Author Topic: Helmets (Read 3515 times)

SCxMaster · « **on:** 09:43PM 05/08/2003 »

Anybody know a good place to get helmets? You need them at the track when you run faster then a 14 right?

Jer · « **Reply #1 on:** 09:01AM 05/09/2003 »

Is a "helmut" like an evil dog? J/K it's spelled Helmet

You can get them at pretty much any dealer for ATV's

SCxMaster · « **Reply #2 on:** 01:16PM 05/09/2003 »

Quote from: Dark Dragon on 09:01AM 05/09/2003

Is a "helmut" like an evil dog? J/K it's spelled Helmet You can get them at pretty much any dealer for ATV's

Thanks for the spelling lesson.

PossuMKIV · « **Reply #3 on:** 10:22PM 05/11/2003 »

Hey we can get a prett nice Snell 2000 approved helmet for about $200 bucks. Comes plain so If you wanted to design it with airbush anyway you want you could....

SCxMaster · « **Reply #4 on:** 12:49AM 05/12/2003 »

lol, yeah right. i'm not goin to spend that much on a helmet that i only wear a couple times

utahteg · « **Reply #5 on:** 07:48PM 05/12/2003 »

no offense SCxMaster, helmets are cheap, I know this from shopping around for one for ATV'n. If you want something that they'll let you wear, it will more than likely between $100-$200. And I believe you have to be under or in the low 13's before they'll require you to wear a helmet.

PossuMKIV · « **Reply #6 on:** 03:33AM 05/13/2003 »

$200 bucks for a good helmet that is Snell 2000 approved is not expensive. Before you can run in any NHRA event it has to have those requirements only if you clock 13.99's or lower.
If you do want a piece of crap helmet that is still Snell 2000 approved then you will still spend about $140. Why not swing an extra $60 bucks and get a nicer one. Just a suggestion.

Btw, Why are you just gonna run twice? All that money you are putting into you car why not show it off and run all season with it?

SCxMaster · « **Reply #7 on:** 04:16PM 05/13/2003 »

My work schedule makes it so i can't run all season.

Jer · « **Reply #8 on:** 01:21PM 05/14/2003 »

My life is worth $200.

SCxMaster · « **Reply #9 on:** 02:41PM 05/14/2003 »

If I had a bike I would pay that much. Being in a car I'm not worried about it. My car isn't going to be THAT fast.

Jer · « **Reply #10 on:** 02:42PM 05/14/2003 »

Both my parents are EMT's needless to say, I have seen some "65 mph" crashes. I don't wear one in my car, but I for sure wear it on my ATV's and sleds. But it is up to you whether you want a helmet, or a brain bucket.

utahteg · « **Reply #11 on:** 04:04PM 05/14/2003 »

Very good point DD.

zizux · « **Reply #12 on:** 04:31PM 05/16/2003 »

I can get you cheap helmets that are snell M95 (track is cool with it)

for a little over 100 bux brand new email me if your interested zizux@hotmail.com

BTW RMR is getting tuffer if your running 13s without a helmet don't be supprised if you get the boot.

pete · « **Reply #13 on:** 09:49PM 05/22/2003 »

i want a beiffi f1 for my karting and open wheel stuff, they are big cash tho, about a grand... temppppting.

you can get '95 open face helmets for sooooooooo cheap, i like closed face tho, my face is good how it is thx... plus i race a lot of stuff that requires it... anyways '95 is good for until 05, its a 10 yr span of legality... 2000 will be good till 2010 etc...

Night Angel424 · « **Reply #14 on:** 09:52PM 05/22/2003 »

skate shop. thats all i have to say.. hahaha jk

SCxMaster · « **Reply #15 on:** 12:16AM 05/23/2003 »

seeing the flames on that porche reminds me that I want to do it on my car. Anybody know how do do this without the sparkplug s h i t? I think thats ghetto. but if its the only way to do it, I guess I'll settle.

pete · « **Reply #16 on:** 12:44AM 05/23/2003 »

that porsche is flaming because its boosting 3x (secret) psi and making 900 rwhp on pump gas! not because of ghetto spark plugs...

make enough power and run a short straight thru exhaust without cat and you will kick flames... on porsches the exhaust is only about 6 feet long total, if that... depends on the setup. lots of them kick flames.

zizux · « **Reply #17 on:** 10:41AM 05/23/2003 »

Shooting flame out of the exhaust is caused by one thing. Unburnt fuel burning out the end. There are many ways to get unburnt fuel. One is to run rich. Most high hp cars run rich when they shift or suddenly let off the gas. thus causeing flames out the tail pipes. If you wana shoot flames out your exhaust without making huge hp and just wana do it on demand you can either do it the old fashion way (kill your engines ignition and put a spark in the tail pipe, the problem is this is harmfull to your motor) Or you can install a propain flame kit which shoots propain and has a spark plug at the end. the Bounus to this is that because your engine is still running there won't be much o2 in your exhaust system thus you wont have the flame burning untill after it leaves the exhaust or right be for it.

zizux · « **Reply #18 on:** 10:42AM 05/23/2003 »

Quote from: pete on 09:49PM 05/22/2003

i want a beiffi f1 for my karting and open wheel stuff, they are big cash tho, about a grand... temppppting.

you can get '95 open face helmets for sooooooooo cheap, i like closed face tho, my face is good how it is thx... plus i race a lot of stuff that requires it... anyways '95 is good for until 05, its a 10 yr span of legality... 2000 will be good till 2010 etc...

