We will be updating this thread as we progress throughout the semester to show off our progress.

 

We rebuilt the 2005 car as practice for our new car and so we knew what changes we needed to make in construction and parts.

Cleaning and Preping our F4i Engine




Working on the chassis


Body Work


Fixing wiring job and setting up the ECU


Good view of the Engine and Drive Train


Taking care of all the little details

 

Matt and Greg Tuning Late into the night

Raider Red when were showing off the car


race photos



waiting between SCCA Heats

 

Our initial Chassis Design

Drive Train Drawings

Organization Officers Volunteering at 2009 National Competition, Getting Sponsorship by GM, and Researching Designs

from left to right(Ross(Chief Engineer), Greg(Fabrication Lead),AJ(Chassis Lead),Russ(Drivetrain Lead),Me[Chris(Engine Lead)],Justin(Organization President&Aerodynamics team member)

Tilt Test at Michigan


Our PVC Chassis Mock Up next to the 2005 car as a comparison


One of our main goals this year is to save weight, lower the center of gravity, and improve the aerodynamics

 

Pretty cool... Remind me if I'm ever in Lubbock to bring my F4i and a lot of beer. Maybe I can bribe y'all into some engine work

Question on one of the photos: How were they tuning car? Is there a PCIII on there or did you guys build your own interface / software to the ECU?

 

^ kuro nice lookin dog you got there.

and very nice work man, looks like fun

 

We have a funny tuning set up. Our driver drives around with one laptop while running Zeitronix Data logger. Then they look at that data(Air Fuel Ratio, RPM, and Throttle Position) to tune a Performance Electronics ECU for how long the fuel sprays and the firing angles. Then rinse and repeat until its good enough.

Its a blast especially driving it

 

I miss this. I used to be on Ferris States SAE teams (baja and formula but I was more involved with baja). Good times

 

Hey guy how long did it take yawl to fabricate that custom intake. Because i noticed some of the weilding points and it looks intense. Also how affected is it to your fuel air ratio.

 

That was off the old car so I am not sure. It could be made a lot better, but we have to make custom intakes to fit our restrictor . The restrictor is what affects the fuel air ratio poorly. When we were designing this years intake we noticed that at high revs it really doesn't matter how much throttle you give it, the airflow has already reached its max flow and won't flow anymore.