What kind of material are driver fire suits made of and how hot do they work at?

Question

What kind of material are driver fire suits made of and how hot do they work at?

Answer 1

Here's a good link that explains the basics.

http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/n...

Answer 2

try imagining quilting a bunch of oven mitts together

Answer 3

Cotton, Nomex, and Carbon-X are the 3 most common materials used in racing.  They can be from 1 to 3 layers thick..... more layers = more protection.

Note: fire suits do NOT protect against radiated heat..... they protect agains fire.  Having said that, the presence of a barrier between the body and the source of heat does offer some protection, but cannon be given an actual rating in the presence of fire.  Just legal mumbo jumbo......

Answer 4

K.B. can wear a sweater and heavy wool coat in summer temps and still somehow with all that Talent.. pull off a win..

Answer 5

some are nomex other just have a fire proof tarden sprayed on them it gets very hot in race car about 165 give or take a few degrees the fire suit i wore had a fire rating of a bout 3 to 4 seconds thats how long you need and have to get out of burning car that was the worst part of racing i didnt like in florida was the heat with the suit on it is unbareable unless your moving