USYD is finishing up designs, chassis was started today. CNC parts are just starting to be coded, engine dyno jig just about complete, should have motor running on stock manifolds and new ecu mid next week.
Posts: 9 | Location: Sydney | Registered: December 21, 2007
We at monash are making our chassis, we bent roll hoops a month ago and are kicking along nicely. Design was finished on friday and we've been making parts at tafe for the last few weeks. the new engine should be on the dyno in the next week and hopefully start testing in the next few weeks.
We are doing a full car redesign with no parts carrying over from the previous design. We are having to really push hard now because comp has been pushed back the 3 weeks and our target dates are a bit off.
Ash were not going to Phillip island for the hillclimb because we've been getting the new design done and the car isnt ready. Im pretty sure we will be going to Mt Leura next month. Are you guys still on for the island? We had a pretty eventful round at Rob roy we took out 1st and 2nd in class, and i got beaten by a tenth to get second. We had a big off on one of the runs and i got in car footage of it, its a laugh. ill try and get it on youtube in the next few days
I'm glad people are going back to the drawing board as designs were starting to stagnate. This should make for a interesting comp.
We've just converted last years car into "Hill Climb Alpha" mode for the Auckland Hill climb in 2 weeks, by fitted skinny road tyres and f'in great wings, she's a thing of beauty. We're up against a Pikes Peak ready Evo this year. So should be fun.
Austin sounds awesome. Single or twin? Suppose we will all have to wait until December. LOL
Fil, we won’t be heading to the Island either, it was the plan and I had the car ready for it but Brendan and I have both lost interest and lack the time to get it there. Some new kiddies are playing around with the car and have it in a million bits now anyway. God only know if it will ever make it back together again and what crazy invention will emerge from the workshop, if any, towards the end of the year. I’m not going to have much to do with the program this year because at best I have no tolerance for others views, ideas and opinions and will probably frighten off all the newbie’s that make up the whole team now. Haha.
Mt Leura would be pretty good fun, my parents only live about 20mins away, but I’m no longer running the show and aren’t really in the position to dictate what happens with the car anymore. Any tires we have are past the wear indicators and I can’t go and spend the team’s money and jeopardize their project to satisfy my own personal interests, thought about it a few times though. If the car is in a position to be driven it would be great and a good rehearsal for the new guys. Not sure who would be driving the car. I feel that some of these new lads are going to be a bit cowboy, and the idea of them driving a car that me and two other people spent 12months building doesn’t allow me to sleep easy.
Haven’t seen much action as yet but I’m sure that once the new team discover the 28 hour workshop session, four all-nighters a week and forgot about chicks and beer then things will start to make a move and they might just get a car to the competition and learn something along the way.
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Posts: 257 | Location: OZ | Registered: May 22, 2004
Designs are getting polished and parts are starting to get made. Our engine dyno room (read: shipping container) is getting delivered tomorrow. Should be running that within a fortnight.
Chassis manufacture begins as soon as our steel arrives, which is awesome.
Parts are being ordered en-masse in the next 2 weeks. Next week is going to be the start of flat out manufacturing for the build team guys.
In short, it is crunch time here.
It has been difficult getting the team up and running, but we have had heaps of support from the uni staff and admin.
We're having some issues here in Sydney. We've had some decent delays in chassis fabrication due to being unable to source an engine, and we've ultimately decided not to run with an R6 simply so we can finalise the rear end of our car, and get fabrication started.
It's touch and go whether we'll have a car at the competition this year, but it'll definitely be built for a few other events at the end of December/early 09.
hey. Here in ballarat we are trying to get a car going again havnt had one since 06. having trouble with uni for money and support but we are tryn not very far in but we are determined to get it done none the less.
I found out last week that UniSA will not be entering a team this team. They just won't be ready in time. Dissapointing but hopefully they will be back in 2009. I really thought we did well last year and that it could carry on to this years team.
