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Re: fire suit endorsement

To: Ed Van Scoy <ed@vetteracing.com>
Subject: Re: fire suit endorsement
From: W S Potter <wester6935@comcast.net>
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 06:44:57 -0600
Ed,
Yes. The head sock and boots were in the approval process two years ago too.
Wes

on 9/25/03 9:23 PM, Ed Van Scoy at ed@vetteracing.com wrote:

> 
> Wes;
> Does it have SFI certification? Tags sewn in?
> Ed
> 
> 
> ---- Original message ----
>> Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 20:03:45 -0600
>> From: W S Potter <wester6935@comcast.net>
>> Subject: Re: fire suit endorsement
>> To: "Albaugh, Neil" <albaugh_neil@ti.com>,
> "'land-speed@autox.team.net'" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
>> 
>> Neil,
>> 
>> Carbon-X is an approved fabric.  Nomex chars in 10 seconds,
> Carbon-X in
>> sixty seconds.  The better makers are offering it.  It's not
> cheap, a suit
>> costs over $,1000 ... how much does a hospital stay for third
> degree burns
>> cost?
>> 
>> Wes
>> 
>> on 9/25/03 5:09 PM, Albaugh, Neil at albaugh_neil@ti.com wrote:
>> 
>>> Wes;
>>> 
>>> Thanks for the link. I hadn't heard of this stuff before.
> They mention a PAN
>>> fiber which is the stuff that's pyrolized to create carbon
> fiber-- Carbon-X
>>> looks like a close relative of PAN. I'll be interested in
> the SFI rating
>>> they receive. I wonder how the drivers they mention get
> away with wearing a
>>> non-approved fire suit?
>>> 
>>> Regards, Neil     Tucson, AZ
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: W S Potter [mailto:wester6935@comcast.net]
>>> Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 3:12 PM
>>> To: land-speed@autox.team.net
>>> Subject: fire suit endorsement
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Found this information interesting.  I keep harping on
> Carbon-X for fire
>>> suits but read what this guy says about the fabric.
>>> 
>>> http://www.sltrib.com/2003/Sep/09252003/business/business.asp
>>> 
>>> Wes





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