{"id":1855,"date":"2024-07-25T15:15:58","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T20:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/?p=1855"},"modified":"2024-07-25T15:22:34","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T20:22:34","slug":"driver-cooling-systems-explained-diy-build-your-own","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/2024\/07\/driver-cooling-systems-explained-diy-build-your-own","title":{"rendered":"Driver Cooling Systems explained + DIY build your own!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Racing-Events\/SCCA-TT-MSR-17-CCW-081223\/i-qXMZZ9M\/0\/NC8JMSqNHW8krZCsFJwPzqsRv9wNqHXJWjNTzp3Gz\/M\/0812-Red-3757-M.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In warmer climates driving a race car on a road course for 10-45 minutes can be taxing in the summer months. In this <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/forums\/forum\/product-details-read-only\/seats-safety-gear\/59213-driver-cooling-systems-let-s-build-a-diy-cooler\">latest article on our forum<\/a><\/strong> we describe the types of Driver Cooling Systems out there, what they do, and differences between the two main types: <strong>Iceless <\/strong>and <strong>Ice Chest based<\/strong> systems. These both have their own Pros and Cons, differing price points, and we give some insight into using and installing both types. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Projects\/Amy-2006-Corvette\/i-fvh5v24\/0\/LJd5gXpLnWtg6TV8CfqBkbhTqNCz37wMTXqrW23TF\/M\/IMG_6083-M.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>In this article <\/strong>we show how to mount the units, how to wire them, where to put the on\/off switch, and even discuss flow controllers for the ice chest based systems. We then talk about a few players in this very small industry, and even show how we made our own mounting tray (twice) and made our own ice chest based cooler, when we couldn&#8217;t get to our normal vendor. So yes, we have a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/forums\/forum\/product-details-read-only\/seats-safety-gear\/59213-driver-cooling-systems-let-s-build-a-diy-cooler?p=59215#post59215\">DIY build your owner cooler section<\/a><\/strong>, which I&#8217;m sure some of you will love. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Racing-Events\/SCCA-TT-ECR-27-CW-071324\/i-Lp3d3Bm\/0\/MkvHb4r6KtHXGgbZvq9wLKSVxw3q4FBcHQbbxqC8W\/M\/IMG_7607-M.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks for reading this little blog post, but don&#8217;t forget there is so much more at <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/forums\/forum\/product-details-read-only\/seats-safety-gear\/59213-driver-cooling-systems-let-s-build-a-diy-cooler\">this article on the Vorshlag forums<\/a><\/strong>. Thanks! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In warmer climates driving a race car on a road course for 10-45 minutes can be taxing in the summer months. In this latest article on our forum we describe the types of Driver Cooling Systems out there, what they &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/2024\/07\/driver-cooling-systems-explained-diy-build-your-own\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1855"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1858,"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1855\/revisions\/1858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}