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Not really looked at this thread since graduating but since i've been away there are some interesting points being raised again that i think have been discussed earlier but anyway just to reply with...

Never had a problem with either of the davies craig models (ewp or ebp) the ewp uses several times the power though. If you spend tme carefully designing your cooling system, the ebp is fine for an...

we did it this year, but with a single cylinder where it made the car shorter. The benefits of doing it with a 4 cylinder are obviously that the exhaust is in a much more convenient place (i think...

Sorry Ian, I may not be there as I have now "retired" the new team will be there and am sure will give you any advice you need (they're testing tomorrow too as a final shakedown, I'll ask them to do...

The time lost on shifts is factored to the spread of your gears: our 2004 car was a cbr600 geared to over 130mph in top. In a forced clutchless shift, there is a visible point where the drivers head...

Brunel was weighing in with an immense 30ish bhp from a standard yamaha wr450 for Formula student and FSAE italia. despite the red bull sponsored graz missile car having over 90bhp and a well trained...

I chased this up with the powers that be (cos one of our guys worked at the UK budweiser factory) and the response from formula student management was that it was fine, so long as we didn't bring any...

This was a pukka event, really relaxed atmosphere, the coolest sight of the weekend was all 12 teams heading off for the events (2km away) behind the safety car, all snaking to get heat in the tires!...

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Ford UK used to make a Transit van with a two row core (common tanks but effectively two cores) and for a given core frontal area, the transit 2x19mm core performed better than the aston martin 42mm...

They'd get a good CNC program and knock them out in about a tenth of the time. Can your students machine an upright in half an hour? because that is 10x what is possible with a good CNC mill and...

Yeah they had a quality example of this at the Greek rally this weekend just gone... they converted the Olympic stadium into a track http://www.acropolisrally.gr/en/show.php?cat_id=57&page_id=590

Yamaha makes 1 WR450 for each bike that pops off the production line. Therefore there are only enough engines for bikes they intend to sell. Therefore you can't just get a single direct from Yamaha...

sounds like what we plan to do - a few are road tripping with the car taking in as many "race" sites as possible en route (nurburgring, reims, monaco, stelvio pass etc) the rest are ryan air-ing it...

spot on post Geoff, that sums up what the presentation judge (Richard Brown) told us at the Formula Student seminar a few months back. His presentation covering what he wants is here...

Are any of the participating teams listed anywhere? What are the other 3 UK teams, and how are they getting there (if any of them are reading this?)

Oh and Moke there is actually a book that lists sponsors other than the phone book. The marketing department at our university has a big book that lists all major companies charitable giving. Can't...

Check with all your members to see if any have previously worked at a potential sponsor, or if your members have any friends / family / other useful contacts in related industries that may be able to...

yep. And one of his buddies that came down here in January / February was of the same opinion. Which opinions were you not so keen on?

If you believe Renault F1 engine engineers, then the 20mm restrictor is not a restrictor and 120BHP from a naturally aspirated R6 / F4 is feasible. It requires a lot of work though.

Great reading discussing a lot of the theories behind our (RMIT & Delft influenced) switch to a smaller, lighter formula student car.

denny, you questioned which teams use the 16" LeConts: we've...

flow rate from the mechanical pump depends on your system coolant pressure drop and engine rpm... you'll get cavitation and other funky stuff at various flow rates you need a graph that i doubt...

we're on 16 hour days already to get a car in time for the comp, let alone Rockingham. We got badly stiched up with our chassis amongst other things. We'll take what we have though to get it...

A while back I heard a rumor that Formula Student was moving to the Rockingham speedway possibly for 2006 (i think i've mentioned this in a post before)..... not sure how the track would be laid out...

Cheers guys, we didn't think the speeds would require it, but it's reassuring to have it confirmed by others