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Roger:
Most sanctioning bodies require a -15 suit if you run unblown and an open cockpit. Or if there is no firewall to separate you from the transmission. If plans are in the works to later put a puffer on the car, then the idea of buying a -20 suit, required by the sanctioning bodies and good sense, is a great idea. Something you might want to consider is just how hot your body can get in a fire suit, especially in your part of the country. After listening to Dave tell everyone here that Biondo had good prices and great products with their Sparco suits, I bought a Sparco AIR-15 two piece suit and couldn't be happier with it. While a little more expensive then some, it fits well and while my previous -15 suit felt like I was wrapped in 2 wool blankets then stuffed inside a wool sleeping bag, this new suit only feels like the wool sleeping bag without the blankets and that's a HUGE improvement:)

opa1:

--- Quote from: Roger on June 11, 2018, 07:56:49 AM ---Most sanctioning bodies require a -15 suit if you run unblown and an open cockpit. Or if there is no firewall to separate you from the transmission. If plans are in the works to later put a puffer on the car, then the idea of buying a -20 suit, required by the sanctioning bodies and good sense, is a great idea. Something you might want to consider is just how hot your body can get in a fire suit, especially in your part of the country. After listening to Dave tell everyone here that Biondo had good prices and great products with their Sparco suits, I bought a Sparco AIR-15 two piece suit and couldn't be happier with it. While a little more expensive then some, it fits well and while my previous -15 suit felt like I was wrapped in 2 wool blankets then stuffed inside a wool sleeping bag, this new suit only feels like the wool sleeping bag without the blankets and that's a HUGE improvement:)

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The track temps here in the summer are brutal. 100's+ in the shade.

I checked out the Air X-Light. Looks like a good option.

rooman:
I spent around 40 minutes strapped into the NT/F car at Bowling Green in 2010 with the temperature and humidity numbers both at almost 100. What saved me was the Carbon-X underwear and head sock. It tends to wick the moisture away from your skin and I was never that uncomfortable.

Roo

noslin:
you guys in the mid west and back east have to deal with the humidity too. so your heat index could easily be 6 to 10 deg higher right?   on the west coast say at sacramento the humidity is prob 12 to maybe 20 percent.  here in redding its typically 8 to 12.  but still hot like 100-110 during summer.

good to know about the underwear.  i plan on running that too just to be safe.

Roger:
Headed to the track outside Manhattan, Kansas this Saturday. Forecast says it will be 97* for a high and a heat index of 101*. That's about 40% humidity. And the wind will be blowing that hot air from the south at 15mph. And this is only the middle of June. It usually starts to get real hot here about the middle of July. Oh boy... By the way, this is the 52nd year of continuous operation of the drag-strip at Manhattan, now called Midwest Raceway, and the heat hasn't stopped us. This is where I saw my first race at 15 and have been hooked ever since. Got my baptism by nitro there when I stood at the fence about 40 feet from The Large Father making a match-race pass with John Weibe. Even managed the track for a summer, including halting time trials for 20 minutes while the cattle crossed the shutdown area then halted eliminations for another 20 minutes in the afternoon while the cattle cross back to the other side. Ya, I sent someone down to make sure the cows had cleared the track and to make sure the didn't leave any deposits:)

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