Dick, I like to put the nozzles in front of the headers. Most fires come
from oil getting on the headers when the oil pan is too weak to hold all
the engine parts inside. Putting a leg out of bed as our Aussie friends
say. Having the nozzles front of the headers they will be spraying with
the air flow unless you are going backwards or stopped. If you are going
backwards you have other problems at the moment and if you are stopped
it does not matter from what direction the spray is coming from. Doug
Odom in big ditch
Dick J wrote:
>I'm in the final stages of installing the fire system on my 1977 Pontiac
>Firebird. Para 3.Q. of the rule book says that the second system: " .. ..
>shall include 2 nozzles directed toward the header/oil pan area."
>
> Exactly where and how do some of you have those nozzles mounted? I'm
>looking at facing them straight forward out of the firewall about four inches
>outside of the rearmost spark plug on each side. That way the discharge will
>fan out hitting the valve covers and header area. That system is dry chemical.
>
> In addition to that system and the driver compartment halon replacement, I
>have a CO2 aimed at the carburetor and top of engine area. The CO2 system is
>not required by the rules, but I've seen too many cars (including a really
>nice '40 Ford coupe that I had in high school) burn up from a carburetor fire.
>
> Your thoughts on mounting those nozzles??
>
> Thanks,
> DickJ
> In East Texas
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