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Old 02-20-2009, 04:48 AM
RICK LAKE RICK LAKE is offline
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Thumbs up Sealing the tunnel in the car

Dangerous Doug Sound like you have the system setup OK. Does your car have a hood scoop? Is there a turkey pan for the carb? What I am getting at is you want to seal the engine compartment the best you can to make the halon work in this location to last the longest. 80% of fires happen here. Yes there are rearend accidents but if you are running a fuel cell, you should be pretty safe unless it's a high speed into the wall backwards. The other thing you might want to look at is the tunnel in your car. Mine is removeable for the trans and clutch work. I have a fire blanket bonded to the tunnel and seals around the foot boxes to keep MR. FIRE out of my lap. It will not protect for long but enough to get out of the car. The only down side of the tunnel blanket is the heat from the motor was effecting the trans when hot after 15 minute runs on the track. I am going to a trans cooler setup to stop this problem Have gone to Amsoil which has helped but still have the shifting problem a little. How's Cam?? Rick L
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