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<blockquote data-quote="BlackBolt9" data-source="post: 14264897" data-attributes="member: 36489"><p>You probably could but I'm not sure why you would. It would be too cold at the start and from talking with people "in the biz" being too cold is just as distracting as being too hot. You want to be at a comfortable temperature to be at your peak performance.</p><p></p><p>FWIW, IMO the MOMO shirt is better at distributing the heat transfer across your body. It uses a large cross section bladder for the water to flow through as opposed to relatively small diameter tubing. As far as the ice box and other associated parts are concerned, I think they are all pretty similar for a sprint race application. I have seen the MOMO box last longer than a CoolShirt box in endurance racing but they are pretty close, say 2-1/2hr vs. 3-1/2hr. That would have been 5 years ago though, CoolShirt may have updated their product since then. No matter what, if you are getting overheated in the car, ANY of them are better than nothing.</p><p></p><p>Just as Dave worked with the CoolShirt guy when it was first developed, I worked with the creators of the MOMO shirt. They originally were designing a system (which we did the testing for) that would electrically cool the water rather than using ice. It was intended for 24hr events where you didn't want to be changing out boxes during pit stops. They did eventually get the system working, but it ended up being so expensive only the really big Rolex teams were using them, so to increase market share they developed their own ice box to work with their shirt, they also intentionally designed their shirt to work with CoolShirt and F.A.S.T. systems since they knew people wouldn't want to buy a whole new system. Anyways, that's the useless trivia from my past <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.momousa.com/store/index.php/racing/advanced-driver-cooling/pro-shirt.html" target="_blank">http://www.momousa.com/store/index.php/racing/advanced-driver-cooling/pro-shirt.html</a></p><p></p><p>EDIT TO ADD: I believe the CoolShirt and F.A.S.T. systems use different connectors at the shirt, so if you want to use a CoolShirt with a F.A.S.T. system, you need to change the connector on the end of the tubing that comes out of the shirt. If you drive other people's cars at all, it's a good idea to have both style fitting with you just in case.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BlackBolt9, post: 14264897, member: 36489"] You probably could but I'm not sure why you would. It would be too cold at the start and from talking with people "in the biz" being too cold is just as distracting as being too hot. You want to be at a comfortable temperature to be at your peak performance. FWIW, IMO the MOMO shirt is better at distributing the heat transfer across your body. It uses a large cross section bladder for the water to flow through as opposed to relatively small diameter tubing. As far as the ice box and other associated parts are concerned, I think they are all pretty similar for a sprint race application. I have seen the MOMO box last longer than a CoolShirt box in endurance racing but they are pretty close, say 2-1/2hr vs. 3-1/2hr. That would have been 5 years ago though, CoolShirt may have updated their product since then. No matter what, if you are getting overheated in the car, ANY of them are better than nothing. Just as Dave worked with the CoolShirt guy when it was first developed, I worked with the creators of the MOMO shirt. They originally were designing a system (which we did the testing for) that would electrically cool the water rather than using ice. It was intended for 24hr events where you didn't want to be changing out boxes during pit stops. They did eventually get the system working, but it ended up being so expensive only the really big Rolex teams were using them, so to increase market share they developed their own ice box to work with their shirt, they also intentionally designed their shirt to work with CoolShirt and F.A.S.T. systems since they knew people wouldn't want to buy a whole new system. Anyways, that's the useless trivia from my past :D [url]http://www.momousa.com/store/index.php/racing/advanced-driver-cooling/pro-shirt.html[/url] EDIT TO ADD: I believe the CoolShirt and F.A.S.T. systems use different connectors at the shirt, so if you want to use a CoolShirt with a F.A.S.T. system, you need to change the connector on the end of the tubing that comes out of the shirt. If you drive other people's cars at all, it's a good idea to have both style fitting with you just in case. [/QUOTE]
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