I know this will be a topic at Carlisle but does anyone have a point of view on the good, the bad of the Blazecut Fire Suppression System?
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Hi Craig,
There has been lots of discussion regarding Blazecut on this site. I am opposed, since it is not approved by any of the normal agencies that regulate such devices: UL, NFPA, etc. If you do a search, you're likely to find lots of info.
If the Blazecut doesn't put the fire out completely it would at least give you some time to get a proper extinguisher on it.
If you have a fuel line spewing gas everywhere I don't see the Blazecut cutting the mustard but it may help. These are just my opinions. I hope that I never have to test those theories.
Someone on here posted a link to a fairly expensive fire suppression system - a $1000 bucks I think it was and NASCAR uses the system. You can adjust it to go off depending on the ambient engine compartment temperature.
I'd take the "Blaze Cut" over nothing any day! Add a fuel cut off switch and carry an extra extinguisher and you should be fine. Just do your routine inspections and keep it all ship shape...
I have a blaze cut system, also an electric fuel pump that turns off with the ignition. That's not going to happen too quick in a car crash so I also have an impact cut off switch from a Peugeot 205.
Electric fuel pumps are a great improvement over the old mechanical ones but! In the event of an accident or if you can't shut off the ignition the fuel pump will continue to feed fuel to the engine whether it's running or not. I lost my first kit car to an engine fire and due to panic I didn't turn the key far enough to shut off the ignition. My next kit had a pressure switch that shut off the fuel pump when ever the engine stopped running. It's an oil pressure sensor with an extra connection blade that supplies a ground to the pump, when oil pressure drops the fuel pump stops working. 