Galen Darkmoon

Anyone ever consider or have put in a fire suppression system under the hood?
I can get good sized CO2 unit fairly cheap for the family from where I work and adding a quick pull release and hose to the hood might be a cheap investment for the misses when she is at the track.
All fires I've read about in the forum are under the hood sooo.

Ideas? comments?

VashGS

This would only be for like racing application otherwise waste of money and dead weight. Also another car might need help. CO2 is not what you want, Halon 1301 would be a pro application. There are only 2-3 things that have been causing the fires so if those could be researched and steps taken. When people work on intake or get a new engine the fuel cross link seems to snap and leak. OR it might just be breaking from thermal cycles? But some fires happen when people pickup warranty engine.

The pro engine builders.. theres don't catch on fire cause they not smashing in hose in a rush. Just wanted to mention that as a plus for the fine Pro rebuilders around the community.

ken-x8

There are some that occured at the back of the car, from an overheated exhaust. There's even a TSB on that.

Unless you're doing something extreme - like adding a big blower and nitro, or replacing your fuel lines with old cracked ones - the odds of an under hood fire are really small.

Ken

VashGS

Also could be any kind of debris get in. This is why I mention the aftermarket rebuilders vs Mazda warranty install. If your shoving in a hose to get it done fast or get home. Your probably not gonna clean it really well or maybe some sand get in. All it takes is a little bit to make a small leak. When your typical aftermarket or 3rd party shop does it they tend to do work as if they vehicle is there own. This is a systemic problem in some dealership shops they rush and cut corners. The end result is as we see well disasters in some cases.

DocBeech

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keep a halon extinguisher in your trunk.

please don't put it on the a pillar like some of these retards do. I see people come into my ER at least once a month from smashing face on an extinguisher.

PhillipM

We run a 2.25L CO system plumbed into the engine bay, plus a 1.5L foam handheld unit behind the seats.
It won't stop the car from burning if it's gonna go, but at least you know something silly like an electrical short/etc you can probably catch before it toasts it.
If nothing else you can use it put your wedding tackle out if there's a proper fire.

Galen Darkmoon

KK thx for ya comments, A Co2 unit piped to the engine bay is what I had in mind. The misses is no pro racer, but its either let it all burn or save what I can and no I won't have my wife fight a fire. I've done that and it's a touchy thing to play with machines that have volotile tanks onboard. Vash I appreciate ye comments but, fire is fire pros we're not and a 20-30lb tank won't make a diff in HPDE. Halon I will not use, we have 1 ton tanks at work and it becomes a poison gas in flames.
Mostly just curious if anyone else had this and how it was done.

At a minor expense it was just a thought.

Razz1

Putting an extinguisher under the hood is the worst place.

Pop open the hood and BOOM

Oxygen will make the fire sky high!

Bluerenesis

Nice concept but wouldnt that be considered a pipe bomb? Get that hot enough and it will go.

Bluerenesis

just thinking. Make it work like a kitchen hood system where the tank is somewher safe, and like you said, have the pull mechanism in the drivers area with a pipe running to the enginebay with a nozzle head. I used to be a fire protection pipefiter for 12 plus years.

Galen Darkmoon

NO NO tank in the car with pull handle piped to the engine bay. Ye beez correct tho Razz, a pressurized tank under the hood=bad mojo. lol

And dont open the hood when on fire,WEEEEEEEEEEE bad news.

Pull the handle then get the F outta the car. :0

PhillipM

That's the normal procedure for a plumbed in system - tank + switch in the cabin.

Galen Darkmoon

Here is where I got the idea.

http://www.safecraft.com/info_docs/M...0Guidlines.pdf

Ya'lls ideas comments always appreciated.

8upbad

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Why would you want to kill your fire? I love fire.