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Originally Posted by JMA1181
Outlaws are requiring an onboard fire suppression system to be on all cars for the first event of 2023.
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Folks,
While I appreciate the efforts of those who require/strongly suggest a fire suppression system for open wheel cars I am, and have been for some time, convinced that it is time for the fuel pump to be relocated out of the cockpit. I can think of no other vehicle, much less a race vehicle subject to horrific crashes, that allows a high pressure fuel pump, with aluminum fittings and light weight hoses, to be located in the cockpit between the driver's legs. I am so convinced of this that I specified a front drive for the fuel pump on the new oil pump I ordered from Barnes for my SC car. While I don't have the radiator clearance issue on my car (it is a laydown radiator) that will be argued about on a sprint car it seems to me that re-attaching the radiator would be more wise than waiting for a driver to be killed by fire because he couldn't get out of the car and away from the fuel source of the fire. It seems to me that we might be better served to be more pro-active than reactive on this point, especially since there is a wide variance in the capabilities of rescue crews around the country.
Tim Simmons