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Venom_5 · 12-09-2007, 01:18 AM

Contrary to popular belief, I don't just check the ToyotaNation forums and jerk off all day!

I figured I should finally show you what I've been doing with my life lately (aside from going to class and all that college crap):

just to clarify - im not in any of these pictures (but i definitely do my share of work!)

ill update this thread with more pictures as the school year progresses

P.S. - here is last year's car:

it has a body panel to cover the front, but we were too lazy to put it on

***CharmCityES*** · 12-09-2007, 01:48 AM

thats freaking sweet!
all we do in T TEN toyota class is destroy toyota provided vehicles all day....not as much fun as building yur own vehicle from scratch!
whats the powerplant on one of these?

Venom_5 · 12-09-2007, 02:44 AM

this year (as well as the last 2 years, or so) we're using a Honda CBR600F4 converted to fuel injection ...

the block on the table is actuall the CBR600 F4i, which is basically what our custom conversion makes it into...

its for Formula SAE ... so we're required to use a 600cc (or less) 4-stroke engine ... i'd rather them use a Suzuki GSXR600, but oh well ... we also have to run a 20mm restrictor on the air intake, so we have had to dumb down the engine internals to compensate for such little air flow, but most teams that dyno their cars end up around 80hp (which isnt bad considering our car is ~500 lbs, but good teams are as low as ~375lbs)

we're thinking about turbocharging it, but that probably wont happen until next year (ive been pushing them towards doing it, but a lot of the guys arent familiar with it, so they are iffy about it) - plus it already goes 0-60 in around 3 seconds and none of us are man enough to top it out

bigbird · 12-09-2007, 10:36 AM

nice man

that looks liek alot of fun. that reminds me of highschool

cept we had to build in the other direction, electric and endurance.

***DAMON*** · 12-09-2007, 11:40 AM

cool, Ill send these over to my cousin at michigan tech, maybe it will help with their build

j/k, looks like fun. I checked out their cars (this year and last year) a month or so ago, must be a fun build up.

felonyr301 · 12-09-2007, 12:47 PM

"hybrid jerk off device" wtf?!?

Venom_5 · 12-09-2007, 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by bigbird

nice man

that looks liek alot of fun. that reminds me of highschool

cept we had to build in the other direction, electric and endurance.

yeah, we compete in a Skid Pad, Autocross, Acceleration & Braking, and Endurance competition .... as well as all that boring stuff like Design, Business Presentations, blahblah (since Ford & GM will be there

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Originally Posted by dysk8forlife

cool, Ill send these over to my cousin at michigan tech, maybe it will help with their build

j/k, looks like fun. I checked out their cars (this year and last year) a month or so ago, must be a fun build up.

coming to a Detroit near you (May 2008)!

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Originally Posted by felonyr301

"hybrid jerk off device" wtf?!?

im wondering the same thing myself

95WhiteCamry · 12-09-2007, 07:39 PM

cool! i'm good friends with a girl at the FASE group at my university. Go Bears!

they used a gixxer (gsxr r6) engine last years, the thing kicked ass!

bigbird · 12-09-2007, 09:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Venom_5

yeah, we compete in a Skid Pad, Autocross, Acceleration & Braking, and Endurance competition .... as well as all that boring stuff like Design, Business Presentations, blahblah (since Ford & GM will be there

)

thats awesome

. all we did was do endurance races...and its was a time tiral more than a race. wed sit and listen to the car as it softly hummed by ever 10 mins or so

but me being in charge of body design resulted in us having the least amount of drag and resistance

to bad out batterys died early and we lost bigtime

***Eye8Pussies*** · 12-09-2007, 11:46 PM

looks like a shitload of fun

Venom_5 · 12-10-2007, 07:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Eye8Pussies

looks like a shitload of fun

indeed .... i have to say that the most fun so far was mandrel-bending the front roll-hoop, main roll-hoop, and harness bar (they have deemed me the specialist on mandrel-bending, so i got to do all those)

WhiteRabbit · 12-10-2007, 02:12 PM

thinking doing this next year for my school at Texas =)

Venom_5 · 12-10-2007, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by WhiteRabbit

thinking doing this next year for my school at Texas =)

do it! then next year you'll see me @ the Competition in Detroit

WhiteRabbit · 12-10-2007, 02:57 PM

when does it start? the beginning of fall?

Venom_5 · 12-11-2007, 01:03 AM

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Originally Posted by WhiteRabbit

when does it start? the beginning of fall?

depends on your school ... we build all year long in preparation for the competition in May

some schools will build two cars at a time or whatever, since there is also a competition in the Winter in VA (less popular, the one in Detroit has been the biggest and oldest)

we also allow people to join the team whenever since its only a 4-year old program @ our school, so we need more people to help build ... some schools that have huge million-dollar programs have application processes and crap