Got/want Coolsuit? In here pls.

[BlueFirePony]

When ballast placement is restricted but coolshirt cooler placement isn't, and you need the weight anyway, it it's a big deal.

I'll call you when I'm building a sports racer and my fat ass can't make min weight though

Yeah I don't really see the weight savings being that big a deal in 2900 lb+ cars...the 30lbs weight loss I managed in the last 18 months is dwarfed by the 400lbs that BFP needs to lose.
I'm mainly building this for Kyri and I but wanted to see if anyone was interested and needed to validate my understanding of the use case related to the water/ice.
It'll very likely be a sub $100 cost to build (maybe a lot lower if I can get past a design issue).
$200-$250 retail is a VAR friendly MSRP and I did not want the price point to be the exclusive focus.
I am more about the added value.
Not having to deal with the ice and water regardless of weight is a convenience and if the system costs less than the coolers out there why not?
The comfort system will also include body temp sensors and will be able to accept a heart rate monitor to feed into our DAQ+ system so you can monitor driver as well as the car (including any thresholds/alarms you want to set).
I am also designing in various environment sensors to monitor gas vapor, temp etc. in the cockpit
It's great to know your tires and brakes are cool/hot but I think just as valuable to know how the driver is doing...objectively.

[ShadowBolt]

What would you figure Jerry? 3 quarts of mixed water ice?

I'm guessing two qts. max. We fill with ice as much as possible then just enough water to make the pump work. Crushed ice gets much colder but does not last as long. I don't know if we even have two quarts of water in. Either way several others have large ice chest in the trunk to put weight in the rear and have plenty of ice. I'm not sure how we should look at that since the weight is being added behind the main hoop but the system I have (same as Mitch had and several others) just will last a 25 minute race. I make Jay run the 40 minute race at Hallett and I'm sure there is no ice left after about 25-30 minutes. We have never tried block ice.....not really available at the track and would have to be made to fit the ice chest. I guess we could make our own but I'm guessing it would not be all that cold in a block.

JJ

[BlueFirePony]

I'm guessing two qts. max.
JJ

Thanks Jerry - you pretty much dialed me in on what I was looking for.
What I am building won't require refilling with ice and will stay cool as long as you have juice.

But gotta get other stuff built first. If things work out I'll have this built for July

[Suck fumes]

What do you plan on using freon?

[BlueFirePony]

What do you plan on using freon?

Nah, that's old school. Nanites carrying powdered salts including nitrous ammoniac; better thermal characteristics than freon and the delivery system is very small.


j/k


Though that just gave me another thought.....

[ShadowBolt]

Look what I found!
http://www.thv11.com/news/article/29...aces-this-week

[Suck fumes]

Does he sell them or just trying to hit it big with NASCAR?

[ShadowBolt]

Does he sell them or just trying to hit it big with NASCAR?

I can't find anything but his Twitter page so far. I do like it and it should not cost that much.

JJ

[BlueFirePony]

Cooool (hehe) Good for him. Hope all the NASCAR hot-heads get one
Hmmm...patent...yeah I should probably look into that...

Jerry..see PM.. let me know if you can do it..I'll share the patent with you on that piece .

[Dulaney]

I use most of a 8# bag of ice and a bottle of water. Lasts all day.