FSAE Car Performance Specs

[Banacek]

Has anyone ever gotten reliable measurements for things like 0-100km/h, braking distances, top speeds for their FSAE car? I've seen alot of numbers thrown about, but never had anyone tell me they got them from some reliable source.

Anyone care to share?

(I'm curious for the sake of developing some promo material for the local racing community)

Banacek

[Banacek]

Has anyone ever gotten reliable measurements for things like 0-100km/h, braking distances, top speeds for their FSAE car? I've seen alot of numbers thrown about, but never had anyone tell me they got them from some reliable source.

Anyone care to share?

(I'm curious for the sake of developing some promo material for the local racing community)

Banacek

[Richard Lewis]

I think you'll find most teams are in the 3.8-4.2 second 0-100km/h times. Top speeds, almost always gearing limited. 200km/h wouldn't be difficult, though the suspension design might make it a bit scary up there.

I'm sure some other teams have more concrete data for their specific cars.

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[Charlie]

Actually, I think few teams know thier 0-60 time accurately. This depends a lot on traction, but I think someone told me analysis of competition acceleration times put Ohio State at 2.97 0-60 time in 2002. Can't confirm it though.

You can check out the R&T article although I think the cars struggled because of track temps and tire temps.

-Charlie Ping
Auburn University FSAE (http://eng.auburn.edu/organizations/SAE/AUFSAE)
5th Overall Detroit 2003
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