<VV> Keeping Corvair Engine Fires at bay

[Sadek Charles H DLVA]

There are newer products than Halon and I am led to believe, they are better
and maybe cheaper.  I would get as big a one as you can handle/want to place
in car.  Matter of fact, I am considering installing a hand held in the race
car which has an on-board fire system.  I would kind of like to be able to
squirt a small flame and not discharge the whole system, if I don't have to.

Chuck S
YS73
BBRT

-----Original Message-----
From: Anil Mittal [mailto:anil@anil.com] 
Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 11:00 AM
To: virtualvairs@corvair.org
Subject: <VV> Keeping Corvair Engine Fires at bay

Hello all,

  I have just started shopping for a good quality fire extinguisher
to keep in my Corvair. I have an extinguisher in the car at the
moment which I bought many years ago but it is a powder based one and
I am afraid that if I ever have to use it the damage from the powder
would be worse than the damage from the fire. So I am now looking for
a Halon one. I have found two at
http://www.yearwood.com/Accessorieshtm/H3R344T.asp which seem to fit
the bill. The only thing I do not know is what size I should get. The
smaller of the two hold 1.25 lbs of Halon an the larger holds 2.5
lbs. What size should I buy? Is more better in this case? Thank you
for any help or suggestions.

Anil
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