Does it matter where in the car I place my cool suit cooler? I was worried it would be counted as ballast, and therefore need to be in the pass. footwell area. I would prefer it to be closer to me, where the pass. seat would go. Any thoughts/concerns/advice?

Thanks,
Rob

Rob, provided you haven't rigged up a 20 gallon beer cooler to your cool suit (an obvious attempt to circumvent the rules by having a cooler complete out of proportion to the cooling needs), we don't restrict the placement of the cooler. In fact, you will find some holes in the passenger side floor of your car where I had my cooler mounted last year. [Rob has my old car]

Cooler can be mounted any place. There are no regulations. So in effect is some level of moveable ballast.

I mounted my cooler in the passenger foot well. The reason was that I don't run my cooler all year or even all day. I run it at race time in the summer. So I need the car balanced with it in or out. The way I set up my car I have always noticed a change in balance on full tanks vs empty. However 0-40lbs of ballast in passenger's foot well seems to make little difference in balacne. So I put the cooler there. Easy access, short lines and less change in balance in vs out.