Challenge car no longer has functional AC (came to me that way). I plan on driving it to the challenge and back. Would like AC for the journey.
Can I use a cooler full of ice water and a cheap pump like this http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ultra-quiet-Mini-DC12V-Micro-Brushless-Water-Oil-Pump-Waterproof-Submersibl-E5K6-/272453613852
and two tubes to get cold water to my evaporator and then use the stock fan and vents?
Assuming i'd have to re-ice the cooler about every stop for gas.
The event is back to late Oct this year. Could actually be cold most of the trip.
How much of the original A/C system is broken or missing? It might not be very hard or expensive to just fix it.
Why go that far?
I'd hook up a 12v fan and cut a couple holes in the cooler. One for the fan and the other for a vent pointed at you.
Your idea could work. A cool shirt or cool seat setup (like the one Toyman just made) would be the most efficient way to use your ice water.
This worked awesome in the Abomination last weekend.
I remember a SCC where they did One Lap in a non air conditioned WRX, and they hung a swamp cooler off the side. Never heard of 'em until then.
Apparently you stick water in it, drive down the road, and it throws cool air through the window, or something.
Knurled wrote: I remember a SCC where they did One Lap in a non air conditioned WRX, and they hung a swamp cooler off the side. Never heard of 'em until then. Apparently you stick water in it, drive down the road, and it throws cool air through the window, or something.
Only works if it's not humid though, as it relies on evaporative cooling to chill the air (and it increases humidity).
I can't believe nobody has posted up the picture of the car with the home window shaker and Honda generator on the trunk yet.
I guess not a Honda generator.
I support anything that uses large amounts of ice.
Streetwiseguy wrote: I can't believe nobody has posted up the picture of the car with the home window shaker and Honda generator on the trunk yet.
Hehe well it was my first thought when I saw the thread title 
rslifkin wrote: How much of the original A/C system is broken or missing? It might not be very hard or expensive to just fix it.
I should probably just do this. It's missing an evaporator, and I know from trying to fix it before the pump or pump seals are totally blown (it spits refrigerant like a nitrous priming valve).
I'm assuming the fix would be to find an evaporator, and then redo every single o-ring, if I am lucky. If I am not, then I need to do more than that.
TurboFocus wrote: Why go that far? I'd hook up a 12v fan and cut a couple holes in the cooler. One for the fan and the other for a vent pointed at you.
This could work, was thinking to put cooler in trunk though, making piping more difficult but not impossible.
Toyman01 wrote: This worked awesome in the Abomination last weekend. Cool Seat.
How did i not see that yet? Great work!
Knurled wrote: I remember a SCC where they did One Lap in a non air conditioned WRX, and they hung a swamp cooler off the side. Never heard of 'em until then. Apparently you stick water in it, drive down the road, and it throws cool air through the window, or something.
um, excellent!
Streetwiseguy wrote: I guess not a Honda generator.
I'd have more money tied up in the generator and window unit than I do in the car...
Shoot, I'd let you borrow my spare window air unit just to see that rolling down the road.
Streetwiseguy wrote: I can't believe nobody has posted up the picture of the car with the home window shaker and Honda generator on the trunk yet.
I can't believe no one has said "2-70" yet.
Or. Ya know....
https://youtu.be/1EY7lYRneHc
Find or make one these?
I think make might be easier and cheaper.
What is that!
On the babe rally a few years ago I bought a bag of ice and had the passenger shovel it into the evaporator core with the blower motor on. When the ice melted the water went out the factory drain.
Replace the ice with dry ice and you're onto something that'll work with fantastic results.
Enyar wrote: What is that!
Swamp cooler.
captdownshift wrote: Replace the ice with dry ice and you're onto something that'll work with fantastic results.
Wouldn't that fill the cabin with C02? And wouldn't that be bad?
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