Fuel "cool can"

[voltdr]

I read that as saying the external cooling, ice packs and towels laying on the engine must be removed. I remenber seeing the ziplock bag in the staging lanes with ice meling in them..
Dan

[MR DERBY CITY]

Trust me, you can still run a cool can....OR, Throw 3 pieces of dry ice in the fuel cell in the staging lanes and call it a day....Ed Wright, THANK YOU for your reply , heard through the grapevine your jr. Stocker was bad AZZ....

[Plyguy63]

Originally Posted by Chevy55

I guess this rule pretty much made cool cans obsolete.

General Regulations Section 21, page 5

Fuel/Air:
Any method of artificially cooling or heating fuel prohibited (i.e., cool cans,
Freon, wet rags, etc.), except as noted in Class Requirements. Cool cans,
wet towels, etc. are permitted in Super Stock, Stock, Super Comp, Super
Gas, Super Street, and E.T. classes. Wet towels, rags, ice, etc. must be
removed before vehicle leaves staging area. Coolers, chillers, etc., where
permitted by class requirements, are prohibited outside of the
competitor’s pit. Ambient-temperature air only; cooling or otherwise
changing the conditions of the intake air is prohibited. Spraying of intake
with any artificial spray or coolant prohibited.

Are there guys cooling fuel before adding to the fuel cell? Illegal? No cool can but cooler fuel?

[MR DERBY CITY]

Originally Posted by Plyguy63

Are there guys cooling fuel before adding to the fuel cell? Illegal? No cool can but cooler fuel?

If you come to Indy and watch class elims you can see what goes on....

[Coleydog]

Personally, unless you can't make the index or running a heads up race, it's a waste of time. That's what the dial in is for, the more complicated it's made, the more chance of mistakes. Have it there if needed like all the other little tricks.
Mike

[Ed Wright]

Personally never seen anybody do any of that for anything but class or heads up.

[HR9121]

Didn't the Emmons boys dump dry ice in the fuel cell last year before the heads up with Mr Larry somewhere?

[Ed Wright]

They do not want any water in the staging lanes. Most use ice before the staging lanes.
Go to Indy, watch what goes on just before the end of the staging lanes. Last time there, they parked me on the left side, maybe 50' before the end of the staging lanes. Lots of guys storing their chillers, ice & sprayers by my motor home. I felt very fortunate when the gentleman parked me there.
Dry Ice is all most will take up there. Last time there I had bags of crushed dry ice on my Intake. Ron Terrel still handed me my ***.

[Dave Gantz]

Other than a cool can, I was taught to dump 5 or 10 gallons of water through the system (In the upper hose, and out the therm housing, no stat), of a hot engine. (That was good until I got to the semi's and final's and they started rushing me.) It was a heads up or record thing, but I stubbornly did it even bracket racing, lol. That practice was also disallowed, I think mostly, also because of the water that could drip off the engine while staging, etc.

[Jeff Stout]

Originally Posted by Chevy55

I guess this rule pretty much made cool cans obsolete.

General Regulations Section 21, page 5

Fuel/Air:
Any method of artificially cooling or heating fuel prohibited (i.e., cool cans,
Freon, wet rags, etc.), except as noted in Class Requirements. Cool cans,
wet towels, etc. are permitted in Super Stock, Stock, Super Comp, Super
Gas, Super Street, and E.T. classes. Wet towels, rags, ice, etc. must be
removed before vehicle leaves staging area. Coolers, chillers, etc., where
permitted by class requirements, are prohibited outside of the
competitor’s pit. Ambient-temperature air only; cooling or otherwise
changing the conditions of the intake air is prohibited. Spraying of intake
with any artificial spray or coolant prohibited.

Just thinking out loud with the last part of this rule. Wouldn't cooling the hood or any party of the air that doesn't have fuel in it be illegal? Cooling the intake would be a grey area as your changing the air temperature or are you cooling the fuel?