BTW its the one I have at the track, not open face and less then 150

pete · « **Reply #19 on:** 02:03PM 05/25/2003 »

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(kill your engines ignition and put a spark in the tail pipe, the problem is this is harmfull to your motor)

not bad for the motor... as long as everything is still getting oil then its fine, and it is, becaues the motor is still turning over.

you won't kick flames with a catayltic converter, it will burn up all the unused fuel and make that horrible sulfur smell... thats why they are there, to complete combustion and convert carbon monoxide into carbon dioxide. carbon monoxide is a biproduct of incomplete fossil fuel combustion.

most turbo motors kick flame when you lift because the bypass valve dumps off the boost, but the fuel is already atomized and in the intake manifold so it runs rich for an instant, giving that flame... the more horsepower the more fuel its dishing out, so the bigger the flame.

porsche 962's kick a very good sized flame, coming all up in the diffuser and wing... it looks pretty bad a s s from behind.

about the helmets, he's right i was lookin online the other day at more $$ closed face stuf, but i noticed you can pick up an open face snell 2000 certified for ~ 150 and sometimes even less.

i've narrowed my search down to the beiffe f1-gpv or the arai gp-5, i already have a arai gp-3... i'll probably wait until snell 05 comes out and get a new helmet then.

zizux · « **Reply #20 on:** 04:34PM 05/28/2003 »

The reason its harmfull to your engine is that the gas will wash any and all oil off the cylender walls thus creating more contact with rings. Which will eventualy cause blow by. Seen it happen on old hotrods that would through alot of flames at car shows...

pete · « **Reply #21 on:** 01:36AM 05/31/2003 »

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The reason its harmfull to your engine is that the gas will wash any and all oil off the cylender walls thus creating more contact with rings. Which will eventualy cause blow by. Seen it happen on old hotrods that would through alot of flames at car shows...

NO

not true... sorry but there is no oil in the cylinders above the pistons, if there is, you already have blowby, and it would be burned off anyways, oil cannnot survive in the combustion chamber. all the oiling occurs below the rings, thats why there are always at least 2 rings, a compression seal ring and an oil ring, except maybe in 2 cycles... where there is only one because they burn the oil anyways (it is mixed with the fuel). the oil ring contains all oil below it, tahst why really high mileage cars start to smoke when the rings wear, or if you burn up the rings from running lean / whatever.

Mar_DC2 · « **Reply #22 on:** 01:29PM 05/31/2003 »

hey zizux, i need a snell 95 as long as it's SCCA approved. i dont know if they allow M's or not. let me know

purpleturtle03@earthlink.net

pete · « **Reply #23 on:** 12:55AM 06/02/2003 »

motorcycle helmets are not allowed.

MiSs LaCiE · « **Reply #24 on:** 01:53PM 08/19/2003 »

no offense Derek, but I don't think your car is fast enough to even need a helmet. Maybe when you run in the 9's or 10's, but I dont see that happening. You would look retarded anyway...a car running 14's with a helmet....haha....you would be the one the guys running 9's and 10's would make fun of....

MiSs LaCiE · « **Reply #25 on:** 01:53PM 08/19/2003 »

dont try so hard...its only a 3G eclipse...

fastacurachick · « **Reply #26 on:** 01:27PM 08/20/2003 »

Actually, im almost postive you must have a helmet, if your running 13.9 or quicker.

MiSs LaCiE · « **Reply #27 on:** 12:12PM 08/21/2003 »

I dont think so...my friend Tiffany runs 12's and she has never worn one and Ron Craft or anyone at the track has never said nothing. The only thing they really get on your a s s about is if you run in the 9's and you haven't gotten licensed yet.

fastacurachick · « **Reply #28 on:** 03:57PM 08/21/2003 »

My Friend Ryan runs 13.1 and they were on his a s s about it the first time he ran without a helmet. He has to wear a helmet at the track everytime he runs now.
Oh and my buddies Dustin and Jeff are firefighters out there, and they say you have to use a helmet.
But whatever. Go run without one.

utahteg · « **Reply #29 on:** 05:03PM 08/21/2003 »

LaCIEMaY, if you are in the 13's you need a helmet at RMR and any other track that I am aware of, and a roll cage if you break into the 11's, I may be wrong with that number, but I am 110% sure about the helmets.

MiSs LaCiE · « **Reply #30 on:** 09:47AM 08/22/2003 »

lol no need to get all uptight ...FAC and twinner007, I'm not saying that its NOT a rule down there that you have to run with a helmet if you are in the 13's or lower. I'm just saying they don't enforce it...atleast with everyone I know. Maybe they dont say nothing because we know everyone down there at the track. So I guess it is all in who you know...or unless Ron Craft decides to be an a s s that day. FAC...Dustin and Jeff know my friend Tiffany (Wade) really well and they have never made her wear a helmet.

SCxMaster · « **Reply #31 on:** 03:28AM 08/23/2003 »

The last time I was at the track she ran her truck and wore a helmet.

utahteg · « **Reply #32 on:** 03:07PM 08/23/2003 »

Take it easy there LaCiEMaY5, no one was jumping all over you or being uptight...just stating the facts that's all...and I have seen it enforced plenty of times.

SCxMaster · « **Reply #33 on:** 06:05PM 08/23/2003 »

On a side note. " Congratulations to JM of Texas for being the first SDS powered 3G 5spd in the 12s he accomplished this with our stage one system and a KAAZ LSD and clutch on 9psi, using our water/methanol Intercooling system. 12.96@107mph" www.rippmods.com That's "just a 3g"

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Author Topic: Helmets (Read 3515 times)