Where do you guys get your fire system bits?

[Suck fumes]

Yah and they make a HUGE mess when then go off haha. Takes foreveeeeer to clean up.

[marshall_mosty]

Yah and they make a HUGE mess when then go off haha. Takes foreveeeeer to clean up.

Been there, done that. Smells like a swimming pool. Forgot unscrew the CO2 canister before trying to hookup a new pull cable. Once you hear the gurgle/spewing noises, it's 2 seconds to foamy mess.

[Alien]

I carry a hand held extinguisher as well since grass fires are a consideration here and I want to be able to help another driver just in case.

^^^^ This.
I think a grass fire has more probability of happening to any of us. Would be a shame for a car to go up in flames due to a small grass fire from hot exhaust.

When I was codriving the rally car with Costas, we went off at an T intersection and got stuck in the grass/mud. As we were sitting there, another car that went off quite a bit off deeper than us called over very calmly, "Your car's on fire." I hopped out, a quick squirt under the car, no more flames. We were required to carry two extinguishers, one had to be handheld, glad we did.

[Supercharged111]

I consider it, because not only is a fire extinguisher in a decent spot for ballast, it can also keep a car alive while waiting for the safety truck to arrive. Priority #1 is keeping me alive, priority #2 is keeping the car alive to see another race. I'm slow to move, been worrying more about chassis setup and dyno #'s at this point. Between that and the coolsuit cooler, I think I'd make 3250# with no ballast.

[Pranav]

How much do you weigh? I'm just at 3265ish post race with 25lbs ballast with no fire system and cool suit yet, I weight about 178-182, currently on a 3250 dyno sticker

[Supercharged111]

How much do you weigh? I'm just at 3265ish post race with 25lbs ballast with no fire system and cool suit yet, I weight about 178-182, currently on a 3250 dyno sticker

I always go for the 3250 sticker, though close to the end of last year I was getting a bit porky, I weighed in at 3290# post race however I've been running a 45# plate. Last year I added a glove box door and changed over to stock style rear springs which added a noticeable amount of weight. Though some of it is reciprocating, it is still in a good place. If I ever get off my ass to build the cool suit cooler that I posess ( WILL happen before Hallett), I can likely run entirely without ballast and make my 3250#. The driver is also not as light as he used to be, currently 195# of pure American beef. :shock:

[Pranav]

Yeah when I started my CMC build I was just over 190 and min weight was 3200; now I'm dropping below 180 and min weight is 3250. Gotta love progress...