This project involves the design, fabrication, assembly, testing and marketing of a formula-style race car to be entered in a collegiate design competition sponsored by the Society of Automotive Engineers. Nine distinct groups were assigned primary responsibility in the following areas: frame, suspension, drivetrain, steering, braking, engine, manufacturing, body, interior/ergonomics and electrical. Utilizing computer and experimental analyses, the major design goals of each group were simplicity, light weight, aesthetics, manufacturing cost and performance. The vehicle was also designed to have a prototype cost of $11,000 and a selling price of $8,000 based on a 1,000-unit production per year.

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Creator

• Kok, Wing-Hang
• Collins, Brendan Mark
• Zhao, Ken
• Lashua, Christopher Darin
• Steenstra, Clark Edward
• Baran, Michael Paul
• Johnson, Corry Witman
• Cieciuch, John Francis
• Yeh, Hengyu
• Cho, Kenneth Hyun-Jae
• Scott, David Paul
• Ferraro, Anthony Scott

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 00D111M

Advisor

• Rencis, Joseph J.
• Orr, John A.
• Savilonis, Brian James
• Cobb, Eben C.

Year

• 2000

Date created

• 2000-01-01

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Mechanical Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright