Fire Safety

[Fbody383]

I have lots of work to seal all the holes in the 55. I'm thinking .032" aluminum patches taped on with the aluminum foil tape plus rivets if needed. Let me know if you guys need some small pieces of aluminum for this purpose. I can get sheets of 5052 for $1.35 per lb.

Anybody know of a generally fire retardant, mostly inexpensive adhesive? Having something to seal up the gaps would help too.

Now we need a Rookie Day, a Development Day, and a Car Fire Safety Day.

[mach1]

Anybody know of a generally fire retardant, mostly inexpensive adhesive? Having something to seal up the gaps would help too.

Now we need a Rookie Day, a Development Day, and a Car Fire Safety Day.

They told us that the dynamat held up to the fire fyi.

[39PitCrew]

Anybody know of a generally fire retardant, mostly inexpensive adhesive? Having something to seal up the gaps would help too.

Now we need a Rookie Day, a Development Day, and a Car Fire Safety Day.

Wonder if either of these would work under a riveted plate

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Rutland-1...-64C/202218155
or maybe
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Rutland-3...96-6/202218157

[marshall_mosty]

I was going to mention the fireplace adhesive to seal your riveted aluminum panel patches.
I have more pics that I'll link tomorrow. Got busy at work.

[marshall_mosty]

Read the first post again... I added additional information.

[Pranav]

Would this work better or worse than the fireplace adhesive?

http://www.homedepot.com/p/3M-10-1-f...25WB/100166701

[marshall_mosty]

Pranav,
Either will work better than no sealant. Nothing will prevent fire forever, but we just want to buy ourselves time for egress (or extraction by the safety crew if it goes really bad)...

[39PitCrew]

Would this work better or worse than the fireplace adhesive?

http://www.homedepot.com/p/3M-10-1-f...25WB/100166701

That is actually what I was trying to find.
I wondered if the other link I put up cures to a flexible material that
would stand up to the kind of vibration that exists on a race car.

I was thinking of the fire seals on my gun safe that are a thin strip of closed
cell foam type product that expands when it gets very hot. I think that stuff is rated
for like 1200 F.

Like this stuff:
http://www.tomziemer.com/2015/07/gun...ls-part-2.html
In the case of a race car we wouldn't care if it expands prematurely, that would
probably be a good thing. Question is, how does it hold up to multiple heat cycles
and things like fuel, various lubricants, brake & power steering fluids, cleaning solvents
and such that get used in and around race cars.

[WutApex]

Wow, thanks for posting this. I've been putting off a fire system for too long....and I've got some holes to plug.

[AI#97]

Wonder if either of these would work under a riveted plate

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Rutland-1...-64C/202218155
or maybe
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Rutland-3...96-6/202218157

I would NOT rely on this stuff. The 3M material that Pranav posted is a far better material that will actually expand in a flame and seal the hole even better. It is required in all penetrations in fire partitions in commercial construction.

Also, anyone that has a fear of fire, feel free to stop by my shop sometime and look at some parts I have sitting outside. I would suggest that you use steel to seal holes in firewalls. Aluminum is pretty well pointless in a serious fire and becomes molten rather quickly. Those of us with composite body panels should be even more concerned and you F-body guys with plastic fuel lines worse still. This was a little fire compared to what CAN happen. I have seen the end result of REAL bad fire and it's scary as hell what melts completely away as if it were never there!!!!