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Old 03-04-2009, 01:58 PM
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Just finished the installation of my Halon system.

Four nozzles: one in each foot box, driver and passenger; one directly above each of these in the engine compartment.

This worked out pretty well. I routed a single copper tube from the tank mounted in the trunk, along and through the frame to the firewall, where it enters the cockpit. Upon the entrance to the cockpit, there is a splitter, routing one line toward the driver's side and one line to the passenger's side, where I have mounted splitters. I drilled a hole in the footbox tops for the nozzles, and the engine compartment nozzle connects directly to the second splitter. I also have the footwell nozzle connected directly to this splitter. This reduced the amount and complexity of the copper tubing I had to fabricate (I used all flared end tubing, and bent all my tubing).

Incidentally, the tubing that came from Safecraft was much more robust than what I was able to procure locally. I needed an additional 2', and used what I could find at the local hardware store. It bent much more easily, but I would have prefered the grade I had received in my Safecraft kit.

Pull cable is mounted on a drop-down I fabricated and mounted under my dash---within reach of my fully strapped-in arm's reach---and is situated adjacent to my remote battery kill switch.

I'll post some pictures once I get a chance to take a few shots.

On a side note, my wife keeps asking me, "When will the Cobra be DONE?"

Will it ever?

My answer: "This is my chosen hobby." (i.e. "Get used to it, honey.")

DD
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