels with the demand.
- Scandinavian build culture made engine-bay jewellery a genre — Nuke's anodised billet is engineering that photographs, and photographs that sell builds.
- Submerged pumps run cooler and quieter — the surge tank's secondary gift is pump longevity, the detail that converts sceptics.

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