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Originally Posted by Sieg
Great post Bryan 
Sound like you're closing in on the car's sweet spot.
Regarding another extinguisher.......this is what you can end up with when your only extinguisher is depleted:
Rural road, late in the day......without the incredible luck of a couple passer byes, one with extra towels willing to jump in and assist smothering flames, and another with a flat of bottled water who was saturating out towels......I was literally within seconds of have to sit and watch the car burn out.
Get the other extinguisher. |
Sorry for bringing this back but an extinguisher is there to be use to give you enough time to get out of the car, not to put a car fire out. If you want to save the car you will need a 2 fire bottle system with 6 nozzles, as much steel fuel lines as you can stand, kevlar hose if you need flex, fuel and power shut off. Sure, you may get lucky with the extingisher but when it comes to fire lucky isn't a factor.
Relying on track fire support you don't always burn close to the fire crew. they have to see the problem, load up and get to you. When Dale Jr burnt up at Sonoma it took fire trucks 4 mins to get to him. Thankfully the corner workers were there to pull him to safety. Always plan for the worst.