Progress and Struggles...

Since the original post of where I had been at with my race car (see posting of "just a couple of springs, no big deal") I have finished up my engine preparation, Installed my engine, and began fabricating some of the lines for the fire suppression system.

To take a step back for those who may not know, you may be asking your self "Sander, what IS a fire suppression system?" Well, thankfully for you, I have an answer! A fire suppression system is a series of components that are designed to coat you and other critical components (fuel, and engine components) with AFFF (Aqueous Film Foaming Foam) in the event of a in-car vehicle fire. Obviously, I do not want to be on fire, or be in a car that is on fire, so I'm happy about having it in the car.

How this particular system works is that you basically have an activation cable that you would pull in the event of a fire, that opens up a c02 bottle, that reacts with the AFFF concentrate, then pushes the foam out of the nozzles that hopefully put that the fire that would be in your vehicle out. So now that you know that, you're aware of one of the most important safety items in a race car.

I originally had been rather frightened of the fabrication of some of the aluminum fire suppression lines. I am a total perfectionist when it comes to straight lines, and bending a few long pieces of 1/4" tubing parallel to each other is not my idea of a good time *sigh*. Thankfully enough after some slow, patient work, I think it came out quite well.

sander.





I just liked this picture, this is a shot of the front - side of the car before I left the shop last week.