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What are you using to stay cooler inside the ****pit? Any particular style or brand of fan? Anything moving air in the summer in Texas is a plus.
 
Posts: 230 | Location: Kilgore Texas | Registered: July 15, 2019Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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In florida here.....not racing....easiest way!!! Work is getting in the way now as well as safety gear updates.....but when I climb back in the digger, will do so wearing a cool vest.....


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Posts: 1465 | Location: Back home in Alaska! | Registered: February 13, 2011Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Just built something that I hope makes the heat more bearable. Bought a small heat exchanger (approx. 7x10”, about 1” thick), a 12v brushless fountain pump, and a 12v ‘bilge fan.’ Cut a hole in an oil smallish ice chest, and fit the fan in place so that it sucked air in. Then cut another hole to fit a pvc 90, and screwed the heat exchanger under the hole. Put a small enclosure on one side of this thing with a 12v 10aH battery, fuses, switch, and a charging connection. Put ice packs, frozen milk jugs, frozen 2 liters, just loose ice, etc. in with a couple quarts of water, it’ll run 2+ hours on battery power alone and make 48-52 degree air the whole time. In “testing”, ice should easily last an entire day of racing. Honestly works much better than I thought some redneck engineering would ever work.
Not much use in a dragster, but plenty compact enough for most door slammers.
 
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https://www.coolshirt.com/product/drag-pack/

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Posts: 2906 | Location: KIEFER, OK. | Registered: August 17, 2007Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Just built something that I hope makes the heat more bearable. Bought a small heat exchanger (approx. 7x10”, about 1” thick), a 12v brushless fountain pump, and a 12v ‘bilge fan.’ Cut a hole in an oil smallish ice chest, and fit the fan in place so that it sucked air in. Then cut another hole to fit a pvc 90, and screwed the heat exchanger under the hole. Put a small enclosure on one side of this thing with a 12v 10aH battery, fuses, switch, and a charging connection. Put ice packs, frozen milk jugs, frozen 2 liters, just loose ice, etc. in with a couple quarts of water, it’ll run 2+ hours on battery power alone and make 48-52 degree air the whole time. In “testing”, ice should easily last an entire day of racing. Honestly works much better than I thought some redneck engineering would ever work.
Not much use in a dragster, but plenty compact enough for most door slammers.


You need to post up a picture of this thing or even a video! I bet a lot of people would appreciate that!!


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Just built something that I hope makes the heat more bearable. Bought a small heat exchanger (approx. 7x10”, about 1” thick), a 12v brushless fountain pump, and a 12v ‘bilge fan.’ Cut a hole in an oil smallish ice chest, and fit the fan in place so that it sucked air in. Then cut another hole to fit a pvc 90, and screwed the heat exchanger under the hole. Put a small enclosure on one side of this thing with a 12v 10aH battery, fuses, switch, and a charging connection. Put ice packs, frozen milk jugs, frozen 2 liters, just loose ice, etc. in with a couple quarts of water, it’ll run 2+ hours on battery power alone and make 48-52 degree air the whole time. In “testing”, ice should easily last an entire day of racing. Honestly works much better than I thought some redneck engineering would ever work.
Not much use in a dragster, but plenty compact enough for most door slammers.


Hell according to some this whole sport is redneck engineering. Hey the first TF style clutch control was a screen door closer with air and and bleed off.




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Against my better judgement..flame suit on!

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Hey, at least Ed's not here anymore..
 
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Monte, I think Troy Morgan used a cool vest at his last race. Check with him. Also, he most likely has the broken Super 10 fan that may have some name or number on it.


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Posts: 1827 | Location: Kilgore TX | Registered: March 12, 2004Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Against my better judgement..flame suit on!

Redneck AC

Hey, at least Ed's not here anymore..


If it's redneck and it works, it isn't redneck. LOL Nice job.



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Against my better judgement..flame suit on!

Redneck AC

Hey, at least Ed's not here anymore..


Dude, that thing is sweet!!!


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cool deal(pun inteded). Hey inovation is great IMO and one thing that sport has less of now days.




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As I age I just seem to want to race less in the heat...

Night racing is good...ole guys have to nap all day to race all night.

Smile
 
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The redneck air conditioner is a great idea. Only thing I see is you really should secure it if in a door car. I've seen the design before but never saw one using a heat exchanger, just ice.
 
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As I age I just seem to want to race less in the heat...

Night racing is good...ole guys have to nap all day to race all night.

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Man isn’t that the truth. Gates opening at 5:30 today for a double race. I got in bed last week after winning the race at 3:15.



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The redneck air conditioner is a great idea. Only thing I see is you really should secure it if in a door car. I've seen the design before but never saw one using a heat exchanger, just ice.


It’s tied down with a couple straps in the car, can’t go anywhere.
Thanks for the feedback y’all!!
 
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