Mike Murillo fire
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12/07/22 03:38 PM
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fourgearsavoy
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I watched the NPK when Mike's Mustang caught on fire and he was struggling with the fire system actuator cable. I cant understand why these guys don't pull the pin before staging the car. Now I don't have a fire system on my 10 second bracket car but maybe I should think about installing one with the guidance of Tim Mcamis. Here is the vid Tim has produced with some very good information that may have reduced the damage to Mikes racecar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17vbg_iqgEsGus
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Re: Mike Murillo fire
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12/07/22 03:42 PM
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I've had a on board fire system that I have never used with 5 sprayers, three in the engine compartment and two in the driver compartment, that I will install in my new heads up no prep supercharge E85 car now, thanks for posting your post if I'm remembering correctly he had a hard time unfastening the drivers seat belt 5 point safety harness trying to get out of the car also My new car will have the higher priced hit to release cam lock latch driver harness, not the standard cheaper mechanical pull and push latch I'll will always cock it also after hooking it up, arm it, so it releases quickly also
Last edited by Cab_Burge; 12/07/22 10:42 PM.
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Re: Mike Murillo fire
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12/07/22 03:57 PM
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Mike like the most of us isn’t in the best physical shape as we get older. We could all do better at getting ourselves in better shape.
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Re: Mike Murillo fire
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12/07/22 06:22 PM
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Mike made a facebook post about this, right after it happened. Basically, the pin is in it because the system had accidentally been fired off a couple of times. So they put a flag on the pin that he could easily reach from the driver's seat. The plan was to pull the flag, then activate the system, the problem was the pin got bent, and when he pulled the flag it ripped off, and he can't reach the pin from his seat. He also showed pics that were taken, of the inside of the car, from the night before and the pin wasn't bent. He also took full responsibility for all of it.
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Re: Mike Murillo fire
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12/07/22 08:43 PM
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I have an on board fire system in my Challenger with 6 spray nozzles. 3 in the engine compartment and 3 pointing at me towards the driver seat. I have the bottle mounted behind my driver's seat on the horizontal cage bar.
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Re: Mike Murillo fire
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12/07/22 08:52 PM
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Big Country Swanstrom got him out of the car. The track crew looked woefully unprepared.
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Re: Mike Murillo fire
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12/10/22 06:05 PM
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Mike like the most of us isn’t in the best physical shape as we get older. We could all do better at getting ourselves in better shape.
It has been at least 30 years since I last spoke to him when I lived in San Antonio. Yes, he was probably 175 lbs back then!
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