[DeTomaso] Fire suppression

hoppe1 at cox.net hoppe1 at cox.net
Mon Jun 23 17:10:23 EDT 2014


Mike
I am on vacation so I dont remember the manufacurer.
The one thing to consider that I did on the Pizza  car was have two systems.
One for the engine bay and one for the inside.
I know that if there was a fire in the engine area and not inside I would hesitate to release a system that including on me.
So with two systems I can hit the engine bay and if it gets inside I can hit the other one try to get out.

Rich
---- Mike Drew via DeTomaso <detomaso at poca.com> wrote: 
> 
> In a message dated 6/23/14 13 39 57, detomaso at poca.com writes:
> 
> 
> > I'm looking for recommendations regarding fire suppression systems. 
> > Getting ready for SORC & SSCC.
> > 
> 
> >>>FWIW I bought mine from Hall Pantera more than 20 years ago and 
> thankfully have never needed to use it!
> 
> I would think that today a more logical place to shop would be any of the 
> racing speciality warehouse, such as Pegasus Racing:
> 
> https://www.pegasusautoracing.com/advcat.asp?CategoryID=FIRESYSTEMS
> 
> I know that race sanctioning bodies recommend (demand?) that at least one 
> of the fire nozzles be aimed at the driver, but mine isn't plumbed like that. 
>   While I understand the reasoning behind it, I prefer to reserve my fire 
> extinguishing capability for areas that are likely to, you know, have a fire. 
>   
> 
> My bottle is in the front trunk, with the discharge handle near the trunk 
> release under the dash.   The plumbing goes to the top of the gas tank, then 
> splits off and has nozzles pointing at the oil pan, and the carb.
> 
> Mike





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