hammertime

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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.

shawnp

There will be more motors for sale this winter or a higher demand for smaller shift chips. :lol:

nofear57

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?

hammertime

I cant bieleve the diaper rule wouldnt be there this year. IMO its smart move for racers and tracks to speed things up and keep people safer. My car went 7.52 this past weekend looks like a good place to be

zipper06

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.

Zip.

sxfreak2002

hmmm i always thought that the /15 0r /20 was the burn rating. i thought the first numbers was the layers.

daddylynch

the 15 or 20 is the TPP rating. I have a paper around here somewhere that has all the ratings and how long the burn times are for each. Ill look for it and post what they are for 15 and 20.

Tod74

ROFL.... YOU CAN SHOE HORN INTO IT!! Fat chics the world over do it all the time with their clothes.

jk

slowmotion

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.