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Formula SAE @ MIS


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So here are some of the other pics from the race weekend, like I said, there were some badass cars there. UC did very well, had problems on Friday w/ autox (which cost us poll position for enduro), accel (short drag race), and skidpad (think small tight figure 8's) due to power loss from over restricting the muffler (sound issues). They took the restriction out and increased the tailpipe length to get the sound down to passing levels (< 110dBa) and open the exhaust up, which brought back all the power that was lost the day before. Doing so made the team fast again for Enduro (20 lap race of 22km) and resulted in the 5th fastest endurance time, bringing the team to an overall finish of 10th place. (Based on our times, doing some benchracing math, if we had not had the problems, we probably would have finished 4th or 5th overall.)

 

Article that Winding Road made about the event (not highly accurate, but good informative read none-the-less)

http://news.windingroad.com/motorsports/formula-sae-championship-like-racing-in-the-%e2%80%9860s/

 

Anyways enough of the talk, on too the cool stuff...

 

http://evilengineering.com/gallery/d/24845-2/IMG_4136.JPG

Overall event winner UWA (western australia)

http://evilengineering.com/gallery/d/24854-2/IMG_4626.JPG

http://evilengineering.com/gallery/d/24905-2/IMG_5379.JPG

http://evilengineering.com/gallery/d/24773-2/IMG_3882.JPG

Stuttgart (Germany) finished 2nd overall

http://evilengineering.com/gallery/d/24776-2/IMG_3957.JPG

http://evilengineering.com/gallery/d/24779-2/IMG_4021.JPG

Wisconsin was the top finishing US team with an overall 4th place finish

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http://evilengineering.com/gallery/d/24850-2/IMG_4307.JPG

http://evilengineering.com/gallery/d/24859-2/IMG_4642.JPG

http://evilengineering.com/gallery/d/24889-2/IMG_4967.JPG

Clemson car said "OM NOM NOM NOM"

http://evilengineering.com/gallery/d/24895-2/IMG_5179.JPG

http://evilengineering.com/gallery/d/24901-2/IMG_5238.JPG

http://bucchi.smugmug.com/photos/298482321_JN7UB-L.jpg

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http://bucchi.smugmug.com/photos/298479957_bKwmx-L.jpg

http://bucchi.smugmug.com/photos/298507666_Efexw-L.jpg

http://lh6.ggpht.com/racingmaniac/SDHgPis-S2I/AAAAAAAAAKI/Z-NLb3eHgWg/OthersFSAE_019.JPG?imgmax=640

http://lh3.ggpht.com/racingmaniac/SDHgNys-SzI/AAAAAAAAAJw/2tfjvFbPO00/OthersFSAE_016.JPG?imgmax=640

http://lh3.ggpht.com/racingmaniac/SDHgQys-S5I/AAAAAAAAAKg/CYDAniq6uQ8/OthersFSAE_022.JPG?imgmax=640

http://lh5.ggpht.com/racingmaniac/SDHgXSs-TFI/AAAAAAAAAMA/wVaEhtNTAlM/OthersFSAE_034.JPG?imgmax=640

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http://lh6.ggpht.com/racingmaniac/SDHglis-ThI/AAAAAAAAAPk/QNHpVrx9H1s/OthersFSAE_062.JPG?imgmax=640

http://lh3.ggpht.com/racingmaniac/SDHg0ys-T6I/AAAAAAAAASw/jW4tld3fzRQ/OthersFSAE_083.JPG?imgmax=640

http://lh3.ggpht.com/racingmaniac/SDHg7ys-UHI/AAAAAAAAAUY/4ZzjJNvfASQ/OthersFSAE_096.JPG?imgmax=640

probably the most badass looking car was the Red Bull sponsored TU Graz (Italy)

http://lh4.ggpht.com/racingmaniac/SDHg-Cs-UMI/AAAAAAAAAVA/KQItV6qj6uE/OthersFSAE_101.JPG?imgmax=640

http://lh6.ggpht.com/racingmaniac/SDHhCis-UVI/AAAAAAAAAWI/gb1wokwFtPg/OthersFSAE_110.JPG?imgmax=640

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c142/tviper2005/FSAE2008/IMG_1113.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c142/tviper2005/FSAE2008/IMG_1023.jpg

 

Links to tons more pictures (and where these came from)...

http://picasaweb.google.com/racingmaniac/FormulaSAE2008

http://bucchi.smugmug.com/FSAE%20AT%20MIS

http://evilengineering.com/gallery/v/SAE/FSAE/FSAE08/

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How much does it cost to build one of those things???

 

the budget varies, and you can tell it by the look of the cars...

 

'theoretically' you should be able to build one in the $15k range. However, the actual build cost of these cars is much higher. Some teams spend around $25k, and TU Graz w/ full Red Bull Racing sponsorship has been heard of spending well over the 6 figure mark... Our 2007 car had around $70k in it, if you include full price for parts we bought from sponsors, full price for machined parts, donated parts/machine time/equipment, and dont even get me started if you include labor price.

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