[Fot] Heads Up! Fire System Requirements for Kastner Cup

[Mike Jackson]

How do you have multiple actuation mechanisms?  I have a brand new FireBottle system and it has one handle that unleashes the pressure in the bottle by pulling the wire that pins the valve.


From: Brad Eells <tr4abrad at gmail.com>
Sent: Feb 20, 2024 5:32 PM
To: Ken Knight <kknight at klaenv.com>
Cc: FOT Triumph <fot at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Fot] Heads Up! Fire System Requirements for Kastner Cup

Interesting, as this may be an issue for the K-Cup this year. Running at Sonoma with SVRA 8 weeks from now. 
That said, when rebuilding the Spitfire, I chose an SPA aqueous foam system with 4 distribution nozzles and 3 actuators; one outside, one on the dash and the bottle handle itself.
Brad EellsSent from my iPhone


On Feb 20, 2024, at 3:31 PM, Ken Knight via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:


So with a very short time get this done, this is the New rule?  Had we known this, oh say last fall, it could have been a winter project.  Some of this is not hard but sending your system off to get a recertification could very well be a major problem in these times.  So what is the alternative, buy a new system?  Some of us have already committed to race with our home clubs in mid March, then it is a short turn around until Sonoma.  Pretty well leaves us in a major bind as far I can tell, not to mention a potential large expense.

We were encouraged to sign up for the K Cup with SVRA, plus Laguna, under the assumption that if our cars were legal in our home clubs they would be allowed to run as is.  Dropping this mandatory rule on us at the last minute does not sit well.  No one wants to be unsafe, I don’t think the rule is that unreasonable, but the timing to get this done is unreasonable.

Ken

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From: vfracing--- via Fot (mailto:fot at autox.team.net)
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2024 12:46 PM
To: FOT Triumph (mailto:fot at autox.team.net)
Subject: [Fot] Heads Up! Fire System Requirements for Kastner Cup


Advanced warning:

The SVRA rules on fire systems are much more strict than SCCA and some of the other sanctioning bodies such as VRG.  Notably, plumbed in systems are required, and they must have two activation points, one accessible to the driver and the other accessible to a course worker without having to lean into the car.  Furthermore, they must be re-certified every two years.  Note that these are requirements, not recommendations, and new this year (2024)

 

For more detail, please see Section L of Safety Requirements at https://svra.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/SVRA-General-Rules-1_24.pdf.

 

Regards,

 





Phil Gott


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