Battery Isolator & plumb in extinguisher

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work in progress but you will get the idea marcpostlethwaite | Flickr

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Keep up, man, it’s the same as this:

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I remember when your mobile phone was cradled in that space in the middle. Mind you, the K series was still in there at the time

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work in progress but you will get the idea > marcpostlethwaite | Flickr >

Excellent Marc thanks, I thought you meant there. I’ve nipped out and made some space, drilled the holes only it’ll be a bugger fitting & tightning the bolts as there is no access to the heads. Gettng them in is going to be harsh, the area is almost totally enclosed…but doable I can get them in, finger tighten the will have to bond the nut in place.

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I’ve used riv nuts, there a much better option

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They certainly are tar.

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Be careful with rivnuts guys as they will make the Cartek unit sit slightly above the chassis. When starting your car the unit has to deal with the earth side of the cranking load. The unit should be mounted hard against a metalic surface to maximise its conductive properties.

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sean don’t most of the s1 guy’s use the riv nuts above the battery on the chassi

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here
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If thats the case how about sandwiching a piece of steel between them both?

Just want to double check my wiring btw…Firstly I take new L & N leads from the isolator to the battery L & N. Lastly the little lead on the L terminal on the battery, this I remove off the bettery and connect to the “power to fuel ignition” on the isolator right?

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hmm I think thats what I did my car is an s2 k but with an s1 loom in it so just a bit different

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Thanks Marc found and used some flangeless riv-nuts, that’s all done. Out with the battery, whipped off the roof, out with the seats ect now just waiting on all the bits and bobs(including the FOAM extinguisher ).

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Can anyone give me a few tips on nozzel position cockpit & engine bay, got an idea but could do with confirmation. The 2.25L only has one for each not 2. Images most welcome Thanks chaps.

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Can anyone give me a few tips on nozzel position cockpit & engine bay, got an idea but could do with confirmation. The 2.25L only has one for each not 2. Images most welcome Thanks chaps.

If you only have one nozzle for the engine bay then make sure to connect up an extra hose so you can p*ss on it as well, sorry

Won’t they sell you some T pieces and extra nozzles?

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If you only have one nozzle for the engine bay then make sure to connect up an extra hose so you can p*ss on it as well, sorry

Won’t they sell you some T pieces and extra nozzles?

Will - I had a lengthy phone call with him about 2 weeks ago, & told him a) get a gas type (with 4 nozzles - 2 engine bay & 2 cabin) & b) get some extra t pieces & hose so he could position everything to operate at its most effective.

Did he listen? Did he fook! He’ll regret it, if the system ever goes off, either intentionally or accidentally

Bloody kids of today!

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If you only have one nozzle for the engine bay then make sure to connect up an extra hose so you can p*ss on it as well, sorry

Won’t they sell you some T pieces and extra nozzles?

Will - I had a lengthy phone call with him about 2 weeks ago, & told him a) get a gas type (with 4 nozzles - 2 engine bay & 2 cabin) & b) get some extra t pieces & hose so he could position everything to operate at its most effective.

Did he listen? Did he fook! He’ll regret it, if the system ever goes off, either intentionally or accidentally

Bloody kids of today!

Would you stop going on, bl00dy hell you sound like my Dad…look like him a little just allot shorter without the facial hair both about 70 BOVERED!

Alright I’ll get two nozzels and more hose tomorrow…as I’m terribly camera shy in front of other people anyway!

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Nozzle position in your engine bay is basically point them at stuff that will catch fire, or at stuff that, if it catches fire it will make the current small fire, really big. So fuel lines, the fuel rail etc are the way to go here. If you place them quite high up they will cover everything, but I would point them roughly in the direction of your fuel lines and fuel rail.

As far as inside goes, the most important thing in the cabin that you dont want to burn is you, so I have mine mounted under the dash, but basically pointing right at me.

I have a foam extinguisher and I have had to use mine a couple of years ago at Oulton, when the crank broke on my VHPD. A rod shot out of the front of the block, covered the red hot exhaust in oil, and up it went. I hit the button and thank god it put the fire out almost straight away, which is lucky for an oil fire. The foam that was inside the car simply turned to liquid and evaportaed, leaving no residue and certainly wasn’t corrosive. I think pesky is thinking about the powder extinguishers that the marshalls use at race circuits, they can often do more damage than the fire.

So you want 2 nozzles in the engine bay, one each side, and one in the cabin. I would go with a 4ltr job though.

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Apologies for confusing the corrosiveness of foam & powder - off to local shop to buy some humble pie

Still - “gas” is more effective than foam", as the latter is more target specific!

In my set up, as well as the 2 engine bay nozzles, I’ve got 2 under dash jobbies in the cabin too (cos I like my passengers!).

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Passangers are highly over rated in my opinion! lol

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Do 'Yota engines catch fire or this only limited to S1’s…

Sorry, pathetic attempt to brighten up a very dull morning overlooking the Jubilee line at Stratford whilst watching the cranes move about on the Olympic construction site.

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Passangers are highly over [color:“red”] cooked [/color] in my opinion! lol