Video: Our car running- KTM 525 Single cylinder

[Kyle Roggenkamp]

Hello all,

We got the KTM 525 running the other night, thought I'd put a link up to it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsm5C1VIO4c

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W39eKMXrHU4

not quite the same sound as what most here are used to hearinghttp://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

Is anyone else running this motor this year?

[Kyle Roggenkamp]

Hello all,

We got the KTM 525 running the other night, thought I'd put a link up to it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsm5C1VIO4c

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W39eKMXrHU4

not quite the same sound as what most here are used to hearinghttp://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

Is anyone else running this motor this year?

[A Richards]

Yep heard that sound a few times before..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFz-k_aSpEo

Wait until you put a massive plenum on it and she won't idle or sound anything like that.

[J Hibbert]

Yep, we've been running it for 3 or 4 years now at Carleton. Done a few homemade tweaks to it though http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_razz.gif

[Kyle Roggenkamp]

nice, how does it perform compared to an inline 4? We're looking forward to getting this car finished so we can compare it to our 06 car, which ran an F4i.

[TMichaels]

Just beeing the devil's advocate:
No fire extinguisher, holding the fuel tank by hand on top of the engine...suicide?

Regards,

Tobi

[J Hibbert]

I've never really seen another car run with an inline 4, but I can tell you that it'll vibrate like mad (actually broke engine mounts back in 06).

[Kyle Roggenkamp]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by TMichaels:
Just beeing the devil's advocate:
No fire extinguisher, holding the fuel tank by hand on top of the engine...suicide?

Regards,

Tobi </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Yeah, that's not how we're planning on running it. We're actually planning to have the fuel cell sit in the drivers lap. That way if a fire does start, it will be on his fire proof suit and he'll be able to pat it out with one hand. Kind of a no-brainer.

J Hibbert:
You're right, they really do vibrate like mad- we built some pretty robust mounts, so we're hoping to avoid that problem... we'll see!

[billywight]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Yeah, that's not how we're planning on running it. We're actually planning to have the fuel cell sit in the drivers lap. That way if a fire does start, it will be on his fire proof suit and he'll be able to pat it out with one hand. Kind of a no-brainer. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Nice.

[TMichaels]

Ask one of KTH drivers how he feels now about fire in FSAE cars. You wouldn't make jokes about it anymore.

Regards,

Tobi