Kill switch location - Page 2

Travis Miller · 08-10-2009, 12:51 PM

Sit in your racecar and strap yourself in. If you use your right hand to activate the transbrake button, try reaching the ignition switch with your left hand to see if you could shut off the engine in an emergency.

Racers are highly intelligent when it comes to making a racecar go fast. Use some of your intelligence to make it safer.

Travis

buzzinhalfdozen · 08-10-2009, 01:08 PM

Hell I just assumed you meant on the starting line, in that case I wouldn't know any different till the finish line. As for stall testing I'm not a big fan, won't do it unless I'm at least on the track, don't have the stones to hold the chain saw wide open otherwise. I have over the years witnessed this at different tracks and I vacate the area as soon as the guy stomps it, never know if he may have brain fade and just let go of the button. Joe

Rich Biebel · 08-10-2009, 01:38 PM

I have a RaceTech dragster and it has a master battery shutoff within easy reach of my left hand. Push type rod/cable just below the dash. I have occasionaly sat in my car and thought what would I do in an emergency if my throttle stuck. I practiced the various hand motions I might need. I also have two brake systems completely seperate, one foot one hand lever. My last dragster was Ron's injected. Fuel shutoff cable was within easy reach of my left hand. That would have been my first move in a stuck throttle situation, shut off the fuel, pull the chute, kill the switches......My present car it would be pull the chute, battery off, switches off.

My good friend had his throttle stick at the finishline at Island Dragway. It was an 8.90 something run at 153 mph in a '67 Nova. He reached for the shifter to neutral it and somehow engaged reverse in spite of the reverse lockout feature of the shifter........that car was destroyed when it locked the back tires spun around and rolled over. His safety gear did a goodjob and he was basically unhurt.....

Nitro Joe Jackson · 08-11-2009, 07:54 AM

if you look in both of our dragsters there is a big red nob for the shut off switch that is attached to the master switch with morse cable.

Cam · 08-11-2009, 08:03 PM

When I rewired the car last summer I installed a driver operated safety shut off switch that kill all electrical function in the car. Based on this thread I'm going to remove the guard around the button that prevents accidental engagement of the switch. It will be easier to engage if there is a problem.
Thanks for the heads up.
Cam

rayfin · 08-11-2009, 09:27 PM

I my 69 Camaro I had a push-pull switch on the shifter plate. Pull was on and push would shut off the power to the coil (in my case.) You could slap it down with your hand and shut it off in a second. A ill switch on a steering wheel could be a bad idea because the wheel may not always be straight, you could be swerving.

08-10-2009, 12:51 PM	#11
Travis Miller Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 478 Likes: 1 Liked 276 Times in 27 Posts	Re: Kill switch location Sit in your racecar and strap yourself in. If you use your right hand to activate the transbrake button, try reaching the ignition switch with your left hand to see if you could shut off the engine in an emergency. Racers are highly intelligent when it comes to making a racecar go fast. Use some of your intelligence to make it safer. Travis

08-10-2009, 01:08 PM	#12
buzzinhalfdozen Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bellevue Ohio Posts: 984 Likes: 0 Liked 11 Times in 8 Posts	Re: Kill switch location Hell I just assumed you meant on the starting line, in that case I wouldn't know any different till the finish line. As for stall testing I'm not a big fan, won't do it unless I'm at least on the track, don't have the stones to hold the chain saw wide open otherwise. I have over the years witnessed this at different tracks and I vacate the area as soon as the guy stomps it, never know if he may have brain fade and just let go of the button. Joe __________________ Joe Buchanan SS/BX 3117

08-10-2009, 01:38 PM	#13
Rich Biebel VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Northern New Jersey suburbs Posts: 2,314 Likes: 25 Liked 544 Times in 213 Posts	Re: Kill switch location I have a RaceTech dragster and it has a master battery shutoff within easy reach of my left hand. Push type rod/cable just below the dash. I have occasionaly sat in my car and thought what would I do in an emergency if my throttle stuck. I practiced the various hand motions I might need. I also have two brake systems completely seperate, one foot one hand lever. My last dragster was Ron's injected. Fuel shutoff cable was within easy reach of my left hand. That would have been my first move in a stuck throttle situation, shut off the fuel, pull the chute, kill the switches......My present car it would be pull the chute, battery off, switches off. My good friend had his throttle stick at the finishline at Island Dragway. It was an 8.90 something run at 153 mph in a '67 Nova. He reached for the shifter to neutral it and somehow engaged reverse in spite of the reverse lockout feature of the shifter........that car was destroyed when it locked the back tires spun around and rolled over. His safety gear did a goodjob and he was basically unhurt..... __________________ Rich Biebel S/C 1479 Stock 147R Last edited by Rich Biebel; 08-10-2009 at 01:45 PM.

08-11-2009, 07:54 AM	#14
Nitro Joe Jackson VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Loudonville, Ohio or where ever the Nitro Lounge is parked Posts: 2,293 Likes: 57 Liked 67 Times in 19 Posts	Re: Kill switch location if you look in both of our dragsters there is a big red nob for the shut off switch that is attached to the master switch with morse cable. __________________ Nitro Joe Jackson STK 3431 nitrojoe@neo.rr.com

08-11-2009, 08:03 PM	#15
Cam Junior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Prince George, BC, Canada Posts: 83 Likes: 5 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Kill switch location When I rewired the car last summer I installed a driver operated safety shut off switch that kill all electrical function in the car. Based on this thread I'm going to remove the guard around the button that prevents accidental engagement of the switch. It will be easier to engage if there is a problem. Thanks for the heads up. Cam Attached Thumbnails __________________ Cam Chowen 6067 1994 Camaro C/S

08-11-2009, 09:27 PM	#16
rayfin Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: sioux city Posts: 134 Likes: 1 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Kill switch location I my 69 Camaro I had a push-pull switch on the shifter plate. Pull was on and push would shut off the power to the coil (in my case.) You could slap it down with your hand and shut it off in a second. A ill switch on a steering wheel could be a bad idea because the wheel may not always be straight, you could be swerving.