What best Fire Suppression for my track day car?

[wilba76]

Hi,
I looking at a fire suppression system for my track day car, any thoughts on this? I hear a lot about Lifeline but i hear SPA design has a better range and are offering bespoke colors which i like the sound of?

[E-bmw]

I try the no-crash method.

Do you really think you need it?

Never seen a fire at a TD yet & most just use (if anything) a small extinguisher bolted to the floor.

[Roadru77er]

Have a look at “Firetrace”

[C70R]

E-bmw said:

I try the no-crash method.

Do you really think you need it?

Never seen a fire at a TD yet & most just use (if anything) a small extinguisher bolted to the floor.

This.

It never fails to amaze me how many people seem to think they are building a race car when they are doing a handful of trackdays a year.

[smn159]

From a current Readers Car thread...

https://youtu.be/8z1OQL4ZbnA

[motorhole]

smn159 said:

From a current Readers Car thread...

https://youtu.be/8z1OQL4ZbnA

Exactly this. My buddies car caught fire at a track day once. That was as simple as a burst PAS line pouring fluid onto a hot manifold. He was lucky it happened next to a marshal's post.

Hopefully I will never need it. But having it means should the worst case scenario occur, the fire suppression system buys enough time to save the car.

[C70R]

smn159 said:

From a current Readers Car thread...

https://youtu.be/8z1OQL4ZbnA

Using one of the most highly modified (and allegedly bodged) cars in the competitive Time Attack sprint series isn't a good case to demonstrate why the average trackdayer needs a plumbed fire system.

[R8Steve]

C70R said:

E-bmw said:

I try the no-crash method.

Do you really think you need it?

Never seen a fire at a TD yet & most just use (if anything) a small extinguisher bolted to the floor.

This.

It never fails to amaze me how many people seem to think they are building a race car when they are doing a handful of trackdays a year.

Temperatures of everything on a car, even standard, get significantly higher at a track day for the relative low cost i'd certainly fit one.

What about helmets? Should everyone just adopt the no-crash method and hope for the best?

[Cylon2007]

smn159 said:

From a current Readers Car thread...

https://youtu.be/8z1OQL4ZbnA

judging from the "oh no not again comments" it would seem he's a serial fire starter and possibly not the best to screw a trackcar together

[Caddyshack]

We saw a Cerbera catch fire at the ‘ring and I think a number of GT3’s and 458’s also caught fire.

Nothing wrong with adding a safety system on a track car. I am going to add one to my 205 but that’s mainly because the engine alone would be around £20k to replace.

[C70R]

R8Steve said:

C70R said:

E-bmw said:

I try the no-crash method.

Do you really think you need it?

Never seen a fire at a TD yet & most just use (if anything) a small extinguisher bolted to the floor.

This.

It never fails to amaze me how many people seem to think they are building a race car when they are doing a handful of trackdays a year.

Temperatures of everything on a car, even standard, get significantly higher at a track day for the relative low cost i'd certainly fit one.

What about helmets? Should everyone just adopt the no-crash method and hope for the best?

You're doing the 'twisting my words and using a bad example' thing.

I carry an extinguisher in my track car. Plumbed systems are for race cars, where contact with other drivers is the expectation rather than the exception.

Or we can all run around pretending we're Nigel Mansell while we do a few laps of Brands. Whatever suits you.

[R8Steve]

C70R said:

R8Steve said:

C70R said:

E-bmw said:

I try the no-crash method.

Do you really think you need it?

Never seen a fire at a TD yet & most just use (if anything) a small extinguisher bolted to the floor.

This.

It never fails to amaze me how many people seem to think they are building a race car when they are doing a handful of trackdays a year.

Temperatures of everything on a car, even standard, get significantly higher at a track day for the relative low cost i'd certainly fit one.

What about helmets? Should everyone just adopt the no-crash method and hope for the best?

You're doing the 'twisting my words and using a bad example' thing.

I carry an extinguisher in my track car. Plumbed systems are for race cars, where contact with other drivers is the expectation rather than the exception.

Or we can all run around pretending we're Nigel Mansell while we do a few laps of Brands. Whatever suits you.

Not really.

At a track day there is a significantly increased chance of crashing so you wear a helmet. There is a significantly higher chance of rolling so you fit a roll cage. There is a significantly higher chance of fire so you fit a fire suppression system. If you're not bothered about these and think they'll never happen to you then don't, that's your choice.

You feel the need to have a hand held fire extinguisher so you must believe there is a fire risk so i don't understand why you're against a plumbed in system. If you ever end up upside down smelling petrol i suspect you would wish you had one.

[Olas]

If you're serious about using a good system that actually stands a good chance of stopping your car burning to the ground then look at FEV - widely used and well respected systems.

https://www.f-e-v.co.uk/

[88racing]

Look at it this way: not many marshals on duty on a track day - how long would it take for one to reach you - with just one extinguisher? Have one with you in the car and you might stand a chance of putting a fire out before help arrives.

[turbodicky]

R8Steve said:

C70R said:

R8Steve said:

C70R said:

E-bmw said:

I try the no-crash method.

Do you really think you need it?

Never seen a fire at a TD yet & most just use (if anything) a small extinguisher bolted to the floor.

This.

It never fails to amaze me how many people seem to think they are building a race car when they are doing a handful of trackdays a year.

Temperatures of everything on a car, even standard, get significantly higher at a track day for the relative low cost i'd certainly fit one.

What about helmets? Should everyone just adopt the no-crash method and hope for the best?

You're doing the 'twisting my words and using a bad example' thing.

I carry an extinguisher in my track car. Plumbed systems are for race cars, where contact with other drivers is the expectation rather than the exception.

Or we can all run around pretending we're Nigel Mansell while we do a few laps of Brands. Whatever suits you.

Not really.

At a track day there is a significantly increased chance of crashing so you wear a helmet. There is a significantly higher chance of rolling so you fit a roll cage. There is a significantly higher chance of fire so you fit a fire suppression system. If you're not bothered about these and think they'll never happen to you then don't, that's your choice.

You feel the need to have a hand held fire extinguisher so you must believe there is a fire risk so i don't understand why you're against a plumbed in system. If you ever end up upside down smelling petrol i suspect you would wish you had one.

Ah, but you wouldn't ever be upside down if you adopted the no-crash method as kindly suggested.