[Mike Braddock]

Thanks for the replies everyone! I too thought the logic of not having a nozzle in the trunk area because I have a fuel tank and not a cell seemed backwards. Steven Baker at SafeCraft was the one who told me this. He did tell me to put a nozzle in the passenger compartment; I was the one wondering why since there are no fluids routed through it. I thought in my case the extra halon supplied to the engine compartment would be a better solution, since (I thought) most fires would be in the engine compartment. So this is bad logic on my part? I certainly will go with the advice of those who have the experience to back up their knowledge.

So here are my questions after reading your insightful posts:

My fuel tank is mounted under the rear fiberglass floor and is completely sealed from the inside of the trunk. So, should I mount the nozzle under the trunk floor so it sprays the top of the fuel tank, or is there a better location? The only other items in the trunk are an Optima gel-cell battery and the halon bottle for the fire suppression system.

So one nozzle at the front of the engine compartment pointing backwards towards the carb is okay, or is there a better location for this one too?

In the passenger compartment, should I mount the nozzle so it sprays towards the driver's harness buckle, or again, is there a better location? I assume a second nozzle pointed towards the passenger's buckle is a good idea too? Perhaps with an inline valve so this nozzle can be turned off unless an instructor is riding along at a driver's school? Or just leave it 'on' all the time?

Finally, for my situation will the 5# bottle be sufficient, or should I be looking at stepping up to a 10# bottle? The car will be street driven about 90% of the time and we plan on doing some driving schools and autocrossing with it the other 10%.

Again, thank you all for your help.

Mike