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

[Ken Knight]

FYI to FOT.  After this whole thing started I called Safecraft, who supplied my system.  I ordered a new  5 pound bottle with a head made for two releases cables and the second cable.  They are in stock and I should have it in under two weeks.  They are located in the SF Bay area.  

Ken

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From: Curt Johnston
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2024 3:50 PM
To: Ken Knight; Ken Knight via Fot; vfracing at aol.com
Subject: Re: [Fot] Heads Up! Fire System Requirements for Kastner Cup

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: 
  
  
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
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2024 12:46 PM
To: FOT Triumph
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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