Suit Requirement - 3.2A/5?
09-29-2008, 12:37 PM
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Suit Requirement - 3.2A/5? So I make three phone calls to NHRA and get 2 different answers from 2 different people. Help me out please.
My car is slower than 8.50 and runs nitrous oxide.
Is the correct suit a 3.2A/5 or 3.2A/15 (the 3.2A/15 seems a little much for what I have to do).
My car is slower than 8.50 and runs nitrous oxide.
Is the correct suit a 3.2A/5 or 3.2A/15 (the 3.2A/15 seems a little much for what I have to do).
09-29-2008, 12:49 PM
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since you are faster than 9.99, you should be NHRA licensed, thus you should have an NHRA rulebook...the answer you seek is within those pages..
I did find this though:
since you should have a full firewall, a 3.2A/5 should suffice 
I did find this though:
Drivers in 9.99 (*6.39) to 7.50 (*4.50) front-engine, open-bodied cars (or closed bodied
without an OEM or full .024-inch steel firewall) with nitrous oxide, supercharged or
turbocharged, SFI Spec 3.2A/15 jacket and pants with SFI Spec 3.3/5 gloves and SFI
Spec 3.3/5 shoes/boots mandatory.
without an OEM or full .024-inch steel firewall) with nitrous oxide, supercharged or
turbocharged, SFI Spec 3.2A/15 jacket and pants with SFI Spec 3.3/5 gloves and SFI
Spec 3.3/5 shoes/boots mandatory.
09-29-2008, 01:18 PM
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I just applied for my licence - I don't have a rulebook because I sent the papers in last week. I'm assuming that my licence should be here soon.
Thanks for the info.
Thanks for the info.
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As the rule above shows, it's based on firewall. If you have alum or unapproved steel, then you need the -15.
I have a 6 second, N2O car & I'm required to wear a -5.
Nitrous oxide equipped cars with a full .024-inch minimum steel firewall:
Jacket and pants or suit meeting SFI 3.2A/5, gloves meeting 3.3/5,
and boots or shoes meeting SFI Spec 3.3/5 mandatory.
Taken from NHRA.
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As the rule above shows, it's based on firewall. If you have alum or unapproved steel, then you need the -15.
I have a 6 second, N2O car & I'm required to wear a -5.
Nitrous oxide equipped cars with a full .024-inch minimum steel firewall:
Jacket and pants or suit meeting SFI 3.2A/5, gloves meeting 3.3/5,
and boots or shoes meeting SFI Spec 3.3/5 mandatory.
Taken from NHRA.
.
Last edited by mrdragster1970; 09-29-2008 at 01:57 PM.
