Fire Extingusher Mount locations?
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At an autocross last year a local turbocharged S2000 owner had an oil-line fitting break off, dumping most of his oil into the engine bay. He was very fortunate that the oil didn't hit the turbo manifold and catch on fire, I suppose. (Although I read a post in this thread where this happened to somebody, and produced nothing but smoke.) So if it did ignite, I'd hope that the several extinguishers onsite could have prevented serious damage beyond some charred wiring and hood liner.
Has anybody had this kind of oil fire? My understanding is that there would have been plenty of time for him to get out of the car, grab an extinguisher from the trunk if there had been one there, discharge it and possibly save the entire car from burning up.
So trunk is the best place IMO - if it's burning so much that you don't have time to get to the trunk, it's time to get the hell away from the car and not bother with some interior mounted extinguisher that might or might not be easily accessible.
Race cars have fire supression systems because of the danger from gasoline fires.
Has anybody had this kind of oil fire? My understanding is that there would have been plenty of time for him to get out of the car, grab an extinguisher from the trunk if there had been one there, discharge it and possibly save the entire car from burning up.
So trunk is the best place IMO - if it's burning so much that you don't have time to get to the trunk, it's time to get the hell away from the car and not bother with some interior mounted extinguisher that might or might not be easily accessible.
Race cars have fire supression systems because of the danger from gasoline fires.
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Originally Posted by Elistan,Jan 31 2006, 02:47 PM
At an autocross last year a local turbocharged S2000 owner had an oil-line fitting break off, dumping most of his oil into the engine bay. He was very fortunate that the oil didn't hit the turbo manifold and catch on fire, I suppose. (Although I read a post in this thread where this happened to somebody, and produced nothing but smoke.) So if it did ignite, I'd hope that the several extinguishers onsite could have prevented serious damage beyond some charred wiring and hood liner.
Has anybody had this kind of oil fire? My understanding is that there would have been plenty of time for him to get out of the car, grab an extinguisher from the trunk if there had been one there, discharge it and possibly save the entire car from burning up.
So trunk is the best place IMO - if it's burning so much that you don't have time to get to the trunk, it's time to get the hell away from the car and not bother with some interior mounted extinguisher that might or might not be easily accessible.
Race cars have fire supression systems because of the danger from gasoline fires.
Has anybody had this kind of oil fire? My understanding is that there would have been plenty of time for him to get out of the car, grab an extinguisher from the trunk if there had been one there, discharge it and possibly save the entire car from burning up.
So trunk is the best place IMO - if it's burning so much that you don't have time to get to the trunk, it's time to get the hell away from the car and not bother with some interior mounted extinguisher that might or might not be easily accessible.
Race cars have fire supression systems because of the danger from gasoline fires.
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Originally Posted by trivium,Jan 31 2006, 06:59 PM
No offense to you but this is irrelevant. He mentioned his car is a daily driver so he wouldnt have to worry about an oil line breaking off.
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The A-pillar thing looks dangerous. I'm not sure I would want potential projectile that heavy coming loose during an impact/collision...
I have never had a car catch on fire, but like the post above, I helped save a friend's car at an auto-cross (back when we all breathed halon and loved it...). Also, how many times have we all come on the scene of an accident that just occurred?
The "in front of the passenger seat" works well. It is pretty easy to make (have made) and "H" bracket out of a couple of steel tubes/tabs. The rear tabs anchor to the two front seat rale holes and bottle mounts to the leading part of the "H." With a little more effort, you can make a bracket that moves with the seat.. this elimiates seat adjustment issues and the bottle is nearly hidden from site...eliminating rice rhetoric...
I have never had a car catch on fire, but like the post above, I helped save a friend's car at an auto-cross (back when we all breathed halon and loved it...). Also, how many times have we all come on the scene of an accident that just occurred?
The "in front of the passenger seat" works well. It is pretty easy to make (have made) and "H" bracket out of a couple of steel tubes/tabs. The rear tabs anchor to the two front seat rale holes and bottle mounts to the leading part of the "H." With a little more effort, you can make a bracket that moves with the seat.. this elimiates seat adjustment issues and the bottle is nearly hidden from site...eliminating rice rhetoric...
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By the sound of it, I am sure you have a big ass *pointless* wing on the back, so mount the fire extingusher to the underside of it. That way you could get to it quicker than having to pop the trunk the next time your car bursts into flames.
I live in Dallas, and a kid where I work is a ricer. Of course, he had a freaking fire extingusher mounted in his car.....On a hot August day, while parked in the sun, THE EXTINGUSHER BLEW! I laughed my butt off!!!!
I live in Dallas, and a kid where I work is a ricer. Of course, he had a freaking fire extingusher mounted in his car.....On a hot August day, while parked in the sun, THE EXTINGUSHER BLEW! I laughed my butt off!!!!
