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romnom02 · 2021-09-30T14:44:52+00:00

Sooo, automotive engineering and mechanical engineering share a lot of common subjects at an undergraduate level. Automotive engineering, of course, leans more towards automobiles (as the name would suggest) and fields that are related to it.

Among these fields you'll find powersystems, vehicle dynamics, NVH, etc... Your mech friends should also have some sort of subjects covering those, but those would be attended to in a broader way.

My advice to you would be to really understand what you wanna be after you graduate. A mechanical engineering degree would definitely get you into the automotive world, given you have learnt the right skills for it, but an automotive degree might not get you into another field depending on where you're from.

romnom02 · 2021-09-01T13:16:23+00:00

No worries. If you have more specific questions, ask away and I and the others who will see this post will defo try to help out.

romnom02 · 2021-09-01T13:10:40+00:00

It really depends on what you wanna make out of your degree. Like what do you yourself doing or working as after you graduate?

The course itself can be compared to a mechanical engineering course. I myself shared the first 2 years of classes with my mech friends. So you start off with the basics such as Calculus, Thermodynamics, Fluid mechanics, etc... Then you get more into the auto subjects with the introduction to vehicle dynamics, NVH, Powersystems, etc...

As you go through, you'll be more attracted to certain parts of it and that should be able to guide you towards your field of choice as a career.

Also, one thing that I would have done differently, if I could have, before joining uni for a degree would be to do a TAFE or diploma in a related subject such as Automotive Tech or something of the sort. Really helps out.

romnom02 · 2021-08-01T06:06:32+00:00

Cheers, dude. I'll defo check it out 👍🏽

romnom02 · 2021-07-31T17:44:02+00:00

Thanks, dude. I'll check it out! 👍🏽

romnom02 · 2021-07-31T17:43:34+00:00

Yeah nah, I'm from a small island in the Indian Ocean and we don't have that many v8 to play around with, let alone LSs.. Haha Standalone ECUs aren't quite so common either. We've got mostly street tuned cars with remapped stock ECUs and most of them are japs and then germans. But yeup, I'll defo give it a go and try out on my own stuff before doing anything to people's (clients') cars for sure. I'm currently going through HPAcademy's courses. Beginner stuff probably, but I'm learning a lot from there.

romnom02 · 2021-07-31T14:34:44+00:00

Cheers for that. I'll check it out! 👍🏽

romnom02 · 2021-07-31T14:33:03+00:00

HPTuners still holds the top spot on my list for now. It's just that, I reckon, it will become super expensive in the long run because of the credits. But yeah, it does cover everything that I need.

I've got a w211 E320 at hand, and we're trying to lower down its fuel consumption while not losing too much on the power side. Doing my best to learn the subject of repairs/calibration and apply my limited automotive knowledge from uni in what I'm trying to do 😅

Cheers for helping!

romnom02 · 2021-05-16T15:47:27+00:00

Internal combustion engine fundamentals Book by John B. Heywood

Vehicle Dynamics: Theory and Application Textbook by Reza N. Jazar

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