Just wondering what automotive taste of the rest of the Formula SAE members was.

SO what do you drive and why?


For me

91 Nissan 300zx Twin Turbo
and
90 Eagle Talon TSi AWD (winter beater)

Reason: if you dident notice i like turbo cars

University of Oklahoma
FSAE Vice President
FSAE Engine Systems Leader

bus (90 cents to get to school)

1990 Honda CRX Si

I put in light-up squirters, a triple deck wing, and two tanks of NAWZ! I can't have my car top out at 140!

Actually, it's a cheap car to own and modify. A good contender in C Street Prepared.

I'd been meaning to start it myself

What I drive:
Fiats...
'78 128 Rally (FSP autox car)
'76 128 Sedan (under resto)
'73 128 Sedan (basket case awaiting resto)
'86 X1/9 (daily driver)
'68 124 Wagon (parts hauler)

The Rally is my autox/hillclimb car. I was prepping it for FSP autox competition until I joined FSAE two years ago. After graduation this year I'll start racing it again.
http://www.mirafiori.com/~courtney/racing/autox/court_autox_rally1.jpg

Why Fiats? A 124 Spider was my first car and I've been into them since. Inexpensive, great engineering, and everyone else seems to drive a lowered Japanese import, so I drive a lowered Italian import

Courtney Waters
UCD Formula SAE

Okay, I'll be a dork and reply right after my team-mate.

'97 Honda Civic CX. Specs=> http://geocities.com/stscxr/stscxr_cx.htm

Campained in Street Touring-S since '99.

Why did I get it? Cause 5 of my past 11 cars were civics and I love 'em (even if to many people do too). And I thought I was going to be doing the hour commute to CSU-Northridge at the time. Besides 42mpg highway and 37mpg on the track ain't bad.

Ian
UC Davis FSAE

"What I drive:
Fiats...
'78 128 Rally (FSP autox car)
'76 128 Sedan (under resto)
'73 128 Sedan (basket case awaiting resto)
'86 X1/9 (daily driver)
'68 124 Wagon (parts hauler)"

wow thats deffinatly an impressive list you have there. Dont think i know anyone with more than you.

I like to see people go against the norm and put their efforts into somthing that not everyone else is doing

University of Oklahoma
FSAE Vice President
FSAE Engine Systems Leader

'93 Ford F-150 Lightning. Everything you need it for: Drag racing, autocrossing, hauling, towing, cruising, showing, and a daily driver.

Cyclone Racing
Iowa State University
Engine Team Leader

i have a 92 civic w/ a 1.8L DOHC VTEC; ITR pistons, cams & con rods, & 75hp N20.

also APEXi N1 suspension, volk wheels, and other stuff.

heres a pic

I auto-x it, but with the engine swap my classification sucks so i dont do it often. I do mostly drag racing w/ a best time of 13.002 at 108.8MPH...maybe thats why im on the engine team for FSAE. from one Honda 4cyl to another..

1965 Chevrolet Malibu (partially completed)
1950 Chevrolet pickup (partially completed)

both made to look good but they're not much use on the track, actually they are worthless on the track.

And the daily driver is the 1986 Pontiac Parisiene (think of your grandpa's big ass boat) and don't ask how to pronounce it, I don't know. This rig gets a whopping 18 mpg on the highway. It can haul six people (comfortably), fit 2 Honda F4 engines, my bicycle and a fat chick in the trunk and still not bottom out.

Any one else have any love for engines with more than 6 cylinders?

Well I can't leave this one alone...

1974 Datsun 260z (Daily Driver)
1972 Datsun 240z (Project)

Gotta love these cars... the 72 has an 82 turbo engine, SDS, NPR I/C, lots of other goodies too. The 74 is getting me through school, and keeping a grin on my face at the same time. Why sacrifice power induced oversteer for a few extra MPG?

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UVIC Formula SAE Team

http://uvic.fsae.ca

Well, being a starving student, I'm limited in what I have

86 Camaro, 2.8 5spd 200HP
89 Daytona, N/A for a winter beater

They're both good on gas, and the Camaro runs 14's on regular......the first time you run a 7000RPM shift with a GM 6-cyl is a little leary. I'm used to it now, and love blowin the doors off of most of the kids who cruise around here.

Kevin Hall
University of Saskatchewan
Engine Guy
www.engr.usask.ca/~formula

full size is the only way to go





...a hoodscoop and side pipes make all the difference

-Adam Reinke
Northern Illinois University

Daily driver and long haul special:

1960 Ford F100
351W HO, 5spd manual w/overdrive, IFS, road race spec torsion bars

This poor beast gets me back and forth between work in Nevada and school in Michigan every three months (Kettering is a coop school). As you can see Michigan hasn't been kind to her. The 2002 version of our car just BARELY fits.

While I'm in Nevada I drive a 78' Datsun 280Z and an 81' 280ZX that function as rally/autocross/commuter cars. I paid $200 for the pair, so between the two I usually have one running.




Travis Slagle
Kettering University Formula SAE

[This message was edited by formula_geek on February 12, 2003 at 01:55 AM.]

Co-op has been good to me....

'94 Toyota Camry
'92 Nissan Sentra SE-R (the fun car)
'01 Honda CBR600F4i (the really fun vehicle)

93 240sx hatchback w/ 96 blacktop sr20det.
-Jeremiah

An 87 Buick Regal Turbo 'T' :





And a usually broken 92 Eagle Talon Tsi AWD.

Eric Wort
UIUC Formula SAE

No car now, but I used to drive a 1989 Geo Metro. 55hp of raw power. It kicked ass.

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Cornell Racing
http://fsae.mae.cornell.edu

I am lucky enough to roll around in a '91 buick riviera, with the fake cloth top (which I had to rivet back on after it peeled off while doing 90 in michigan). I also have the 170,000 mile manumatic transmission, which requires you to hold the pedal to the floor in order to downshift when passing. My car is my main motivation for finishing school. I hate everyone driving a nice car right now. Just so you know.

Matt

Thanks for the complements.

Don't be too jealous, nice cars are high maintenance to go along with the fun factor. Plus, I don't even have the Buick at school anyway... my dad gets to drive it.

She runs mid-12s in street trim and could possibly run high 11s with race fuel and slicks.

Eric Wort
UIUC Formula SAE

I drive a '85 Golf 5-door 1.8 8v Turbo. I'm also waiting for my new ZX-6RR race bike to show up to show up.