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

[Curt Johnston]

FOT,
 
This is a big deal.  I will check this out with SVRA and report back ASAP.  I can tell you that in California, its extremely difficult, if not impossible, to purchase new systems.  The tanks are back ordered.  In fact, I'm lending out the bottle from my Miata so other racers can us it in local SCCA San Francisco races.  So this  requirement doesn't match up with reality for now.  I have a new bottle in my TR7, but couldn't get last year for the TR8.  Both cars have a single activation points for the driver only.
 
Curt Johnston

> On 02/20/2024 1:11 PM PST Ken Knight via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Ken
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> From: vfracing--- via Fot mailto:fot at autox.team.net
> Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2024 12:46 PM
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> Subject: [Fot] Heads Up! Fire System Requirements for Kastner Cup
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> Advanced warning:
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> 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)
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> 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.
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> Phil Gott
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