Ignore what andrewd said, i think he's mis-remembering (top bloke though). I was the engine leader in 2007, and i still mostly remember the details.
Yes, we do make 100 N.m, but only on maximum...
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Type: Posts; User: Pete M
Ignore what andrewd said, i think he's mis-remembering (top bloke though). I was the engine leader in 2007, and i still mostly remember the details.
Yes, we do make 100 N.m, but only on maximum...
Ha, thanks Kai. I'd probably say i know a thing or two about how not to run a project. 3 years of mistakes. http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif
Honestly i find it rather hard...
I wasn't on the team this year but i believe wollongong was like early september planned, 1 week before comp actual, and came 9th. That is, they knew they needed to leave lots of time for testing and...
Engine flywheels are more about trading off tolerable engine vibration (F1 very different to your mum's street car), ease of launching (hard to launch with less inertia), and lesser inertia to...
No offence mate, but that just means you didn't budget an appropriate amount of time for fixing problems. Assuming everything will go smoothly and all your designs will work is an extremely common...
Look at rules minimum hairpin turns for enduro and autocross and add some margin of safety.
An interesting comp with a lot of failures. I imagine a lot of lessons will be taken away from this comp and hopefully we'll see a more reliable field next year. Bonus points go to UWA for...
Hey, at least it's light. I'd be a bit worried about its torque capacity though.
Yep, another year of development. Some big changes this year, but still turbo.
I've never understood why it was illegal. If you're allowed to change suspension springs, why aren't you allowed to change sprockets? Changing gearing to suit a track is extremely common in...
As VFR said, one of the main problems is a clutch lever that doesn't allow the clutch to engage. With your clutch leaver in its released position, check that there is slight free play in the clutch...
Not on this year's team, but wollongong is definitely building a car (sadly the word is still "building" not "driving").
This will be my first comp as a spectator, should be fun.
There have been a few threads on this topic and much good advice has been given.
Basic summary is that compensation tables are there for a reason, and the ones like AT and ET are basically...
I'd say think about what happens when the driver lifts off the throttle completely and you get engine braking.
Assuming 100% VE is a rather broken assumption, even if you have a 4 cyl. And the less cylinders you have, the worse an assumption it'll be. The VE you end up with will depend heavily on your intake...
For fuel, ambient corrections are fairly easy to make up. You get fairly close with ideal gas assumptions. We usually then fine tune the temperature one (with a turbo it's easy, manifold temp rockets...
Yep, Wollongong is also building a bus this year. Whether they take it overseas or not will depend heavily on the financial situation.
One of our failures years ago (2003 i believe) was the pressure relief falling out of the block into the sump due to them using a modified relief with the stock sump on the dyno. Minced the big ends...
I second the strength of the hondas. Only parts we've ever really got to break are pistons and one shifter fork and both were under rather unusual conditions (heh, heh, no comment). We've seen:
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