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jimpastorius · **Posted:** Wed Aug 25, 2010 1:54 pm

Simply search eBay for something like this

Cut the adapter off and then simply wire into a switch on the dashboard. If you are smart, you can keep the adapter around and use the unit in the paddock area.

The cool shirt plugs right into the ebice tubes. Like I mentioned before, I got one for $20 and bought the shirt.

While in grid, it is pretty common to walk up to a friend's car to get a "hit" from them. They plug you into their unit, you wait for a few seconds for that nice cool effect and disconnect.

Graham Jagger · **Joined:** Fri Aug 29, 2003 12:53 am **Posts:** 1718

Jim - I went hunting around on Ebay for an EB Ice for now. Having one with a back pad wouldn't hurt. My back still still has some residual pain from the fusion. It would be nice to cool off then throw it on my back later too :-)

Vincent - Didn't you post pictures of the one you made and instructions a while back? I wouldn't mind looking at how you made yours and what parts you had to buy. I assume tubing and connectors along with the pump.

Chris - Yeah forget that spray idea. A 12oz can of freeze spray can barely fill all the tubing in the shirt. 5-10 minutes and the can is gone. Even buying in bulk from industrial places it's $7/can + shipping. If you need portable they have a backpack system that uses the blue ice stuff or something. That might be an option when you are out of the car. Not for on track.

Kevin Butler · **Posted:** Wed Aug 25, 2010 4:29 pm

I just built one and broke it in this past weekend. Worked great!

I used a 19 qt dry/cool marine box w/oring seal top latches & strap for $50 shipped.

I got a 12V 500 GPH bilge pump off the shelf @ Wally World for $18.

I ordered the quick connectors to go to the Cool Shirt brand cool shirt from Discovery Parts. I think they were a little pricey at $12 ea X 2

I used 7/16" OD x 5/16" ID vinyl tubing from Lowes - 15 ft of it. It fit the barb on the QD's from Discovery. No clamps needed.

The shirt feed and return lines are located at one end of the cooler towards the top and are side by side. The cooler end is the same end that the pump is on. I didn't do any of the fancy hardware passes throught the box for the feed & return tubes. I drilled a 3/8" dia hole for each and squeezed the tube through. Don't even need silicon around the hole.

I got the rubber pipe insulation from Lowes - smallest dia they had - for 3/4" pipe I think. This stuff is split but has adhesive edges to stick the seam together. 6 ft long and is very flexible.

I used a rubber stopper as a sealed grommet for the pigtail to the bilge pump. Drilled a hole that was really snug and difficult to pass the wire through. The plug was long enoug to pass through the cooler wall and have about 3/32" to 1/16" sticking out either side of the wall. You only need be concerned with sealing on the inside. I went ahead and added a fuse to the bilge pump pigtail outside of the box so I could wire it straight to a battery if I wanted.

Install the pump in a corner on one end of the cooler that lets you rotate the pump body out of it's mounting base without the pump exit nipple hitting the wall (don't ask me how I know

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The pump takes a 3/4 braided vinyl tube on it's outlet. Then it got a little funky on adapting the outlet tube to a 90 degree 7/16 barb that would line up for the feed tube at the wall.

I ran an extra length of return line along the top of the front inside wall to get the return line to dump on the opposite side of the pump. Secured it the cooler walls with some screws and c-clamps.

I built a barrier out of aluminum plate and angle for keeping frozen water jugs from banging on the pump. It just screws to the inside walls of the cooler.

I'll try to post pictures later this week after I retrieve it from the ChumpZ later this week.

Vincent Keene · **Posted:** Wed Aug 25, 2010 4:32 pm

Graham Jagger wrote:

Vincent - Didn't you post pictures of the one you made and instructions a while back? I wouldn't mind looking at how you made yours and what parts you had to buy. I assume tubing and connectors along with the pump.

Scroll down about halfway of this page in this threadfor the pictures of V1.0. The newer V1.1 functions the same, but I used a cooler twice the size.

Honestly for a 30 min track session you'd be better off to buy an old EB Ice setup off Ebay like Jim suggested. We had to build one because none of the OTS ones will work for the extended periods Lemons requires.

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