mounting advice for fire extinguisher?
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Bolt that sucker down.
[QUOTE=zullo]Probably a bit over-engineeredQUOTE]
You can never over engineer a safety item.
edv,
RotorMotor is total correct on this one. There was a crash on the starting grid a few years back in the Australian V8 super car series, A stalled car go hit from behind by another car travelling at about 200kmh, the force of the impact was so great it spilt the full cell of the front car open and the car went up in flames, it also dislodged the fire extinguisher bottle mounted behind the driver and project it forward, hitting the driver in the back. This caused drivers worse injury. (remember he got hit from behind at 200kmh, his car went up in flames, and his only real injury was from a flying object.)
Anything not bolted down will try to go out through the front windshield in crash.
You can never over engineer a safety item.
Originally Posted by RotorMotor
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Originally Posted by edv
Believe it or not, but velcro works on the wall behind the bins. I have a very small extinguisher, though. Has not fallen off in 18 months.
velcro???? are you serious?? good luck with that in a crash. it will turn into a deadly projectile.
Originally Posted by edv
Believe it or not, but velcro works on the wall behind the bins. I have a very small extinguisher, though. Has not fallen off in 18 months.
velcro???? are you serious?? good luck with that in a crash. it will turn into a deadly projectile.
RotorMotor is total correct on this one. There was a crash on the starting grid a few years back in the Australian V8 super car series, A stalled car go hit from behind by another car travelling at about 200kmh, the force of the impact was so great it spilt the full cell of the front car open and the car went up in flames, it also dislodged the fire extinguisher bottle mounted behind the driver and project it forward, hitting the driver in the back. This caused drivers worse injury. (remember he got hit from behind at 200kmh, his car went up in flames, and his only real injury was from a flying object.)
Anything not bolted down will try to go out through the front windshield in crash.
Originally Posted by zullo
So it's not the prettiest thing but it is functional. Probably a bit over-engineered, but this mount is shared between 3 cars (Rx7, S2000, and 300ZX) so it's strength is in its flexibility; the design could certainly be simplified for one car only.
Originally Posted by Railgun69
This is an old pic, but I still have it in the same spot. (It's been replaced, so it's a little better aligned now)
In an accident, that thing WILL break clean through the plastic, and become a high speed missile in the car.
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