Re: Where to buy Freeze spray?
 

Did you mean to have said this? A chalupa is a mexican food. A chiaphua (or CIM) motor is the big black motor (but smaller than it's Fisher-Price cousin) most teams use for drive trains.

EDIT: OK, after a bit of searching, I think I get the joke. FIRST people have a twisted sense of humor. :) From 2002:

Re: Where to buy Freeze spray?
 

Nope! Hairspray is laquer and propellant.

Re: Where to buy Freeze spray?
 

"Freeze It" is the name of a company which makes hair spray. "Freeze-It" is the name of an aerosol product from Fuller Brush Company which is intended to freeze gum or wax for easier removal from fabric. There is also "Freez It" spray by Chemtronics, which is specifically made to cool individual electronic components on a circuit board.

I think the suggestion to use a cool, damp cloth is probably the best for a hot drivetrain motor.

Re: Where to buy Freeze spray?
 

Instead of cooling down the motor like you have been saying. Use some aluminum foil wrapped around the motor works really well for dispensing heat. thats what we did at NJ. we just zip tied the aluminum foil around our cim motor and it worked really well as a heat sink. then you wouldn't need the freeze-it stuff.

Re: Where to buy Freeze spray?
 

For reference, if anyone is looking for cooling spray in the future, we found some "electronic component cooler" at Radio Shack for around $7 a can. Most stores don't stock much, but they will generally have a couple cans.

That being said, we also tried using canned air from an office supply store, and just held it upside-down when we sprayed it. That worked every bit as well, was easier to find, and was (generally) cheaper.

Both products did the job, and were able to cool off some rather toasty Fisher-Price motors during and after long sessions on the practice field and software testing in the pits.