Cheap fire insurance that works, Every teener needs this...unless your's is electric |
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Cheap fire insurance that works, Every teener needs this...unless your's is electric |
db9146 |
May 26 2016, 08:41 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 953 Joined: 21-December 04 From: Atlanta, GA Member No.: 3,315 Region Association: None |
I have no financial incentive but I hate to see someone's pride and joy go up in flames (unless there's a really good insurance sett.....never mind (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) ).
Running carbs on my -6 has caused me more times than I can count to think about the likelihood of a fire one day. I saw this on a member's car here I believe and so I investigated it and it sure seems like a good idea to me. Its called BlazeCut and its a 7/8" plastic tube of fire retardant liquid that when subjected to fire, bursts releasing the liquid which immediately becomes a gas and extinguished the fire, leaving no trace to harm paint, electricals, etc. Where the tubing comes in contact with the supports on the underside of the lid, I wrapped some of the self-fusing rubber tape to provide some abrasion protection and then used a number of zip-ties to anchor it securely to the lid. The springs don't have the umph to lift the lid as before but that's really no big deal as a trade-off for the protection. There is a video of a demonstration on a VW bus on-line. I installed the 3 meter version on my -6 and feel a lot better about it. You can find the demo here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kswau1mGBE8). |
burton73 |
Jun 22 2017, 09:36 AM
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burton73 Group: Members Posts: 3,549 Joined: 2-January 07 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 7,414 Region Association: Southern California |
This looks inserting. The loop of the longer one does not look good though.
I think the more expensive option of the 3-foot units but put two in. It would look much cleaner. One on the firewall and one on the area where the rear wall is to the rear trunk. If a guy was going to put one in his expensive 4 or 6 clean install wins the race and if your car can not burn, the better deal. Has someone tried to get a deal on these boys? Bob B |
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