Just a quick introduction to our team, Patina Racing. We're a family-run, grassroots team running our 1991 E30, aka "Sabine" that we've owned and raced for the last two years in NASA's SE30, ST6, and TREC4 classes. We started a Facebook page and YouTube channel to chronicle our adventures, show what it takes to own, race, and maintain one of these older cars, and share some projects we have in-store.
We've been lurking on the forum for a long time and wanted to say a big thank you to everyone who posts their projects. Those posts have given us a lot of great ideas so we wanted to give back to the community by posting our videos, pics, etc. here on the build forum, on our FB page, and YT channel that, hopefully, will give someone ideas for their projects. If you like what you see, please consider liking, sharing, commenting, and subscribing.
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-Life's too short to drive boring cars!
Nice lookin' car! TTU? ST4? Seriously? Is that pic at VIR?
In reply to jimgood :
TTU was an inside joke but we did run ST4 for one race to help fill the field and turn some laps. We now run SE30, ST6, TREC4. The pic was from NCM in Bowling Green. We're in Nashville so we run NCM a bunch.
In reply to cpatersontn :
All paddocks start to look the same after a while. 
I ran in ST6 up until year before last in an E36 with NASA Mid-A. Rules changes pushed that car into ST5 where it wouldn't have been competive without significant outlay of cash so I moved on to something else.
We’re planning to start weekly(ish) video drops and Facebook/Instagram/GRM posts every Thursday morning. Subscribe, follow, and hit that reminder bell so you don’t miss anything!
This week, we will be starting a multi-part series on driver cooling. Stay tuned so you can be part of the cool crowd! 
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This week's video drop is Part 1 in a multi-part series on driver cooling where we show our current set-up.
Part 1 How to Run with the Cool Crowd
Super-sized drink thermos for longer events:
Attachment point for our drink tube to helmet connection:
Drink tube attached to helmet:
Camelbak squeeze attachment routed inside our helmet for hydration:
Helmet cooling NACA ducts on driver side polycarbonate window:
Helmet cooling hoses:
Helmet cooling blower...skookum as frig
Hollow aluminum pipe runs through the Cool Shirt thermos/cooler to supercharge the cool air:
Cool Shirt connectors on driver side:
NO DUMB AREA....hard to do sometimes because, well, race driver :):
This week's video drop is Part 2 in a multi-part series on driver cooling where we walk through the design process to concept, design, prototype, and install these 3D prints that we'll test at our next race in a few weeks.
Driver Cooling Part 2 link
Many, many.....many 3D printed parts. We print these on a Creality CR-6 Max printer and used PETG this time as PETG has a slightly higher melt temp than other common 3D materials like PLA. We then coated all of the parts in a 2-part clear epoxy for a little added heat resistance protection.
Links to all of these parts from Part 1 and Part 2 are in the YouTube description
Door vent print:
Door vent installed:
Dry ice concept cooling parts:
Dry ice prototypes installed:
Helmet cooling prints:
Hose end of the helmet cooling adapter....now with magnets!
Cooling air hoses attached to harness straps:
....and then, hopefully, blows under our helmets:
