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    My medical cooler had a 7v input...I suspect the motor will be very pissed off on 13.5v. I found a DC to DC voltage regulator via Google that steps the voltage down to 7v....works like magic!!! Chuck
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    Quote Originally Posted by rsx858 View Post
    My other option would be to have a water bottle with a long straw but i dont like the idea of trying to fiddle with a straw at speed.. any suggestions?
    This is what I have. Nalgene water bottle in a zippered cooler right behind my seat with a straw. Obviously I can't mess with this over the vast majority of the track, but there is enough straightaway space that I have never had a problem.
    Jared Cromas
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    After racing for 24 years without a cool suit , I had my 1st encounter with one this weekend @ TWS in ChumpCar.

    I started the race @ 4:00 PM , I don't even want to know how hot it was.

    As I was strapping in for my 2 hour stint , I'm thinking " I hope this cool suit works " , just about then I began to feel the cool water flow .... Oh baby , that feels great !

    After 1.5 hrs I felt great , the cool suit really did make a difference

    Then it happened , we had a mechanical issue that left me stranded on course , the truck came to get me , hooked up , then quickly unhooked to attend to a car on fire report , that left me stranded on course for over 30 minutes in full gear in the car ... I'm not sure how that would have turned out without the cool suit.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TStiles View Post
    After racing for 24 years without a cool suit , I had my 1st encounter with one this weekend @ TWS in ChumpCar.

    I started the race @ 4:00 PM , I don't even want to know how hot it was.

    As I was strapping in for my 2 hour stint , I'm thinking " I hope this cool suit works " , just about then I began to feel the cool water flow .... Oh baby , that feels great !

    After 1.5 hrs I felt great , the cool suit really did make a difference

    Then it happened , we had a mechanical issue that left me stranded on course , the truck came to get me , hooked up , then quickly unhooked to attend to a car on fire report , that left me stranded on course for over 30 minutes in full gear in the car ... I'm not sure how that would have turned out without the cool suit.

    I was stranded for around 30 min at my drivers school last summer without a cool suit, and thusfar it's the only time I could say I've been uncomfortable in the car. Without the airflow (even hot), being in the car flat sucked. Grid of course isn't much better, but you only need to sit in the car for up to 10 min at a time.
    Chris Carey

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    For those interested in building your own cool shirt cooler. See my recent post here:

    http://www.rx7club.com/showthread.php?t=962966

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    Most of the time the heat doesn't bother me. I can remember running LRP a few years back when temps were in triple digits. That bowl gets HOT when the air isn't moving. When you notice sweat tracking across your ribcage and into your eyes when you're going through Big Bend, you know it's hot.
    We ran a helmet blower for a few years. It helped, although not as much as a cool suit would. I think now it would be more a matter of picking my spots rather than investing that much in a cool suit, especially since we both have to buy HANS's this winter. Heat like we just had, I would probably just sit it out. We saw 101 here last Friday, on an open, usually cool area. I can only imagine what LRP would have been like!
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