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Going to be installing a fire system shortly and wondered if anyone had some pictures of thier mounting point, route for lines and nozzle positions…Also the location of the pull handles…
Kill switch preferences ( locations ) would also be handy…
Thanks in advance…
Jon, I placed my pull handle next to headlight knob. Easy to reach and safety crew can get to it. System fits just behind passenger seat if you still have one. Good for ballast. Run lines aside transmission tunnel to driver and then through fire wall with T fitting to engine bay. IMHO. Walsh does a good job at this. Get pics from him.
My fire bottle setup is similar. I have it mounted where the passenger seat goes across from me to offset my weight. I ran a single line up the transmission tunnel into a T. One goes to two nozzles inside with one on top of the dash pointing at my body and another on the tunnel pointing at my legs and feet. The other end of the T goes to the engine bay where the A/C lines come out and I have one nozzle shooting at the header and another pointing at the fuel rail and injectors. I only have one pull handle mounted next to my kill switch just below the harness bar on the passenger side of the roll hoop. These are the only pics I have of my setup:
http://www.spece30.com/forum/41-electrical-gauges-and-sensors/57366-rekill-switch-again#57366
Thx for the pictures KT… Looking for the Nozzle mount positions too… Steve…I do not have a headlight knob… 
So will look at some other cars for idea’s…
Some of us heavier drivers gotta do anything we can since we don’t get to run iron cylinder heads as ballast.
I have the large SPA bottle, which comes with two pull cables. One cable (for me) terminates on the right side of the console and the other (for corner workers) is next to the kill switch at the junction of the harness bar and main hoop. The bottle is mounted on the rear seat deck in the center of the car.
Ok, installed a system over the weekend…My first attempt at this so easy with the comments…
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Got to keep my good looks some how…
Actually was aiming it at the waist / chest area. Lower nozzle covers legs and feet. 180 deg feilds of spray from nozzles including downward.
I was looking at the regs…
8.3.2. On board fire systems with a minimum five (5) pound capacity may be installed. Outlets shall be directed to the driver, engine and, if installed, fuel cell, compartments.
Does this mean that an engine nozzle ir required?
[quote=“Jon62” post=66390]Got to keep my good looks some how…
Actually was aiming it at the waist / chest area. Lower nozzle covers legs and feet. 180 deg feilds of spray from nozzles including downward.
I was looking at the regs…
8.3.2. On board fire systems with a minimum five (5) pound capacity may be installed. Outlets shall be directed to the driver, engine and, if installed, fuel cell, compartments.
Does this mean that an engine nozzle ir required?[/quote]
You want a nozzle on both sides of the engine. The hot exhaust side is most likely to ignite something and the fuel side has the most flammable material. The priority being the latter.
When I crashed in Dec the impact drove my non-SS remote oil sensor line against the exhaust manifold. Potentially I could have had an oil fire there, albeit a short one since most of my oil dropped out when the oil pan was crushed.
I don’t know for sure what the school solution is for directing nozzles, my grasp of fires going little beyond roasting weenies. My perception tho is that you want onem aimed just forward of the driver, say for example put a nozzle just forward and maybe a little left of the shifter that sprays toward the firewall. That way if the firewall gets penetrated and flames are coming thru, the nozzle next to you is trying to hit the source of the flame and also putting somewhat of a barrier of spray between you and the flames.
Another nozzle spraying behind you at the fuel tank wouldn’t be a bad idea either.
Point the nozzles at the likely sources of flame. No reference to your wife/GF intended.
Fire system important for everywhere and when you drive a car its also useful you use the twin agent in your home and office.
I have installed a fire system at my home ,but unfortunately i do not have any photos of installation to share.