Hate it when this happens!!!
Thread Starter
Drifting
Joined: Apr 2014
Posts: 1,699
Likes: 231
From: Hawthorne CA
Team Owner
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 23,147
Likes: 117
From: San Antonio Texas
I got a nice one at Academy in the fishing/boating department. It is a Marine type that has some kind of powder that doesn't make that melted on mess that a lot of others make. It was less than $25.00
Corvette Stories
The Best of Corvette for Corvette Enthusiasts
Top 10 Most Explosive Corvettes Ever Made: Power-to-Weight Ratio Ranked!
Joe Kucinski
150 hp to 1,250 hp: Every Corvette Generation Compared by the Specs That Matter
Joe Kucinski
8 Coolest Corvette Pace Cars (and Replicas) of All Time
Verdad Gallardo
Top 10 Corvette Engines RANKED by Peak Torque (70+ Years of Muscle!)
Joe Kucinski
Corvette ZR1X Will Be Pacing the Indy 500, And Could Probably Race, Too!
Verdad Gallardo
Top 10 Corvettes Coming to Mecum Indy 2026!
Brett Foote
Top 10 C9 Corvette MUST-HAVES to Fix These C8 Generation Flaws!
Michael S. Palmer
10 Revolutionary 'Corvette Firsts' Most People Don't Know
Joe Kucinski
5 Reasons to Upgrade to an LS6-Powered Corvette; 5 Reasons to Stay LT2
Michael S. Palmer
Team Owner
Joined: Sep 2003
Posts: 20,179
Likes: 673
From: Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.
St. Jude '03 thru '24
Every early C4 owner here should have a fire extinguisher and a battery cable cutter or battery terminal wrench always in the car.
Too many stories posted her over the years of C4's burning to the ground.
We almost lost a friends 87 when the starter +cable was shorted to gnd.
Burnt the sh*t outta our hands trying to move the cable away from the problem.
Damage was light but replacing the cable would have been much easier and cheaper.
Too many stories posted her over the years of C4's burning to the ground.
We almost lost a friends 87 when the starter +cable was shorted to gnd.
Burnt the sh*t outta our hands trying to move the cable away from the problem.
Damage was light but replacing the cable would have been much easier and cheaper.
Drifting
Joined: Mar 1999
Posts: 1,784
Likes: 80
From: Detroit
Safety Car
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 4,459
Likes: 1,218
From: Fredonia WI
2025 Corvette of the Year Finalist - Unmodified
2024 C7 of the Year Winner - Unmodified
2023 C4 of the Year Finalist- Modified
2020 C4 of the Year Finalist - Modified
2019 C4 of Year Finalist (performance mods)
2018 C4 of Year Finalist
And, yeah, if you don't have an extinguisher in your Vette, you need one.
Safety Car
Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 4,017
Likes: 492
From: Poughkeepsie New York
Lol every engine fire Ive rolled up on and tried extinguishing the fire extinguisher has never put them out. Im talking full size ones not the dinky under seat ones. They help keep the fire at bay until you run out of powder. Besides when the FD arrives you had better hope you have flood insurance.
Safety Car
Joined: Aug 2013
Posts: 4,427
Likes: 604
From: Minneapolis Mn
I have a fire extinguisher in back, a tool kit including a battery wrench, a pair of heavy side cutters, a battery cutoff wired in with a simple twist switch and heavy gauge cables. Not much more I can think of other than having a Halon system in the car but that's a bit silly and definitely out of my price range.
Team Owner
Joined: Sep 2003
Posts: 20,179
Likes: 673
From: Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.
St. Jude '03 thru '24
Burning Brakes
Joined: Mar 2016
Posts: 1,014
Likes: 85
From: socal
WTF C4s are known to catch fire?? 
Been researching the car for months, the research picked up big time after I bought one and this never came up.
What are the top 2-3 causes, like specific parts one should check often?
Been researching the car for months, the research picked up big time after I bought one and this never came up.What are the top 2-3 causes, like specific parts one should check often?
