this

 

didnt one of the top gear shows show an early development R8 V10 completely engulfed ?

 

Yup one of the mules flamed up on a test.

 

I think I saw them at Sports Car Boutique. I bought mine from the US http://www.4wheelparts.com/Towing/H3...t_pn=H3RHG250B , had it shipped to CBI and brought it back along with a few other things.

As for how big a fire this 2.5 lb unit is effective for, everything else being equal, I would rather have a fire bottle in the car than not if and when the need arises!

 

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Good One!

 

If it's fuel related - your chances are remote that you can put out the fire without a lot of help. A 2.5lb bottle knocks down the flames for a few seconds and when the powder charge in the air dissipates and is replaced with O2 again - the fire resumes. You only have a few attempts until the pressure is gone in the bottle. Short bursts are better then long ones and don't paint the fire or body work thinking that sodium bicarbonate acts as a fire suppressant - it doesn't. You saturate the air with powder to replace O2 only. The Halon or replacement for Halon type gases are not recommended for general use - mostly for on-board units and not hand held bottles that have to be directed under the cars engine area. Too many people place a lot of trust in these little bottles. They may be fine for an oil leak fire as long as it isn't a major one or an over heated insulation issue.

We had a bad fire at the World Challenge races this past weekend - one of our people emptied a 10lb on a GT class turbo Volvo and then another marshal got there with a 20lb one and they emptied that one. It wasn't until the fire team from corner 5 got there with their water/foam unit plus hand held bottles that they put out the fire. Thankfully the driver was already out by that time or it wouldn't have ended too well for him.

No clear idea what went wrong but suspected fuel rail break seems to be the thinking as the fire started between the engine and fire wall and then spread inside the cockpit! Randy Pobst was ok - the K-Pax car not so good...


To be clear: any extinguisher is better then NO extinguisher - but get the hell out of the car and stay up wind of the smoke. Most of the smoke is highly toxic from the cars interior burning. Your insurance will replace the car but nothing can replace your lungs or years of poor health.

 

I trained on fire suppression systems and as I recall from the lessons, fire depends on the triangle of, Heat, Air, Fuel. Deprive any of those and no fire. Too bad that Halon messes up the environment because it is outstanding at depriving a fire of air. A small burst of halon will put out a fire, but if it's fuel fed over a hot manifold or an electrical fire then it's just a matter of time before ignition recurs.

 

Toronto's finest putting out the fire.

 

I was going to say that at least the hood, front fenders and the headlights are salvageable, that is until I got to the 2 minute 10 seconds mark when firefigher K. Turner started hammering away at the left fender and busted the headlights........

WHY?! Had he not realized the engine and the fire were at the other end of the car?!?!

 

naw he was just making sure the ins company didnt try to fix it .. making sure it was a write off . Must be a car guy ..

 

video here: http://www.wheels.ca/news/audi-r8-bu...nd-in-toronto/

 

That is painful to watch

 

Get 19A coverage including tax and forget the extinguisher.

 

What part of the Gardiner has grass that high??