Another neat thing about Joe Timney's remote electric cut-off switch is
that it can also be driver actuated, so that everything electrical can be
shut off by the driver (upside down or not) before the safety crew gets
there. Guarantee ya I'll have one in the new Coupe.
John Beckett, LSR Comp Coupe #79
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Byrnes" <rick@rbmotorsports.com>
To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 9:38 AM
Subject: Electrical
> In originally building my car I was too influenced by the OEM way of doing
> things. In some ways this was not good, but in safety I chose to use a
> production inertia switch on the energizing side of a fuel pump solenoid.
> If I go on my head, the inertia switch trips interrupting the ground and
12
> v supply to the fuel pumps is shut off. Since this is just the coil side
of
> the solenoid, high current is not experienced by this component. It has
> provided satisfactory operation of pumps but has not yet been asked to do
> its job.
> The point is, while thinking like an OEM engineer or Tech hampers our
> thought process relative to going really fast, some devices and systems
are
> really nice to copy or use directly off the shelf. With the disciplines
> found at OEM's these days, the durability, quality and reliability pretty
> much take care of themselves.
>
> At any rate, if the Merkur goes upside down, the engine will not be
running
> when Chris and Ed show up.
> My next project will be done the same way.
>
> Rick Byrnes
> We have enough youth...........How about a fountain of smart
> www.rbmotorsports.com
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