Refueling - Spraying Fuel

[jon coleman]

Or the smart thing of expensive one off danger riddled bombs to get an advantage for a month or three . Then everyone buy a bomb so the advantage is gone, more money spent and the cool part is the bomb is still w us .

lets go formula one, no refueling at all

But, random knuckleheads have got the rules enforced, and wins taken away.

And they are usually beer swilling haters

 

[jon coleman]

Of course they have, they've even done it in professional golf. But that shouldn't be the plan.

" professional golf", whats that??ps Gotta check out Nelson Piquet s 82' first fuel pit stop, and the fuelers hand held 'pressure pro'

 

[JDDurfey]

If a pit stop length rule was instituted the race car's tracker can keep track of the stop. And if the stop was shorter than the required time a penalty would be flagged, like missing a VCP.

I personally don't think that is the solution to the problem. I also agree with the post about fuel soaked Nomex a couple pages ago. I think requiring driving suits needs to be changed to some form of neoprene like suit that will not soak up fuel when sprayed.

 

[cjohnson]

If a pit stop length rule was instituted the race car's tracker can keep track of the stop. And if the stop was shorter than the required time a penalty would be flagged, like missing a VCP.

I personally don't think that is the solution to the problem. I also agree with the post about fuel soaked Nomex a couple pages ago. I think requiring driving suits needs to be changed to some form of neoprene like suit that will not soak up fuel when sprayed.

Our tracker always freezes. Would be a lock to do a fast pit stop and have a tracker non-update period cover it up.

 

[jon coleman]

If a pit stop length rule was instituted the race car's tracker can keep track of the stop. And if the stop was shorter than the required time a penalty would be flagged, like missing a VCP.

I personally don't think that is the solution to the problem. I also agree with the post about fuel soaked Nomex a couple pages ago. I think requiring driving suits needs to be changed to some form of neoprene like suit that will not soak up fuel when sprayed.

like the fire fighters wear, heck, a gladd trash bag would be better, it would deflect a lot of fuel stream& not soak into the nomex underneath

 

[fishd00d]

If you follow the instructions from Vince and have clean fuel ends along with a clean fuel cell red head female side you wont have issues. Everyone needs to watch this:

 

[Big Hock]

Take the pit crews out of it and do it on the run, problem solved. Lol.

 

[Noel_]

San Felipe is coming up quick, Make sure that your Red Heads are cleaned, completely inspected and lube. Watching Vince's video is a must for fueling. Let's go racing.

 

[Crusty Shellback]

Sitting here watching IMSA 12 hours of Sebring. Guess what? BMW had a fuel spray while refueling.
They were also doing a driver change.
So it's not just the pressure pro that sprays fuel.
Only issue I saw was way too many extinguishes at once. Both CO2 and chemical. And it looked more like a panic spray than trained people using them.
Make sure you train your crews how to use the extinguishers.
PASS.
Pull
Aim
Squeeze
Sweep

Also the drivers both wound up breathing a lot of the chemicals. If you are going to use the extinguishers, make sure you tell your drivers to turn off their air pumps.

Training and maintenance is always key.

 

[MTPyle]

Here is a pic of our steel check ball for roll over. This is in our PP main vent. This will not close during fueling.

Mike

 

[jon coleman]

hey, i fuel up just like f1

 

[JD sleinaD]

This seems more and more like the Redhead Drybreak is the common denominator when it comes to fueling incidents with both Gravity-fed and with PP fueling systems.

A more robust sealing system would help IMO.

Closed Loop Fueling...
System is US manufactured, cost effective and SAFE. Major US sanctioning body mandates the use for safety and environmental reasons.

 

[MTPyle]

We already have a closed loop system. It’s called a Pressure Pro. Haha

 

[BCarr]

JD SleinaD - went searching for that system/approach...does the company have a web presence? Got a link?

Cheers, BC

 

[JD sleinaD]

JD SleinaD - went searching for that system/approach...does the company have a web presence? Got a link?

Cheers, BC

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