To Those Who Have Fitted An Extinguisher To Their V35

[xscape237]

Folks.

Has anyone here fitted a fire extinguisher to their V35 as per CAMS regulations? If so, some pictures would be appreciated, please.

Just after some ideas on how to tackle this.

Cheers

[xscape237]

To answer my own question.

I ended up mounting it behind the passenger seat. There are some bolts under the back seat that can be used as mounting points.

[scathing]

FYI on the Z, I removed the rear bolts for the seat rails.

I slid a small piece of aluminium in there that had been drilled appropriately, and then affixed the fire extinguisher's bracket to that.

No photos, I'm afraid.

With the Z I don't have any rear passengers to inconvenience, but then adding/removing that aluminium mounting point would be a quick job.

A 1kg extinguisher is small enough so I can push the seat practically all the way back. I just move the seat forward on the track so I can easily reach the extinguisher.

[xscape237]

Thanks Scathing.

I was going to do something very similar but the dimensions of the floor around the seat rails didnt allow for it.. at least not easily anyway.

My installation is far from ideal, but it works, and im in a hurry. It has to be removed post track day as its definitely in the way of rear passenger comfort.

[scathing]

The other thing I was considering, in a pinch, was temporarily mounting a 2kg extinguisher for track days rather than (or in addition to) the 1kg tank behind the passenger seat.

I'd use the front seat rail bolts, but then add a rectangular piece of metal (with an x in the middle for rigidity) to bring the mounting point forward so a 2kg will fit.

But, since I haven't tracked the car in a year while its had faults, I've had other things to do with my time.

Chuck up some pics for everyone else.

[Yo-Yo]

I made up a bracket povo style inspired by a thread on here, does the job & I take it out when not needed

[scathing]

Is your fire extinguisher attached to something flammable?

[xscape237]

So I had some spare time to kill this morning. Decided to toy with the extinguisher mount in hope of ending up with something a little more sturdy and better looking.

This is where I ended up. Despite being attached to only one mounting point, it is very solid. I couldnt find anywhere in the CAMS manual that said it has to be attached to at least 2 points, so hopefully the scrutineers don't give me any grief tomorrow

[Yo-Yo]

Is your fire extinguisher attached to something flammable?

yep just like the cotton clothing you have to wear & the seat materials

it passes for scutineering & that's all I need

happytimes

[scathing]

I couldnt find anywhere in the CAMS manual that said it has to be attached to at least 2 points, so hopefully the scrutineers don't give me any grief tomorrow

It does say in the CAMS manual that it has to be easily reachable from the driver's seat.

I'm a short-arse and I'd struggle to comfortably reach an extinguisher there (even with my belt off), so it'll probably depend on how anal the scrutineer is.

[xscape237]

I can reach it with the belt on so all good. Scrutineers didnt say anything.

[scathing]

Sweet.

It looks easier to install/remove that way.