Viking 35 is Alive

[James Waltman]

Viking 35 is Alive

We got our car out today for a little drive. It was the first time, so we were gentle. We made some compromises to get it going. (We were running carbs instead of the turbo EFI engine that is still on the engine dyno.) We should be able to sort out a few things and start wailing on it in a few weeks. Thanks to the guys at the University of Washington for letting us hang out with them at their lot. Thanks to everyone who has helped us make it this far.

Right now it weighs 435 pounds wet (197kg). We still have body work to add and lots of weight to remove.

A few disclaimers before the pics:
We won't have so many zip ties in the final version.
There will be some body work.
The wiring and plumbing will get cleaned up.
The massive oil leak will get fixed.


http://dot.etec.wwu.edu/fsae/SharedPictures/First%20Drive%20V35/DSC04835.JPG

http://dot.etec.wwu.edu/fsae/SharedPictures/First%20Drive%20V35/DSC04812.JPG
Oil leak was minor.

http://dot.etec.wwu.edu/fsae/SharedPictures/First%20Drive%20V35/DSC04842.JPG
Viking 35 on the left with Viking 26 on the right


http://dot.etec.wwu.edu/fsae/SharedPictures/First%20Drive%20V35/DSC04840.JPG
Viking 26 on the left and Viking 35 on the right

http://dot.etec.wwu.edu/fsae/SharedPictures/First%20Drive%20V35/DSC04853.JPG
Viking 24 and 26 on the trailer and Viking 35 in front.

Video #1 (http://dot.etec.wwu.edu/fsae/SharedPictures/First%20Drive%20V35/MOV04807.MPG)

Video #2 (http://dot.etec.wwu.edu/fsae/SharedPictures/First%20Drive%20V35/MOV04811.MPG)


More pictures are on the website.

James Waltman
http://dot.etec.wwu.edu/fsae/
Vehicle Research Institute at
Western Washington University

[James Waltman]

Viking 35 is Alive

We got our car out today for a little drive. It was the first time, so we were gentle. We made some compromises to get it going. (We were running carbs instead of the turbo EFI engine that is still on the engine dyno.) We should be able to sort out a few things and start wailing on it in a few weeks. Thanks to the guys at the University of Washington for letting us hang out with them at their lot. Thanks to everyone who has helped us make it this far.

Right now it weighs 435 pounds wet (197kg). We still have body work to add and lots of weight to remove.

A few disclaimers before the pics:
We won't have so many zip ties in the final version.
There will be some body work.
The wiring and plumbing will get cleaned up.
The massive oil leak will get fixed.


http://dot.etec.wwu.edu/fsae/SharedPictures/First%20Drive%20V35/DSC04835.JPG

http://dot.etec.wwu.edu/fsae/SharedPictures/First%20Drive%20V35/DSC04812.JPG
Oil leak was minor.

http://dot.etec.wwu.edu/fsae/SharedPictures/First%20Drive%20V35/DSC04842.JPG
Viking 35 on the left with Viking 26 on the right


http://dot.etec.wwu.edu/fsae/SharedPictures/First%20Drive%20V35/DSC04840.JPG
Viking 26 on the left and Viking 35 on the right

http://dot.etec.wwu.edu/fsae/SharedPictures/First%20Drive%20V35/DSC04853.JPG
Viking 24 and 26 on the trailer and Viking 35 in front.

Video #1 (http://dot.etec.wwu.edu/fsae/SharedPictures/First%20Drive%20V35/MOV04807.MPG)

Video #2 (http://dot.etec.wwu.edu/fsae/SharedPictures/First%20Drive%20V35/MOV04811.MPG)


More pictures are on the website.

James Waltman
http://dot.etec.wwu.edu/fsae/
Vehicle Research Institute at
Western Washington University

[jack]

after working on something so long, and then finally seeing it drive around is...kinda weird really...im just so used to looking at it sitting on a stand...

as far as im concerned body work just adds weight...http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

thanks for the help UW

jack @ WWU
http://www.etec.wwu.edu/

[sticks]

Congratulations on the launch guys. Looking good and looking forward to seeing it compete!

[Lacy Lodmell]

I'll add my congrats as well, and hope to see the ol' girl in person in a couple weeks. I imagine ya'll are in good company, as CU prolly rolled their new monster out today (if they're on schedule).

Edit: Never mind that last statement, I just read the SAE 2004 thread, and CU did put wheels to ice on 1 February. Don't mind me, I'm just a little slow.

Lacy Lodmell
Vandals Racing 2003
University of Idaho FSAE

[Denny Trimble]

First drives are awesome, I can't wait to see our new car roll out the first time. But, that will be another month or so.

Congrats WWU! I hope to see V35 rippin' around the track soon. You'll like having a diff for once http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

University of Washington Formula SAE ('98, '99, '03, '04)

[TheShagg]

Hey, on that car with the v8, how much horsepower/torque did it make? Got a curve i can look at?

[D. Knight]

Great work guys! Looks like a quite a few team s are shooting for "frist run" dates in early Feb. Pitt's car, #69, will be making her first run this weekend. Wish you the best of luck.

Don't worry about the oil leak, makes for good driver training http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[Michael Jones]

We did do just that. 5am Sunday, 5 degree F icy donut. I'm trying to get a picture up, but my web server space is all sorts of pooched for some reason, and the picture kind of sucks anyway. I'm sure better ones will emerge as people catch up on their sleep.

Congrats to WWU on the run. Nice to have it done early, isn't it! Of course, would be better here if it wasn't going to snow 6-8 inches tomorrow. Freaking weather here reminds me of why I want to return to the Pacific Northwest. I can deal with 8 months of temperate rain, no problems. Oh well. Four more months. That's it. http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

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Michael Jones
Coordinator, Student Project Teams, College of Engineering

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

[Travis Garrison]

"Done" might be pusing it Michael http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif But its an awsome feeling to see the beast finally move...

Travis Garrison
WWU FSAE

[Michael Jones]

Done is certainly pushing it if the Viking 35 is anything like ours. There's at least three things I can think of that should be replaced ASAP, and we just started compiling our "sketchy list" of crap that needs to disappear. Did that formally back in 2002, and there was about 43 items on the list. And the ARG02 was the best we've done.

With respect to refinements and optimization, the road goes on forever, the party never ends.

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Michael Jones
Coordinator, Student Project Teams, College of Engineering

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