does anyone know , if you run on a nhra track with nitrous is it mandatory you have a fire jacket or only if your faster than 11.49??

 

Sht, when i went thru tech last time i was told anyone running a power adder needed a firejacket.

 

who's gonna know? unless you open purge or something opposed to just purging in your engine bay or giving a quick squirt in the burn out

 

well at the track i race at they are pretty strict, they have you pop your hood ask what your running all that before you get your run card in the tech booth so i dont want to go and be assed out.

 

correct...but they haven't said anything to me about it.

The first time I pulled up in the tahoe, he laughed and asked "are you racing in this?" They've never even looked under my hood.

 

the only time ive been they told me i needed a fire jacket to run nitrous, so my first run was with out, and i was askin around for a jacket and people just told me to open the bottle theyll never pay attention, so i did

 

weird hrp is real strict also but they havent told me to use a jacket yet, they really harp on the damn helmet though, last week went out and got me a simmons full face racing helmet.. make sure it has the 2000 or 2005 standard.. after i get my truck tuned this week at uprev in austin i should be low 14's on motor and low 13's on the juice.. hopefully some cams will come out sonn i want 13's on motor

 

They never looked at me closely before either, who'd thunk a big assed truck would be a concern? lol
I'm gonna order one from summit, they run about $65.

 

yes fire jacket is needed for any power adder thats not factoy

11.49 is a 5pt minum cage

 

I was told back in March when I went to the track that if you have any power adder thats "not factory" requires you to wear a fire jacket. He said it was a new for '06 rule. He let me off at the time, but he said he would easily remember my truck and if I didn't have one then...game over.

The rule I'm confused about is the new helmet standards and the whole open face vs. full faced debate. When do you need a full faced? Is a Snell 2000 outdated? I think it's all based on how your local tech guy interprets it.