Fire Extinguisher mounting pics
Burning Brakes
Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 1,164
Likes: 224
From: Pawleys Island, SC
In a 70 mph crash a 4lb extinguisher will try to rip itself off of whatever it's mounted to with up to 280 lb of force depending on angle and rate of deceleration. Whatever it's mounted with - screws, velcro, plastic or metal strap, or to - interior panel, sheet metal, etc., would have to be able to withstand that force. I wouldn't want it mounted behind me or anywhere near my head.
Last edited by revitup; Jul 13, 2018 at 10:31 PM.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Sep 2016
Posts: 3,004
Likes: 104
From: NC
I don't want that extinguisher next to my melon...
I've been hit hard twice in vehicles and stuff becomes projectiles, hell I've had my glasses knocked off a few times.
The wife put the vette into a ditch and some groceries about ruined her.
I've been hit hard twice in vehicles and stuff becomes projectiles, hell I've had my glasses knocked off a few times.
The wife put the vette into a ditch and some groceries about ruined her.
Race Director
Joined: Jul 2015
Posts: 13,082
Likes: 3,399
From: SW Florida.
Mount it in the engine compartment. That way in a crash it will rupture and put the fire out all by itself... There are no definitive perfect locations for it. But in between driver's and passenger's heads is a bad idea. You don't even have to be hit to have heads traveling far enough sideways to hit that big-*** can screwed to the T-top bar. No, 540 wasn't being a jerk or a know-it-all. When it comes to human heads and large hard objects, no input should be considered insulting.
Last edited by derekderek; Jul 15, 2018 at 05:25 AM.
Race Director
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 11,616
Likes: 350
From: No Where USA
Mount it in the engine compartment. That way in a crash it will rupture and put the fire out all by itself... There are no definitive perfect locations for it. But in between driver's and passenger's heads is a bad idea. You don't even have to be hit to have heads traveling far enough sideways to hit that big-*** can screwed to the T-top bar. No, 540 wasn't being a jerk or a know-it-all. When it comes to human heads and large hard objects, no input should be considered insulting.
Last edited by 540 vette; Jul 15, 2018 at 10:36 AM.
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