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thstone · 12-05-2011, 08:48 PM

I know its Winter but I wanted to follow up on this thread and post my experience for someone doing a search next spring ...

First, I bought the Cool Shirt that uses the spray can for coolent. I wore the shirt under my racing suit and routed the tubes out my left pocket and then mounted the spray can to the left side of my racing seat. To get cool, I would just reach down for a moment and push the top of the can.

This worked ok but not great. The plus was its simplicity. The negative was that the spray can only provided cooling for about 15mins (at the level that I desired). In the end, I needed more cooling capacity to make it through a full 30min track session on a 100F day.

My next step was to buy the soft pack bag which acts as the ice chest and contains a small pump that circulates ice water through the shirt. The soft pack was easy to mount on the floor in front of the passenger seat using an adjustable strap attached to the harness sub mount in the floor under the seat. I routed the hose up the passenget side of the center console and back down the inside of the drivers side of the console, then behind the drivers seat and up along the left hand side of the seat where it clips into the shirt connection. The pump runs on 12vdc so I bought a cheap cig lighter plug from Radio Shack for power.

This solution worked PERFECT! There is nothing like cold ice water flowing through the shirt on a hot day. The ice lasted about 2 hours and was easily replaceable between driving sessions in about 5 mins. Even on the hottest days, I'd get out of the car cool, calm, and barely breaking a sweat. This made for a much more enjoyable and safe day at the track in the heat.

12-05-2011, 08:48 PM	#7
thstone Certified Boxster Addict Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 7,669	I know its Winter but I wanted to follow up on this thread and post my experience for someone doing a search next spring ... First, I bought the Cool Shirt that uses the spray can for coolent. I wore the shirt under my racing suit and routed the tubes out my left pocket and then mounted the spray can to the left side of my racing seat. To get cool, I would just reach down for a moment and push the top of the can. This worked ok but not great. The plus was its simplicity. The negative was that the spray can only provided cooling for about 15mins (at the level that I desired). In the end, I needed more cooling capacity to make it through a full 30min track session on a 100F day. My next step was to buy the soft pack bag which acts as the ice chest and contains a small pump that circulates ice water through the shirt. The soft pack was easy to mount on the floor in front of the passenger seat using an adjustable strap attached to the harness sub mount in the floor under the seat. I routed the hose up the passenget side of the center console and back down the inside of the drivers side of the console, then behind the drivers seat and up along the left hand side of the seat where it clips into the shirt connection. The pump runs on 12vdc so I bought a cheap cig lighter plug from Radio Shack for power. This solution worked PERFECT! There is nothing like cold ice water flowing through the shirt on a hot day. The ice lasted about 2 hours and was easily replaceable between driving sessions in about 5 mins. Even on the hottest days, I'd get out of the car cool, calm, and barely breaking a sweat. This made for a much more enjoyable and safe day at the track in the heat. __________________ 1999 996 C2 - sold - bought back - sold for more 1997 Spec Boxster BSR #254 1979 911 SC POC Licensed DE/TT Instructor Last edited by thstone; 12-05-2011 at 08:56 PM.