Heinz;
Late in the summer of 98 I posted some information on a chemical called
"Fyrfighter". It is essentially a chemical that absorbs heat to quench the
fire, the same as water does, but much more efficient. The IHRA and many racing
bodies use it extensively to put out gas, alcohol, nitromethane, fiberglass and
oil fires. You can get concentrate and mix with water in a 15% solution and use
a pressurized extinguisher to apply. Most of the racing bodies use nitrogen at
200psi, but air at 150 works also, but not as well. It would be a simple piping
job to put 6 nozzles in the engine bay and 1 or 2 pressurized tanks to dispense
when a pin was pulled. It is also fairly cheap stuff and comes in small spray
cans for use in the kitchen or small fires. If you are interested I will look
up the URL or you can review the archives.
I will probably do one this spring when the 3 feet of snow that we got on
Thursday and Saturday melt.
Marcus
> Thanks Justin,
>
> I think I'm going to put up with it this trip and hopefully pass a Western
> Marine store in my travels to check out fire extinguishers. Wile I'm fire
> concious, the discussion has brought it to the forefront some (again).
> Then I'll double check the aviation side and maybe build a system.
>
> However, hopefully someone with more expertiese will beat me to it and share
>
>
> Heinz
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From:
> To:
> Sent: Monday, March 08, 1999 10:01 AM
> Subject: Re: GMC: Hatchcover question
>
> >Heinz, your idea of four bolts might be one solution. But whatever you do,
> be
> >sure you can "cinch" it down tight. Even a little loosness will allow a
> lot
> >of engine and road noise in to the coach. You may need to increase the
> >thickness of the rubber gasket.
> >Justin
> >
> >
Late in the summer of 98 I posted some information on a chemical called
"Fyrfighter". It is essentially a chemical that absorbs heat to quench the
fire, the same as water does, but much more efficient. The IHRA and many racing
bodies use it extensively to put out gas, alcohol, nitromethane, fiberglass and
oil fires. You can get concentrate and mix with water in a 15% solution and use
a pressurized extinguisher to apply. Most of the racing bodies use nitrogen at
200psi, but air at 150 works also, but not as well. It would be a simple piping
job to put 6 nozzles in the engine bay and 1 or 2 pressurized tanks to dispense
when a pin was pulled. It is also fairly cheap stuff and comes in small spray
cans for use in the kitchen or small fires. If you are interested I will look
up the URL or you can review the archives.
I will probably do one this spring when the 3 feet of snow that we got on
Thursday and Saturday melt.
Marcus
> Thanks Justin,
>
> I think I'm going to put up with it this trip and hopefully pass a Western
> Marine store in my travels to check out fire extinguishers. Wile I'm fire
> concious, the discussion has brought it to the forefront some (again).
> Then I'll double check the aviation side and maybe build a system.
>
> However, hopefully someone with more expertiese will beat me to it and share
>
>
> Heinz
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From:
> To:
> Sent: Monday, March 08, 1999 10:01 AM
> Subject: Re: GMC: Hatchcover question
>
> >Heinz, your idea of four bolts might be one solution. But whatever you do,
> be
> >sure you can "cinch" it down tight. Even a little loosness will allow a
> lot
> >of engine and road noise in to the coach. You may need to increase the
> >thickness of the rubber gasket.
> >Justin
> >
> >
