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From: Tomball/Nacogdoches TX
Originally Posted by John inNH
Just a little FYI.
Nitrous Oxide is not flammable, it's an oxidizer. What that means is it supplies more oxygen to an existing fire, in a nutshell it makes a small fire REALLY BIG!
A nitrous tank, like any compressed gas tank can explode if heated sufficiently, such as sitting over a burning gasoline tank This is called a BLEVE (Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion). This will pretty much look like a car bomb explosion. A fire in a car with nitrous is not a fun thing to respond to. As far as an extinguisher, I keep mine on the floor behind the drivers seat.
John
(Captain, local Fire Department)
Nitrous Oxide is not flammable, it's an oxidizer. What that means is it supplies more oxygen to an existing fire, in a nutshell it makes a small fire REALLY BIG!
A nitrous tank, like any compressed gas tank can explode if heated sufficiently, such as sitting over a burning gasoline tank This is called a BLEVE (Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion). This will pretty much look like a car bomb explosion. A fire in a car with nitrous is not a fun thing to respond to. As far as an extinguisher, I keep mine on the floor behind the drivers seat.
John
(Captain, local Fire Department)
They don't blow up. They have burst discs for when it gets above 3000psi to "spew" out the nozzle.
Retard # 4 teching in. I have a little 2lb extinguisher rolling around under the back of the passenger seat. It never hurts to have a little bit of extra added security. I would never put my life in the hands of a silly car but if a minimal fire started I would rather sit on top of the damn thing then watch all my hard work go up in flames.
Last edited by Brian2006; Mar 9, 2007 at 11:59 PM.
Originally Posted by michaelg589
Some of you people are completely fu**ing retarded... There is absolutely NO reason to have any kind of fire extiguishing device in a street car. And if you think you need one, YOU SHOULDNT BE DRIVING YOUR FU**ING CAR! If your car is on fire, I would hope most of you would have enough sense to save yourself from being burnt, not trying to save your car which is (should be) insured! Why would your car catch fire? Did you TRY to install your NAWWWS yourself and fu**ed it all up? DId you TRY to wire up some cool switches that might short because you dont know how to do electrical work? Unless youre running lower than a 10 at the track, having a fire suppression system in your car is just stupid overkill. Its you saying to everyone ," yoo, my car is soooo fast that the "race" fuel in there can be dangerous, So I got this mad cool custom fire extiguisher mounted on the PASSENGER side in front of the seat where I CAN'T reach it."
everything in your post leads me to believe 1) your not aloud out in public without a securly fastened helmet, and 2) there should be an age limit for internet access
why would you post up about something you obviously know nothing about
I'm putting one in my car at the same time as my next mod... which will either be nitrous or s/c !!
and even if neither mod happened i would still like to have one around as a "just incase" ... it could never hurt a situation
Some of you people are completely fu**ing retarded... There is absolutely NO reason to have any kind of fire extiguishing device in a street car. And if you think you need one, YOU SHOULDNT BE DRIVING YOUR FU**ING CAR! If your car is on fire, I would hope most of you would have enough sense to save yourself from being burnt, not trying to save your car which is (should be) insured! Why would your car catch fire? Did you TRY to install your NAWWWS yourself and fu**ed it all up? DId you TRY to wire up some cool switches that might short because you dont know how to do electrical work? Unless youre running lower than a 10 at the track, having a fire suppression system in your car is just stupid overkill. Its you saying to everyone ," yoo, my car is soooo fast that the "race" fuel in there can be dangerous, So I got this mad cool custom fire extiguisher mounted on the PASSENGER side in front of the seat where I CAN'T reach it."
everything in your post leads me to believe 1) your not aloud out in public without a securly fastened helmet, and 2) there should be an age limit for internet access
why would you post up about something you obviously know nothing about
I'm putting one in my car at the same time as my next mod... which will either be nitrous or s/c !!
and even if neither mod happened i would still like to have one around as a "just incase" ... it could never hurt a situation
Originally Posted by 98_Formula
Originally Posted by michaelg589
Some of you people are completely fu**ing retarded... There is absolutely NO reason to have any kind of fire extiguishing device in a street car. And if you think you need one, YOU SHOULDNT BE DRIVING YOUR FU**ING CAR! If your car is on fire, I would hope most of you would have enough sense to save yourself from being burnt, not trying to save your car which is (should be) insured! Why would your car catch fire? Did you TRY to install your NAWWWS yourself and fu**ed it all up? DId you TRY to wire up some cool switches that might short because you dont know how to do electrical work? Unless youre running lower than a 10 at the track, having a fire suppression system in your car is just stupid overkill. Its you saying to everyone ," yoo, my car is soooo fast that the "race" fuel in there can be dangerous, So I got this mad cool custom fire extiguisher mounted on the PASSENGER side in front of the seat where I CAN'T reach it."
everything in your post leads me to believe 1) your not aloud out in public without a securly fastened helmet, and 2) there should be an age limit for internet access
why would you post up about something you obviously know nothing about
I'm putting one in my car at the same time as my next mod... which will either be nitrous or s/c !!
and even if neither mod happened i would still like to have one around as a "just incase" ... it could never hurt a situation
Some of you people are completely fu**ing retarded... There is absolutely NO reason to have any kind of fire extiguishing device in a street car. And if you think you need one, YOU SHOULDNT BE DRIVING YOUR FU**ING CAR! If your car is on fire, I would hope most of you would have enough sense to save yourself from being burnt, not trying to save your car which is (should be) insured! Why would your car catch fire? Did you TRY to install your NAWWWS yourself and fu**ed it all up? DId you TRY to wire up some cool switches that might short because you dont know how to do electrical work? Unless youre running lower than a 10 at the track, having a fire suppression system in your car is just stupid overkill. Its you saying to everyone ," yoo, my car is soooo fast that the "race" fuel in there can be dangerous, So I got this mad cool custom fire extiguisher mounted on the PASSENGER side in front of the seat where I CAN'T reach it."
everything in your post leads me to believe 1) your not aloud out in public without a securly fastened helmet, and 2) there should be an age limit for internet access
why would you post up about something you obviously know nothing about
I'm putting one in my car at the same time as my next mod... which will either be nitrous or s/c !!
and even if neither mod happened i would still like to have one around as a "just incase" ... it could never hurt a situation
its not even a mod... its something every car should have.
i have one in my truck too.. and its just a $200 POS S10.
Originally Posted by 1meantransam
although i see it mostly in ricers i would also agree i would rather have that bottle and be called ricey but save my car when its on fire....
people that carry real fire extinguishers are real car guys that learn from past experiences.
people that carry nothing, will someday wish they had something.
Originally Posted by MrDude_1
people that carry chrome stupidly small minibottles are idiots.
people that carry real fire extinguishers are real car guys that learn from past experiences.
people that carry nothing, will someday wish they had something.
people that carry real fire extinguishers are real car guys that learn from past experiences.
people that carry nothing, will someday wish they had something.
i dont have a fire extinguisher yet but i do carry a nice big gallon jug of water lol...
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From: Waukesha,WI
I've had this bottle in my room forever and i'm finally thinking about mounting it do you guys things this looks good? and how did you guys mount you bottles? I was thinkin velco on the quick release clamp so it just sticks to the carpet?
You are going to use something besides velcro to mount it to the floor right?
If not it could hurt you pretty bad in a crash and may not pass tech depending on how much the track cares about teching if you drag race.
If not it could hurt you pretty bad in a crash and may not pass tech depending on how much the track cares about teching if you drag race.
