When I took my car to the drags they made me take the fire extinguisher out of the mount on my rollbar. They said they think they can come unmounted in an accident, and become a projectile. I had to leave it in the pits, which meant if I had a fire I just had to wait for the crew to show up, and hope it could be put out b then.
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Originally posted by SuperBuickGuy View Post
how would you restrain them? everything uses clamps...
Found a pic: I fibbed slightly - there is just one bolt and the circle is split at just that one point.
DanLast edited by DanStokes; July 2, 2020, 07:35 PM.
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Originally posted by 1946Austin View PostWhen I took my car to the drags they made me take the fire extinguisher out of the mount on my rollbar. They said they think they can come unmounted in an accident, and become a projectile. I had to leave it in the pits, which meant if I had a fire I just had to wait for the crew to show up, and hope it could be put out b then.
the rules say "blah blah" so yep god forbid you have a fire
maybe you could toast some marshmallows while youre
waiting foe the safety crew to get there.
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Originally posted by DanStokes View Post
My fire bottle is restrained with a solid clamp and 2 Allen bolts at the point of connection - think a big connecting rod and you pretty much have it. There are 2 of those/bottle. N2O bottles, etc. all have to be restrained in the same way. I'll take a pic tomorrow and post it. Again, I don't know the history behind it but most of these rules are the result of some calamity or other.
Found a pic: I fibbed slightly - there is just one bolt and the circle is split at just that one point.
DanDoing it all wrong since 1966
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'Zakly. That's a permanently mounted fire system designed to protect the driver in the event of a fire. The nozzle points up from the base of the steering column and when I add the 10 lb. bottle (this is a 5 lb) it will discharge under the hood to the 2 most likely fire spots.. What I was saying is that this is the required mounting for LSR and, I think, NHRA and NASCAR. But they're not supposed to protect anyone else but the occupant. The portable extinguishers are in the push truck which are secured any which way (no requirements). Sounds like you have completely different needs.
Dan
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Originally posted by DanStokes View Post'Zakly. That's a permanently mounted fire system designed to protect the driver in the event of a fire. The nozzle points up from the base of the steering column and when I add the 10 lb. bottle (this is a 5 lb) it will discharge under the hood to the 2 most likely fire spots.. What I was saying is that this is the required mounting for LSR and, I think, NHRA and NASCAR. But they're not supposed to protect anyone else but the occupant. The portable extinguishers are in the push truck which are secured any which way (no requirements). Sounds like you have completely different needs.
Dan
they good thing in all of this, the bottle removes so if the track doesn't want them there - you can remove it.
I'm not a fan of fire extinguishers - but when you need them, they can be a life saver.Doing it all wrong since 1966
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I know this seems like a nothing post... but to someone it might help
If you use a Cool Cruisers fuel-sender, they're wrong on the website - it's not 2.1/4.5/6.5 ohms F 1/2 E sender. It's 10/75 Full / Empty ohms. If you have a Dakota digital dash - the right setting is F 10 (the Ford sender) .
I won't admit to how much time it took to get the information to compile that sentence.
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