My old car had the cooler in the trunk. You can get extension hoses that will reach easily.
I've got the coolers & shirts from FAST.
I mounted some d-rings to the trunk floor and used a small ratchet strap to hold it in place.
My old car had the cooler in the trunk. You can get extension hoses that will reach easily.
I've got the coolers & shirts from FAST.
I mounted some d-rings to the trunk floor and used a small ratchet strap to hold it in place.
#08 ITA/STL Miata
Reason # 342 why I need to re-do my website again (sigh) so it's easier to find stuff.
http://goaheadtakethewheel.com/rwrt/...its-and-vests/
I LOVE my cool vest. Inexpensive, totally simple, inexpensive, easy. No failure points. Only bad side is if you use a cooler that has beer in it, you can get the beer can indents. Otherwise.... For what we do, great. I have absolutely no desire to get a cool shirt and system.
Dave Gran
Real Roads, Real Car Guys – Real World Road Tests
Go Ahead - Take the Wheel's Free Guide to Racing
Forget the overpriced fast stuff. Buy the cool shirt and then go to ebay and get a Donjoy iceman used for way less than the fast stuff. It's made for use after surgeries and stuff but has the same fittings to hook up to the cool shirts.
Steve Elicati
ITA 1994 Mazda Miata
Central Florida Region
You need something for sure. We're not 20 anymore. Tom and I use the 12 qt cool suit setup which is good for 1 hour or so with 4 lbs of ice. The system is amazing! Easy setup but a bit pricey. Tom installed an on/off switch off a 12v battery source and grounded the other lead. He placed the switch right in the center of the dash of the civic within easy reach of the driver. Last week, I purchased the undertray, which cleaned up the look a bit, as well as the drainage accessories.
PS. the hoses that come with the cool suit shirt system/cooler are pretty long so, running the cooler from the trunk should be possible.
Demetrius Mossaidis aka 'Mickey' #12 ITA NESCCA
'92 Honda Civic Si
STFU and "Then write a letter. www.crbscca.com"
2013 ITA NARRC Champion and I have not raced since.
Sew two old T-shirts together with a few pockets to hold ice packs ($1 ea at Walmart) and for less than $5 you're got a cool shirt that you can change out the packets for frozen ones. It's enough to keep your head cool and in the game.
STU BMW Z3 2.5liter
And I have another I made some years ago for the Mustang that is on my build thread:
https://improvedtouring.com...-Part-II/page6
They're cheap, easy, and fun to make. Good hour or two project.
If you (or anyone) want to try the RPCM vest, I'll let mine go for about half the price of new.
Marty Doane
ITS RX-7 #13 (sold)
2016 Winnebago Journey (home)
hour or 2 to assemble, twice that figuring out what you need and sourcing it. agreed on the fun and value though. if anyone needs fittings to connect to a cool shirt brand shirt, they are avaialble on amazon: Colder PLCD22006 (3/8" barb to male QD fitting - this is for the cooler) and PLCD17005 (5/16 barb female fitting to mate to shirt and cooler - these have a retnetion pin to keep the lock tab open which the cool shirt fittings do not release, so you have to disable it or use your thumb to trigger when assembling the lines - does not affect ease of dissassembly). I also sourced a huge number of adapter fittings (min orders > need) to step between 3/4" (common bilge pump outlet) and 3/8" (fittings) so have some spares if anyone needs a kit.
Last edited by Chip42; 07-17-2014 at 01:24 PM. Reason: added part numbers
For adapters I just used hose that slip fits between the hose I need to adapt and then use a hose clamp. Cheap ghetto fix.
I've got another write up here that has some links to sources. Old one, from 08, but still applies.
http://www.gt40s.com/forum/gt40-tech...-ron-earp.html
Damn that old thread has a lot of link backs from many different forums.
Last edited by Ron Earp; 07-18-2014 at 09:05 AM.
I built a cool shirt system using the dyi builds floating around. Aside from the shirt I think it was about $75 all in. Grabbed a cooler from the basement and a pump from walmart, hoses from home depot, fittings from mcmaster. Works great. I didnt realize how much I liked having it till I didnt use it this past weekend.
Chris Raffaelli
NER 24FP
If anyone in interested in a relatively cheap RPCM cool vest, http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=191274192381
Marty Doane
ITS RX-7 #13 (sold)
2016 Winnebago Journey (home)
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