garrett376

I am putting the finishing touches on the 996 race car and was thinking about the fire system nozzle placement.

Why bother putting a nozzle in the engine compartment or in the front trunk? If I am going to pull the cable to launch the halon, isn't it more important that I don't burn? At that point, who cares about the engine or the front trunk? It seems more important to not waste halon on the machinery that is probably toast anyways.

Has anyone ever pulled the fire system cable JUST for an engine fire? I doubt it... but it makes me wonder. My thinking, based on the engine fires I have witnessed, that the fire "system" never gets used unless the passenger compartment gets engulfed in flames, right? I've only seen someone use their built-in fire system in the pits.... by accident!

Any thoughts from the club racing crew on here? Nozzles necessary outside of the passenger compartment?

garrett376

sorry guys... this went in the wrong place! oops!

ivangene

OK - wait..... what?
fire nozzle in the wrong place

Chaos

One on the fuel-saftey even though they never rupture. One on the engine - that is where fire start and cost the most. One on you - for saftey,mine is pointed at my crotch.