rear gas tank love!

[mafosa]

Hey fellas! I'm fighting my rear mount gas tank.
Its kinda winning. Lol!
I had to add shims on both sides of the mounting brackets. Bunch of other B.S.

One thing I can't make my mind up on is the feed port.
I have some hard line, but it seems to me running 2' of hose then hard line would be OK.

Or should I run 3" of hose then go to hard line.
It would be suspended for about 1' 1/2 til it gets frame to fasten it.

Any pic. Of a carb set up with mech pump?

Any help would be appreciated.

Larry