mounting a fire extingisher in rally car?

[Infinite]

what is the correct way of mounting e.g what size bolts? cause i know pk screws wont be the correct way evan tho they are on hand haha.... lookd on the motorsport site cant find it!!! found the manual and amendments to everything else tho! :/

[Emperor]

Think it has to be M6 or higher, with metal brackets.

[Rick]

Got to have a quick release metal fastenings/straps, or material of equivalent strength, secured to the structure of the vehicle by a minimum of two 6mm bolts with panel washers and lock nuts.

[Infinite]

cheers yea got the right brackets just didnt know the bolt size i was gona go 8mm but 6's will fit into the cradel better cheers!

[fangsport]

mount it across the car, not along it. ideally tucked in front of seat. the last thing you want is a lengthways mounted extinguisher breaking both your ankles in a frontal impact.

[Infinite]

mount it across the car, not along it. ideally tucked in front of seat. the last thing you want is a lengthways mounted extinguisher breaking both your ankles in a frontal impact.

yea they are going just infront of the seats got a 1kg for both sides. only cost $30 each can get more if people want them to...

[fangsport]

just remember that 2kg of powder is the MINIMUM requirement.

i run 2kg in front of drivers seat as well as 1kg on passengers side. the current PC extinguishers are quite ineffective, twas a bad day when BCF units were outlawed, as they were very capable at putting fires out, unlike the powder ones!!

[Leon]

Don't just use cable ties like I have seen by one seasoned rally campaigner at scrutineering. He even had the cheek to ask "oh, is it ok if I just run it like that today".

FFS.

HSV with woodworking screws straight into the floor "But I've been running at Pukekohe car club events like this for two years and nobody has ever pulled me up before"

Rivets, self tappers, cable ties ... I've seen it all.

[KinLoud]

I've seen the aftermath of Mark Harrison's KE30 when he crashed it at a track day...
2 fire extinguishers with plastic brackets - both brackets broke and the extinguishers bounced around the cabin putting dents in things!
I mount my extinguishers with the base pointing forwards so the bracket will hold it without relying on the metal clip in a big frontal (tested by me at Taupo a couple of years ago!)

Ken
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[Leon]

Yes. Large metal tubes that are heavy, and have pointy bits at one end of them are often considered to be a bad thing to have travelling at high speed around a cabin in the event of a big crash

One of the more interesting ones was a Porsche 944 that munted the wall over "the mountain" at Pukekohe. The battery was in the factory mounting point in the cabin. It exited via the windscreen.

[Infinite]

yea i allways liked coke in the glass bottles.. till i rolled a mazda 9 times bottle did more damage to me than the car....