Archive for January, 2011

• Disassembly

  Posted 11 Jan 2011 in Uncategorized by evierich

  Now that plans have been made for improving the design of the car and parts have been designed, it was time to take the car down to the bare carbon fibre. This however proved to be more difficult than previously anticipated and led to many surprises along the way. Here are some of the things we encountered as we took everything apart.

  • The exhaust pipe could not take the heat of the engine and melted the braising holding it together, leading to a major failure.
  • The engine put out much more heat than expected, which melted many of the wires.
  • Removal of the wide-ban O2 sensor showed significant carbon build up, indicating the engine was running very rich.
  • When removing the oil system we noticed a very black oil and a large amount of engine sludge, the cause of this is still unknown however a broken piston ring is suspected.

  Now that the car has been disassembled the next step is to analyze the results that we found and begin the necessary body modifications to achieve a tighter turning radius and to improve aerodynamics.

  

  

  

  

  
  
  

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