[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:
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> In a message dated 6/23/14 13 39 57, detomaso at poca.com writes:
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> > 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:
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> 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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