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Installing a modern fire-suppression system into our vintage racer

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Tim Suddard
Tim Suddard Publisher Emeritus
11/5/24 12:24 p.m.
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Even a vintage race car needs a modern fire-suppression system. Fire burns just as hot as ever.

We chose the Lifeline Zero 360 2.25kg. Novec 1230 electric fire suppression system that is now available with a polished bottle. While we will get more into the actual system and installation in a later update, this $1249.99 system is compact and thanks to …

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