Mounting Fire Extinguishers?

[AzzurrA]

Hi guys,

I bought a BF 1kg extinguisher, with steel mount (with rubber strap and a clip) to hold it in place.

where is the best place that you've found to mount it?

I was thinking maybe directly in front of the passenger seat? (side to side, so the ends would be facing the door and the driver)

Also, how do you mount them? do you cut out some tiny circles of carpet, drill through the floorpan and just use some bolts/nuts? Is there some other way?

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Thanks,

Jason

[djr81]

You are better off having on the drivers side, because you know it is there & you then don;t have to worry about people sliding the seat forward & making a mess of the upholstery. This is the bracket I made.

[TurboX]

Jason, you WISH!

Also its probably a lot easier to get at on the drivers side if your upside down and trapped in your belt and you can smell something burning

I would think some enterprising metal BASS worker out ther could do some Nissan perfect bracket that would bolt to the existing seat rail screws on both sides for security.

[blind_elk]

Mine is just a strip of 1" aluminium that uses the front seatbolts to hold it in place. I've had to mount it on the passenger side because the adjuster bar for the Bride rail interferes.

[Liz]

Mine is just a strip of 1" aluminium that uses the front seatbolts to hold it in place. I've had to mount it on the passenger side because the adjuster bar for the Bride rail interferes.

i had done the same, it got quite annoying when ever the front passsenger seat needed to be shifted forwards as there was a wire that kept on getting caught on it. I think mounting to the seat mounts is the way to go though, if you can.

also regarding the plastic strap you have to hold it in, correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think that'll pass CAMS scruitineering, last time i did a day that required a fire extinguisher they said they'd let me through this time, but next time it needs to be a metal strap.

Liz.

[AzzurrA]

its not for CAMS events, just sprint days and the likes (we have no CAMS tracks up here in QLD...

its not even a prerequisite... just something i want to add for a bit of piece of mind

[Beer Baron]

2 things.

1 Check out this thread http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/in...howtopic=115536

2 that BFI extinguisher (in the link I just posted) is the only type I'd bother buying. Having used a number of approved ones it's the only 1kg dry powder type I've seen that would actually do any real good.

[AzzurrA]

thats the one i have Beer Baron

[Beer Baron]

good choice. it's rated 4 times higher than most of the other "1kg" ones out there. And the strap is not rubber, it's metal, with a rubber cover.

edit: if you have a 32 GTST with stock seats you can use the mounted I posted and mount it either passenger side, or drivers side using the factory holes and bolts. I suggest passenger side.

[satanic]

I'll be getting a Monkey Brace for my car so I'll just mount the fire extinguisher onto that (right behind the centre arm rest console). This way I know it's there and all I need to do is turn to the side and reach back.

Hope it works...

[r33_racer]

I spose it makes it more difficult when mounting stuff like that to a road car used occassionally for race use. Alot easier in a race car where everything is gone...you can just put it anywhere

Morgan Park is a CAMS track Also heard some really disheartening news about QR possibly not lasting a great deal longer, various financial troubles might see it closing down sometime in the future.....i farking hope that that rumour is bullshit cause thats really limiting the amount of tracks around for racing on

Edited August 28, 2006 by r33_racer

[AzzurrA]

i didnt think u needed a cams lic. to race at MP?

[r33_racer]

You do if you are racing in cams events at morgan park, same at QR (hardly any there anyway cause they run under aasa or whatever it is). Its not so much tracks that are run or owned by cams, but events that are run by cams at that track. The short circuit event i was in the other month at Morgan Park was a cams event and fell under their rules and regs....if you dont believe me, my cams license/ race car log book and scrutineering sticker can confirm this

[AzzurrA]

nah, no need to go to that length, i believe you, just hadn't heard that before

[r33_racer]

I believe it is a common misunderstanding, actually i thought the samething too before i got my cams license and spoke to some people.

[tdr]

hey guys quick question,

now i am trying to get a bfi fire extinguisher, but i cant find anyone that stocks it. Where should i go in melbourne?? thanks

[Beer Baron]

http://bulbeck.com.au/feedback.php?c=0

give them a ring and they can probably let you know where there is a distributor. I know in Sydney Race and Rally (aka speedzone) sell them. Cost is ~$50 for a 1 kg model with metal bracket. They are a great extinguisher able to extinguish 4 times as much fire as most other 1kg extinguishers on the market. Plus they look good.

[AzzurrA]

i got mine from "The First Aid Station"... just one of those little stalls that they set up in the shopping centres in the middle of the corridors...

got mine for $44 'coz i explained to the lady what i needed and let her know it was being used for motorsport.... turns out the lady and her husband are avid hillclimbers!

[tdr]

hey thanks for the replies,

the first aid station is there one in upwey? which one did you go to?? thanks

[AzzurrA]

the one i went to is in Brisbane