UARC07 First Shakedown

[Brett Neale]

Hey all,

You may have noticed the pics disappearing from the other thread, but now we have something even nicer for you to see...

We conducted our first shakedown today at Pooraka Minibike Track! After a small problem with a clutch cable, we got on track in the afternoon and bedded in bearings and such. It was such a relief to get this thing on the road with no problems (touch wood!).

Enjoy the pics! The last one actually reminds me of some of Helsinki's testing pics...

http://www.maj.com/gallery/brettneale/Formula-SAE/2007-09-18-Pooraka/cimg1287.jpg
http://www.maj.com/gallery/brettneale/Formula-SAE/2007-09-18-Pooraka/cimg1291.jpg
http://www.maj.com/gallery/brettneale/Formula-SAE/2007-09-18-Pooraka/cimg1307.jpg
http://www.maj.com/gallery/brettneale/Formula-SAE/2007-09-18-Pooraka/cimg1308.jpg

[Brett Neale]

Hey all,

You may have noticed the pics disappearing from the other thread, but now we have something even nicer for you to see...

We conducted our first shakedown today at Pooraka Minibike Track! After a small problem with a clutch cable, we got on track in the afternoon and bedded in bearings and such. It was such a relief to get this thing on the road with no problems (touch wood!).

Enjoy the pics! The last one actually reminds me of some of Helsinki's testing pics...

http://www.maj.com/gallery/brettneale/Formula-SAE/2007-09-18-Pooraka/cimg1287.jpg
http://www.maj.com/gallery/brettneale/Formula-SAE/2007-09-18-Pooraka/cimg1291.jpg
http://www.maj.com/gallery/brettneale/Formula-SAE/2007-09-18-Pooraka/cimg1307.jpg
http://www.maj.com/gallery/brettneale/Formula-SAE/2007-09-18-Pooraka/cimg1308.jpg

[LukieSpookie]

Awesome!!!!

[oz_olly]

Well done guys, I am extremely jealous of you. You must have made a tremendous effort to get a car running by now. If it all goes well for you I think Adelaide will be a team to watch out for this year. I also like your engine mounts and attachment of rear suspension it looks awesome.

Cheers

Olly

ACME Racing
UNSW@ADFA

[schmason]

lookin great guys! thats a huge effort to go driving this early in the year, definatly the team to watch this year at FSAE-A

Adam Mason
UWA Motorsport 07

[MalcolmG]

that's nice work to be running this early. The car looks very small compared to last year as well, a lot less overhang at the front (I hate overhang!). After last year's performance, I'd say it looks like you'll have a shot at getting on the podium this year

[Brett Neale]

Thanks for the comments guys! Don't worry, we still have heaps of work ahead of us...

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by MalcolmG:
The car looks very small compared to last year as well, a lot less overhang at the front (I hate overhang!). </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Yeh it's much smaller than UARC06 - same wheelbase, a little smaller front and rear tracks, but overall the car will be about 400mm shorter (including nosecone). We've gained about 5% rear weight bias over last year's car too.

[Cherian Thomas]

UARC06 was running on the 31st of August. Of course, we didn't run for two weeks after that, but point remains - these '07 guys are slipping!

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[Brett Neale]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Cherian Thomas:
UARC06 was running on the 31st of August. Of course, we didn't run for two weeks after that, but point remains - these '07 guys are slipping!

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He's right... we're behind! Oh well we're probably in about the same position as last year's team at the moment anyway. Damn exams will eat into testing time in a few weeks!

[MoparMan]

Good stuff guys!! Looks great!! Looks like RMIT and UWA will be encountering some stiff competition. Best of luck with your testing guys!!