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by moy
Sat May 06, 2017 7:16 pm
Forum: Share Your Project
Topic: San Jose State's 2017 FSAE Car
Replies: 6
Views: 15252

Re: San Jose State's 2017 FSAE Car

DTA Gareth wrote:might have to nab some of those photos for our FB feed.
are you only racing in the states? or are you coming over the pond in july?
Sure, feel free to use any of them.

We will only be racing here in the US; Michigan next week and Nebraska at the end of June.
by moy
Wed May 03, 2017 4:32 pm
Forum: Share Your Project
Topic: San Jose State's 2017 FSAE Car
Replies: 6
Views: 15252

Re: San Jose State's 2017 FSAE Car

Neat project but i'm really not liking the wings front or rear! Aren't these cars artificially strangled by regulations so power is capped and wasting what you have on massive drag inducers seems counter productive? Can't comment on the aesthetics, you either like it or you don't. It took me a whil...
by moy
Tue May 02, 2017 6:02 pm
Forum: Share Your Project
Topic: San Jose State's 2017 FSAE Car
Replies: 6
Views: 15252

San Jose State's 2017 FSAE Car

I wanted to share the Formula SAE car I have been working on for the past 9 months for San Jose State University's team. The engine is a 675cc 2013 Triumph Street Triple. We are using an S100 for engine control and to control our pneumatic shifting. We are also using an STC to control our Bosch elec...
by moy
Tue Mar 29, 2016 8:34 pm
Forum: Share Your Project
Topic: Drive Dundee Formula Student Car
Replies: 27
Views: 30254

Re: Drive Dundee Formula Student Car

Not without violating the rules. It says something like "all air must pass through the restrictor..." Of course the next question is how would they know if there is a vacuum leak that some sneaky person(s) neglected to fix and managed to tune around. I guess at that point every team has to...
by moy
Mon Mar 28, 2016 9:37 pm
Forum: Share Your Project
Topic: Drive Dundee Formula Student Car
Replies: 27
Views: 30254

Re: Drive Dundee Formula Student Car

As others have mentioned it seems to be an intake leak somewhere. You have to fix that before any more tuning can happen. The restrictor itself won't cause it to run poorly. Once everything is closer to being tuned it should start and idle well. We've been running S80s and now S100s on our f4is for ...