mistake

Nothing in the engine bay will/should explode. Yet, you have to be very careful in case of an engine fire to open the hood. You have to be ready to jump back. With the closed hood (in an almost airtight upper engine compartment such as the FD), there is a shortage of oxigen to feed the fire. The moment you open the hood, you supply extra oxigen to the fire wich will/could really flare up at that moment and scorch the person doing the hood opening or even cause very serious injuries to the eye...etc...

Once when my race car engine blew an oil fllter and the resulting high pressure oil spill caused in instant engine fire, I drove off the track and into some tall green grass which cut the oxigen supply off and put out the fire by itself. Don't count on such luck with your street car.

Albert

whose the bastard that can just stand there and take that picture.. heartless fiend !

if anyone remembers johns beautiful BB FD... 1 fire extinguisher wont do because it might be fucked up... even if you just bought it 15 minites ago at home depot (which is what he did)... sad... everything melted.. even his nice 5 spoke rims...

Two things:

1) That's why realistically, you'd want an extinguisher system on the car (if you're serious about modding the car, and thus serious about saving it).

2) You can get halon quite easily from http://www.h3r.com/ They're *the* halon specialists.

As Axr6 said (but to take it to another level), you NEVER want to pop the hood. Popping the hood feeds the fire TONS more oxygen than it could get w/ the hood down. The chances of getting burned are obviously MUCH higher if you pop the hood (as the fire will "explode" into a larger one w/ the sudden rush of increased oxygen). The chances of you being able to compete w/ the increased oxygen and have the extinguisher put out the fire are quite slim as well.

So what's the best solution? As mentioned above, a halon system w/ a nozzle in the engine bay, and a nozzle on the gas tank. That's 5 - 10 lbs of halon right there. For a third nozzle in the interior, you'd DEF need 10 lbs, maybe 15. And I'm not pulling this outta my a$$; this comes straight from some of the most accomplished racecar fabricators.

~Ramy

FM-200 - Halon alternative
 

The current "environmentally friendly" replacement for Halon is FM-200. FM-200 is an inprovement over Halon in that humans can survive in a room (or car interior) filled with it as it is the same gas used in inhalers to disperse medication. Additionally, as Halon becomes harder to obtain, FM-200 will be more cost effective (it appears to be more expensive than Halon now).

Sea-Fire (www.sea-fire.com) in Maryland makes automatic and manual systems for both cars and boats (the boat systems are used by more than 200 manufactures). Additionally, www.h3r.com that was recommended services FM-200 systems as well.

FM-200 is available in both handheld extinguishers and installed supression systems.

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that just looks sad, you want to cry, hope its fully coved, and he gets a new fd

the scary part is I've just had a dream...scratch that...nightmare about my FD catching fire...well I'll be ordering one in the next day or two!!!

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The car belongs to BlitzBoy, a member of www.mazdarotaryclub.com . He was travelling to the annual www.Rotorstock.com event. The fire was due to a leak from the Swirl pot. He said that a spark from the cars indicator ignited the fuel and the whole back of the car lit up in flames... As for the guy taking the picture, he was one of the many who tried their best to put out the flames, but had no luck. you can read about it HERE

A moment of silence please.

that is the worst thing i've seen all week:( i definatly hope the driver has a low deductable. DEFINATLY keep a fire extinguisher with you at all times! i'm a first gen guy and i always keep an extinguisher with me.

Makes me want to buy a fire extinguisher and my 7 isnt even running:(

The only drawback to owning three 7's is needing three extinguishers. :(

Ouch :( :(

very sorry to hear

i want to help it so bad :crying:

They did have an extinguisher and tried to put out the fire but it was rather too intense. It took the fire bridage 10 mins or so IIRC.

Such a pity.

Ramy has it right, Halon is the way to go, and when dealing with fire suppresion more is good.

I just got my 5lb Halon off Ebay for under $80, Hydro tested in 2005. Now its time to save for a Halon system.


I hate to mention it but the value of my white FD just went up

What mods can you do to help cut back on the chance of fire?? Most fires start from the fuel rail if I remeber.....upgrading to braided lines to the existing fuel rail?? New fuel rail and braided lines??