I knew someone on the Auburn team from a few years back, I will not post his name but he told me the team received a good bit of assistance tuning the MoTec ECU from a motorcycle shop. Yes your team wins but at what cost? And who is really building these cars? I seem to doubt schools like Cornell (they always do very well) have any students that are competent welders.
Whoever told you that about Auburn was completely wrong. We never had any assistance in tuning. We had a sponsor that donated us engines, they were a salvage yard and not a tuning shop. I can't comment on other schools, but we also did all our own welding. All our welders came to the team without welding skills and they just had to learn (some of them left being damn good!). I suspect the same can happen at other schools.
the same absolutely happens at others schools. i can vouche for UCR 2009. those kids knew very little about building a FSAE car but did it. IT WAS AWESOME. they EVERYTHING them selves. but lets not forget 1982NJH "knew someone a few years back". sure dude.
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Formula SAE is a joke. Big schools get plenty of money and technical support from outside sources to make the cars the best. EFi tuners doing the programming on a ECU like MoTec, chassis experts basically design and set-up the car, etc... Most entries lie about the amount of money spent and claim students did the work when they merely watched! If a car is winning you can be pretty sure the students had very little or nothing to do with it.
I am going to leave your comment but I will point out how incorrect it is. I know at Auburn we did 100% of our engine tuning, including patching together a makeshift dyno so that it was even possible. All our parts were designed by students in our office, with no outside help from specialists. All set up work was done by students again, with not even any consulting from experts in this area... We had to read books to figure this stuff out for ourselves.
dude its still funa s hell putting em together adn racing them and beign part of a team in the end its all good even if you do not win. but when you do its even better
Buddy, I don't know who told you that pot of crap, but maybe you should get your facts straight before you say stuff like that. The only specialist we have are the students. We do everything! Every weld, every bit of carbon fiber, and even our traction control and launch system was designed and built by us. How about you come down to Auburn and see for yourself.
I normally don't comment but some people are astoundingly pestimistic. You may have come from a school that didn't do well or not even in FSAE but there may be some teams that do that but 99% don't. I come from a school that consistantly finishes in the top 15 and do everything ourselves. We work hard, late nights, and learn so we can improve and keep doing well.
On a sufficiently twisty course, a smaller car is always faster. The FSAE cars are usually between 400 and 500 pounds without the driver, so it's not hard to beat them with a 100-pound vehicle on a very twisty course.
my dad races these:) i build engines for these:) good video sir!
iloveloosey101 1 year ago
So who is allowed to actually race these after theyre built? does every one get a shot? or is it voted?
4B11T 2 years ago
The best drivers that helped build the car. The people that build them are engineering students in the program at the respective university.
HellBilly02 2 years ago
ive got a feeling that cal poly slo is going to be in the running for a win this year...
cyberbob102 2 years ago
I'm part of this competition in 2011
qctheoryqc 2 years ago
UMR @ 2:34 - F'ing sweet.
sonicemotion 3 years ago
we'll see you guys there =)
specracer29 4 years ago
I knew someone on the Auburn team from a few years back, I will not post his name but he told me the team received a good bit of assistance tuning the MoTec ECU from a motorcycle shop. Yes your team wins but at what cost? And who is really building these cars? I seem to doubt schools like Cornell (they always do very well) have any students that are competent welders.
1982NJH 4 years ago
Whoever told you that about Auburn was completely wrong. We never had any assistance in tuning. We had a sponsor that donated us engines, they were a salvage yard and not a tuning shop. I can't comment on other schools, but we also did all our own welding. All our welders came to the team without welding skills and they just had to learn (some of them left being damn good!). I suspect the same can happen at other schools.
CPMaverick 4 years ago 2
the same absolutely happens at others schools. i can vouche for UCR 2009. those kids knew very little about building a FSAE car but did it. IT WAS AWESOME. they EVERYTHING them selves. but lets not forget 1982NJH "knew someone a few years back". sure dude.
qtrombley 2 years ago
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Formula SAE is a joke. Big schools get plenty of money and technical support from outside sources to make the cars the best. EFi tuners doing the programming on a ECU like MoTec, chassis experts basically design and set-up the car, etc... Most entries lie about the amount of money spent and claim students did the work when they merely watched! If a car is winning you can be pretty sure the students had very little or nothing to do with it.
1982NJH 4 years ago
I am going to leave your comment but I will point out how incorrect it is. I know at Auburn we did 100% of our engine tuning, including patching together a makeshift dyno so that it was even possible. All our parts were designed by students in our office, with no outside help from specialists. All set up work was done by students again, with not even any consulting from experts in this area... We had to read books to figure this stuff out for ourselves.
CPMaverick 4 years ago 2
dude its still funa s hell putting em together adn racing them and beign part of a team in the end its all good even if you do not win. but when you do its even better
SMACKTARDS 4 years ago
The auburn 07 car does 0-60 in 3.2 sec
specracer29 4 years ago
that's less than 4 secs on 75m accel event.. are you kidding??
TheHL2Master 4 years ago
Buddy, I don't know who told you that pot of crap, but maybe you should get your facts straight before you say stuff like that. The only specialist we have are the students. We do everything! Every weld, every bit of carbon fiber, and even our traction control and launch system was designed and built by us. How about you come down to Auburn and see for yourself.
specracer29 4 years ago
I normally don't comment but some people are astoundingly pestimistic. You may have come from a school that didn't do well or not even in FSAE but there may be some teams that do that but 99% don't. I come from a school that consistantly finishes in the top 15 and do everything ourselves. We work hard, late nights, and learn so we can improve and keep doing well.
mcgingm 3 years ago
That silver and purple winged car is from the University of Missouri - Rolla
rrawpi 5 years ago
wow. That silver and purple winged car was amazing.
aerochris1 5 years ago
i wonder if a shifter cart would ceep up with one of these things
FORDGTFANATIC 5 years ago
on a relatively slow autocross circuit, a shifter cart would be faster
mat355 5 years ago
On a sufficiently twisty course, a smaller car is always faster. The FSAE cars are usually between 400 and 500 pounds without the driver, so it's not hard to beat them with a 100-pound vehicle on a very twisty course.
lithiumdeuteride 5 years ago
Loving your work, guys.
Even better with a bit of Franz in the background.
colinUSM 5 years ago
A couple must sees in this video: UMR on 2 wheels, and Auburn passing Texas A&M while sliding about 90 degrees sideways!
CPMaverick 5 years ago