Just installed engine compartment Halon suppression system from http://www.firefight1.com/index.html Excellent unit and fantastic customer service. Really #1 Here are some pics I took. Dead simple to do, I only cut 1 pc of aluminum to mount the brack and extinguisher only 2 things to watch out for: 1-When drilling holes in the braket which holds the bottle make sure you drill as close to center of bracket, so the you won't have problems putting the bolts in. Also, choose bolts with shallow heads. There is very little room there or the head of your bolt and the wire bracket into which the extinguisher bottle attached. 2-I used double nuts on each bolt with LOCTITE RED on the outside bolt only. 3-Despite a solid snap in of bottle into the well made wire bottle bracklet. I still felt better after I put a couple of zip ties on to hold the bottle to it's snap-bracket. Also shown is the restored air filter cover repainted and re-stencilled. Got the stencil on Ebay. I also installed one in front of the drivers' seat, and I can't see what all the fuss about brackets is. You don't need anything fancy with complex bends. All I did was use the bolts which are already securing the seats to the slider. I made two templates from cardboard, just 1" wide taped them to where they bolt on and taped them together where they overlapped. Made bracket from aluminum stock, drilled holes for mounting under seat and for mounting extinguisher bracket to aluminum bracket. It's simple. You then snug up the seat bolts, put on the bottle and position it so it is as low as possible but so you can still reach the seat adjustment lever. Remove extinguisher and tighten bolts. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
I installed the same Halon bottle in a different location. Several others on here have as well. Just monitor the gauge for a while and see how high the temps get the pressure in the bottle. I don't have a lot of confidence in these small bottles but it may be enough to knock down the flames till you can get to it with the larger extinguisher. They also recommend mounting a halon bottle as "upright" as possible. They litature says the chemical will eat away at the seal near the neck of the bottle if not mounted upright? Don't know how accurate that is but its what they say. Hope we never need them! Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
The way you mounted yours was EXACTLY how I would have mounted mine if I had bought a much larger unit. Great location but you'll want to have a large bottle. If I were you I would look into getting some remote nozzles and routing them to the trouble spots. The location I have it in is specifically for those fires which start when refueling. That is #1 problem area. #2 and 3 are the injector lines just to the right of where you put your bottle - 2 sets of 4. I also have another unit inside the car. But like you said, I hope to never have to use it. Cheers
Nice job, though if i may chome in. A 5 lb bottle is a minimum and i'd suggest having two nozzles rear, one each pointed at the fuel cells and one in the driver compartment pointed at the driver's body/waist area.
Hi all. Thanks for all the pics and comments, especially about better/more suppression. Let's be serious. What I have done is absolutely the bare minimum. Bottle under my seat and one which physically fits the #1 problem area, which I would suggest everyone do. After that, you can go as far as you want up to and including auto discharge with manual triggers on multiple nozzles in engine and passenger compartment fed from a HUGE bottle in the rear storage area. If you want to be really well protected you can get a lot of good information by following the links from SCCA and BMW Car Club. Check out the regs for fire suppression of race cars. I race an M3. Hope no one ever needs a recharge!
