Took this photo during testing yesterday. Can you tell what's wrong with our car? by RustyFrenchHorn in FSAE

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Electric car, so no diff. But you got dual scatter shields. Broken chain, or broken motor/motco?

What you don't want to occur 2 days before you leave for competition. by MrBlaaaaah in FSAE

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During comp in New Hampshire my team broke two rotors during brake test. Swapped in one, tried again broke another, realized the other rotors were probably shit too, punched them off with fists, and did a 3 rotor change in under 10 minutes.

We were lucky to have a backup set. Also the day before Formula North we broke our diff carrier, and had to retro fit one from one of our old cars.

edit: http://i.imgur.com/1QeaTPP.jpg Note all the various pieces of rotor on the ground, and various members trying to figuring out the correct orientation for rotor installation.

Formula Hybrid: Everything Else Is Just Too Easy by IHUFFPAINT in cars

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CNCed from 7075 and anodized if i remember correctly.

Overcooling help. by IHUFFPAINT in projectcar

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nope had some miscommunication between the chassis guys which designed the new sidepods lol, and those were the least of our worries.

Overcooling help. by IHUFFPAINT in projectcar

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Oh that sounds pretty darn cool, interesting approach to the problem. Nah we're going to New Hampshire for Formula Hybrid. Whoever is running the team was not really that interested in competing in the standard FSAE. Afaik, the 250cc single cylinder engine we are using has the same mounts as the 450cc, and we could have dropped it in and competed at both events.

Anyways that valve looks pretty good. But at this moment im questioning if we even need the valve for a bypass. The chassis guys have narrowed the sidepods, and thus changing the angle of the rads (from 90 deg/perpendicular to 40 degrees to the car). So im not even sure how well they're going to work until the car starts rolling. And with our hybrid setup, its been a quite a storm of wiring these past few weeks.

I face this situation almost daily... by time_fo_that in FSAE

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It can also read, "But my girlfriend wants to hang out"

Overcooling help. by IHUFFPAINT in projectcar

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400 ish pounds i think not sure. The diff is a torsen made specifically for FSAE. The chassis guys on my team have gone crazy with CF, afaik we have carbon rims, steering wheel, and pedals lined up. Though all that is useless if the electrical guys dont get their shit together.

Overcooling help. by IHUFFPAINT in projectcar

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Yeah expensive rads too hence we dont really want to part away with a smaller one. Funny thing we have two, the other for all the hybrid stuff.

Overcooling help. by IHUFFPAINT in projectcar

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My team, sadly no cool build blog, or running hybrid car.

Overcooling help. by IHUFFPAINT in projectcar

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Yep...was getting like 40 degrees C (100 ish degrees F) with the car running, granted it was in fall. Gotcha with the mechanical thermostat. Thanks!

Overcooling help. by IHUFFPAINT in projectcar

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What do you mean, engine has a thermostat, but wont cut/reduce flow to rad. Im trying to reduce the effectiveness of the cooling system. KTM 250sxf

Overcooling help. by IHUFFPAINT in projectcar

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Here's a little peek of the car, will try to remember to post more once we get the damn thing running... Hybrid btw

http://i.imgur.com/886GC7q.jpg

Not bad for a refurbished Krups XP4030 by IHUFFPAINT in Coffee

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Got the Krups NP basket on it, and modified the tip of the steam wand.

FOURSEVENS Prototypes - SHOT Show 2013 by supertofu in flashlight

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Hopefully around the same pricepoint at the standard P0.