[Andre]

What is a good fire extinguisher to install for DE and where to buy it?

I am looking for low weight and functional unit, not necessarily the top of the line. Are there units that can be attached to existing mounting points, e.g., underneath the seats?

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[flash]

brey krause makes a mount that goes to the seat mounting points - i just gave one to rustech, so contact him - he may have the part number



i am goin with a tube mounted one, since i am in a cab and will have the chassis brace



you may need to go to a race shop for the extinguisher - i heard that halon is no longer available at normal outlets



i have to look in to this myself now too, for my car, so let me know what you find out

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[Harvey]

[quote name='flash' date='Feb 20 2006, 07:50 AM']need to go to a race shop for the extinguisher - i heard that halon is no longer available at normal outlets



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I bought a 5-lb halon unit off eBay and had it topped off locally by a guy who replenishes fire exthingishers. There's Halon and "Son of Halon" I don't know what he used.



I know of 2 928s that have gone up in flames due to gas fires under the hood.



Harvey

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[flash]

nice going



definitely want something in there, and have always had it in the toys - just hadn't gotten around to it in this one yet



a call to the local extinguisher service company seems in order

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[ether_joe]

[quote name='Andre' date='Feb 19 2006, 09:40 PM']What is a good fire extinguisher to install for DE and where to buy it? 

I am looking for low weight and functional unit, not necessarily the top of the line. Are there units that can be attached to existing mounting points, e.g., underneath the seats?

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is there enough space underneath the seats? Seems to me like there's only about 1.5" clearance down there.

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[josephsc]

This is an old photo from my 944, but I use a Stable Energies mount. I think the BK mount is similar. It doesn't actually go underneath the seat, but the space in front of the seat -- the extinguisher would be underneath the legs of the passenger.



The mount easily fits a 2.5lb fire extinguisher, among other important cargo...

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[flash]

the BK is a stainless tubular mount that has tabs that catch a pair of seat mounts, either front or rear, and puts the extinguisher right in front of or behind the seat

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[Andre]

Flash,



I checked www.ioportracing.com and they seem to have several racing fire extinguishers available. The cheapest 3lb Halon unit retails for ~$280, but there is a dry chemical unit (soda), that retails under $40 with a mounting strap. Is Halon necessary or dry chemical also O'k to use?



Andre

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[Clem]

The BK piece is nice, but when mounted limits the travel of the sliders.

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[flash]

andre - i haven't checked what the regs are lately - they just went through a change though - i'll get into that one soon if somebody else doesn't first - i'm kind of swamped right now



clem - yeah - figured that - one of the reasons i gave it to eric

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