15 Layer Suit for 7.49 & faster
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15 Layer Suit for 7.49 & faster
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noticed what looks to be a heads-up for 2009, ALL normally aspirated cars 7.49 and quicker requires /15 fire suits
PROTECTIVE CLOTHING:
Front-engine, supercharged or turbocharged: Jacket and pants or suit meeting SFI Spec 3.2A/20, gloves meeting SFI Spec 3.3/15, and boots or shoes meeting SFI Spec 3.3/15 mandatory.
Front-engine with nitrous oxide, naturally aspirated using methanol, or any car with automatic transmission in driver compartment (no floor covering transmission): Jacket and pants meeting SFI Spec 3.2A/15, gloves meeting SFI Spec 3.3/5 and boots or shoes meeting SFI Spec 3.3/5 mandatory.
Rear-engine supercharged, or turbocharged, or nitrous oxide: Jacket and pants or suit meeting SFI Spec 3.2A/15, gloves and boots or shoes meeting SFI Spec 3.3/5 mandatory.
Naturally aspirated, i.e. all others (7.49 and quicker): (Effective 1/1/09) Jacket and pants meeting SFI Spec 3.2A/15, gloves meeting SFI Spec 3.3/5, and boots or shoes meeting SFI Spec 3.3/5 mandatory.
Naturally aspirated, i.e. all others: Jacket and pants meeting SFI Spec 3.2A/5 and gloves meeting SFI Spec 3.3/5 and boots or shoes meeting SFI Spec 3.3/5 mandatory.
noticed what looks to be a heads-up for 2009, ALL normally aspirated cars 7.49 and quicker requires /15 fire suits
PROTECTIVE CLOTHING:
Front-engine, supercharged or turbocharged: Jacket and pants or suit meeting SFI Spec 3.2A/20, gloves meeting SFI Spec 3.3/15, and boots or shoes meeting SFI Spec 3.3/15 mandatory.
Front-engine with nitrous oxide, naturally aspirated using methanol, or any car with automatic transmission in driver compartment (no floor covering transmission): Jacket and pants meeting SFI Spec 3.2A/15, gloves meeting SFI Spec 3.3/5 and boots or shoes meeting SFI Spec 3.3/5 mandatory.
Rear-engine supercharged, or turbocharged, or nitrous oxide: Jacket and pants or suit meeting SFI Spec 3.2A/15, gloves and boots or shoes meeting SFI Spec 3.3/5 mandatory.
Naturally aspirated, i.e. all others (7.49 and quicker): (Effective 1/1/09) Jacket and pants meeting SFI Spec 3.2A/15, gloves meeting SFI Spec 3.3/5, and boots or shoes meeting SFI Spec 3.3/5 mandatory.
Naturally aspirated, i.e. all others: Jacket and pants meeting SFI Spec 3.2A/5 and gloves meeting SFI Spec 3.3/5 and boots or shoes meeting SFI Spec 3.3/5 mandatory.
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With all these rule changes it kinda gett'in hard to keep up with things. Maybe they should just make Top Fuel cloths only,that way all of us are good forever
Mmmm....wonder if the engine diaper rule is going to change again?
Mmmm....wonder if the engine diaper rule is going to change again?
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Originally Posted by nofear69
With all these rule changes it kinda gett'in hard to keep up with things. Maybe they should just make Top Fuel cloths only,that way all of us are good forever
Mmmm....wonder if the engine diaper rule is going to change again?
Mmmm....wonder if the engine diaper rule is going to change again?
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If i remember correctly, back in the day, everyone running alcohol had to have a /15 fire suit, but NHRA and other sanctioning bodies let that rule slide because so many people were running slower cars on alcohol. I have an almost new /20 2 piece suit, and i've been trying to lose weight to get back into since i went from a Med to a lg. I don't need a /20 only a /15 but figured i could save the cost of buying a new one. The /20 may be for sale, since it's looking like i'm not going to make the weight.
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Originally Posted by zipper06
The /20 may be for sale, since it's looking like i'm not going to make the weight.
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Another reason my car is on gas. Front engine can get away with /5 on gas. Tech told me I needed /1 gloves and since the car has a firewall I didn't need Shoes :shock: . But I wear them anyway.