Yea 3/8" should work. I would drill a small piolet hole slowly first to make sure. In a while I'm crawling under my car- If I can see anything I'll let you know. Abubaca- It probbly came off meaner than I ment it. I'm sorry if it did.

 

No problem. Funny thing this internet. It's hard to tell exactly what people mean sometimes.

 

Dude I watched my buddys car burn to the ground after an electrical fire started behind the dash. In about 5 minutes flay she wAs totally up in flames, completly burnt to just a shell! I was a sad sad day without thefire extinguisher. All of my cars now have one.

 

This is my reason for getting one...

 

I've seen a intergra (ryce) at our local drag strip that basically melted to the ground at the end of the quarter mile. His engine caught on fire midway, and by the end of the quarter mile, his interior was already smoking. The guy got out okay, and the on-hand fire team went to put it out, but when the guy told them it had a Nitrous kit, they basically said "sux to be you" and let it burn. This was for good reason too because no more than 10 minutes later their is a small explosion, the trunk flies open and his bottle shoots into the air and goes flying off into the desert. By the time it finished burning, little more than a frame was left, his tires (and a few of his rims) melted, and they simply hoisted its remains on a flatbed, cleaned the track, and continued racing. Worst part is, the guy had an extinguisher in his vehicle. Truly, it sucked to be him that night.

 

ok, thanks for the info about the screws....yeah ill ask around in the tranny section too........thanks again

 

Damn Pete, I can sympathize--that's almost exactly what my '92 looked like. I still have it, as I'd love to have a chance to rebuild 'my first "hot rod" ' after I win the lottery...

Yes, a FE may have helped, but [sniff...sniff] I guess I'll never know...

I would post a pic, but I don't know how.

Well remember folks; it's a free country, and one man's r*ce is another man's treasure. So put one in...it'll look neat. Hell, put some bling bling on there if you like...

Oh, to the one guy who wants to custom paint a FE...try calling a place that refills spent units. I'll bet they'd be able to tell you. I suppose you could try the fire dept as well.

MILT

 

Abubaca- Actually some of us are required to have a fire extinguisher. When I start doing high-speed events with Corvette Troy next year (few family members with Vette's are members, I've autocrossed with them before) I will not pass safety inspection without a fire extinguisher within reach. Just an FYI. It's not required for autocross or (I don't think) drags but for high-speed road racing it is, at least with that group.

 

Just put masking tape over the sticker and paint it any color you want. You will be taking a chance on tearing the sticker by trying to pull it off. Just take your time and do a nice job.

As far as having a FE in a car, Im all for it. If it be for looks or safety, It might just save your car or someones life.

 

I slid the passenger-side seat all the way forward and screwed the FE bracket down there on the floor next to the door-sill. Then moved the seat back to where it was. It's out of plain sight, I can reach it from the driver's seat with my belt on, and it's not taking away from any usable passenger space. (It's basically right under the passenger's right knee) and the seat moves all the way forward or back.

I added that at the same time I put in the headers for the obvious reason.

Maybe pics later.

 

ABSOLUTELY!!! As I mentioned, for racing, I would have no problem using one whatsoever, and as you mentioned, sometimes it's even required.

 

I'm buildiung up my car pretty good and I'm putting a FE in. I'm not doing it for looks, I build electrical harnesses for cars, mostly prototype, and I know what kind of quality they put into these I'm surprised we don't see more cars catching on fire. My neighbors Explorer burned to the ground awhile back in the middle of the night. Wasn't even running or anyhting. Had an electrical short in a door and the whole damn thing burned up.

It's just one more safty item that I think more people should have. What if you were working on a hot engine doing somehting to a fuel line or somehow slipped with a screwdriver and busted a line open. Doesn't take much to set gasoline on fire, static electricity alone can ignite it.

No matter how careful you are or how good of a mechanic you are, remember, **** happens.

 

A couple of minor points:

My g/f has always had a f/e in her car(s) and has stopped several times by the side of the road for someone else whose car HAS caught fire. She offered the f/e and after it was spent, gave them her card and asked them to please refill or replace it for the next person. (Not a single one has done either btw )

bubbakutz, there's no requirement that it has to be red, but that is the industry standard for them. If you really need to paint it a different color, instead of using masking tape on the sticker, put a (very) light coat of petroleum jelly over the sticker, watching the edges, and DON'T paint the operating lever/mechanism stuff! Wherever the pet. jelly is, the paint won't stick. Just paint the whole thing, after it dries, just wipe the jelly off of the sticker, it will take the paint with it, and leave a very nice edge (an old navy trick for painting around rubber shock mounts!) This also works for painting around weatherstripping too, by the way!

Also, Halon doesn't take away the oxygen from the fire (that's the CO2 method) it breaks up the chemical reaction that is required for a fire to be present. (the fire tetrahedron, not triangle!)

Anyway, hope this all helps, and keep the shiny side up!

 

Mine's behind the passenger seat on the plastic. It's within easy reach, whether it's for me or for some other unfortunate person on the roadside.

Small one for the car, a big one kept close at hand for the garage.

Steve

Luckily I've got this crappy picture of it.

 

That's exactly where I planned on mounting mine until I realized that I couldn't fold the seat down if I did. I'm still trying to find a spot for mine.

 

Whatever your motivation for putting a fire extinguisher in your car, do it. It may have been for looks, but who knows, you may actually need it someday. I was riding in a car that had a fire extinguisher put in it two weeks before, for a show (some shows give points for it, also for first aid kits), and it caught fire due to a faulty fuel line o-ring (the dealer had replaced one with two thinner ones, and it sprung a leak). If the fire extinguisher hadn't been present, the car would have burned to the ground. Injected cars rarely catch on fire, but when they do its bad, with fuel spraying at over 40 psi all over everything!

 

Spoken like a true stock owner. For those of us that have highly modified motors that like to squirt fuel from places that it shouldn't be squirting from, a FE is there for safety, NOT appearance. I think it looks gay and I don't want it in view, but I need it to be easily accessable incase I start to see an orange glow coming from the cowl vent on my hood.

 

mine is mounted right where the console "used" to be.
After riding with a friend and him having to actually use his i decided it was time i should get one also.
Feel much safer with it.