Hi everyone, I am a member of my school’s (UConn) Formula SAE team. This is an organization where we design, build, and race a new car every year against other schools from around the country. Our annual competition is at the Michigan international speedway, where we came in 10th overall and 3rd in endurance last year (despite having our engine blow up during competition). We design almost everything on the car, from the frame to the suspension and more. I personally am on the controls and ergonomics subsystem, and among other things I designed our brake rotors last year to have slotted rotors for the first time
Throughout my 4 years on this team I have learned way more about engineering than I have in my classes, and I was able to get a job lined up after graduation because of this team. In addition to this, I learned a lot about cars and wrenching (some of which has come in handy with my Jeep). As many of you know, kids are learning about cars and working with their hands much less these days, so this club is an invaluable experience.
The car itself is almost a mix between a gokart and a formula one car, I’ll attatch images below. We use an engine from a Yamaha r6 (highly modified) and make about 86 horsepower while weighing ~450lbs plus the driver. It does 0-60 in around 3.4 seconds, and handles so well (especially when you’re used to driving a tj)
I’m posting this because we’re currently in the process of looking for donations. Most of our funding is from donations, most of this goes towards tires as we go through tires very fast and need to drive often to get everything tuned right. They also go towards new tools/machines and parts, and other things such as bringing more members to competition. I figured some of you on here might like to help the future generation of car enthusiasts grow, so if anyone can help out I have posted the link below. All donations are being matched currently, so anything would help greatly
https://givingday.uconn.edu/o/unive...uRz4_nspWoRzHqp_B_IA0YKy5CLXtCxDMDmeWE2ewdXaw
If anyone has any more questions about the car or anything let me know, here’s some pictures (also check out the video on the donate link)
Throughout my 4 years on this team I have learned way more about engineering than I have in my classes, and I was able to get a job lined up after graduation because of this team. In addition to this, I learned a lot about cars and wrenching (some of which has come in handy with my Jeep). As many of you know, kids are learning about cars and working with their hands much less these days, so this club is an invaluable experience.
The car itself is almost a mix between a gokart and a formula one car, I’ll attatch images below. We use an engine from a Yamaha r6 (highly modified) and make about 86 horsepower while weighing ~450lbs plus the driver. It does 0-60 in around 3.4 seconds, and handles so well (especially when you’re used to driving a tj)
I’m posting this because we’re currently in the process of looking for donations. Most of our funding is from donations, most of this goes towards tires as we go through tires very fast and need to drive often to get everything tuned right. They also go towards new tools/machines and parts, and other things such as bringing more members to competition. I figured some of you on here might like to help the future generation of car enthusiasts grow, so if anyone can help out I have posted the link below. All donations are being matched currently, so anything would help greatly
https://givingday.uconn.edu/o/unive...uRz4_nspWoRzHqp_B_IA0YKy5CLXtCxDMDmeWE2ewdXaw
If anyone has any more questions about the car or anything let me know, here’s some pictures (also check out the video on the donate link)
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