User:Atrainorhcc/ENESprojects/MyWorkSAECar

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Write problem/project Goal
The goal of the project is to find out what material is available with the car in its current condition and to what purpose can we use the car. It's possible that HCC could form their own SAE team, but I don't believe we can enter with work done by a previous school.

Here are the SAE Formula Rules for 2013 for possible ideas for future purposes.

SAE Formula 2013

My First Task
My first task will be to begin brainstorming ideas either on how to make the SAE car more fuel efficient, or on  how to increase the power and speed of the SAE car.

Summary of actual work over first weekend
Over the first weekend I thought of a very general idea on how to improve the power and speed of the SAE car. With the car's current setup, there is one wheel in the back and it is this wheel that all of the engine's power is given to. My idea is to find a way to distribute the engine's power to the front two wheels, thereby completely eliminating the strain from the engine on the back wheel and evenly distributing the engine strain amongst two wheels instead of one.

Week1 Narrative
The first week was used to take measurements of the car's dimensions. Below are said measurements.

Front of car to back of car: 135 in.

Distance between front wheels (outside to outside): 33 in.

Radius of wheels: 9 in.

Very back of car to the end of the engine bay: 55 in.

Roll bar (length): 29 in.

Back wheel to roll bar: 23 in.

Roll bar to chassy: 22 in.

Bend in chassy to rear wheel: 22 in.

Front axle to chassy bend: 54 in.

Roll bar (width): 22 in.

Nose (width): 7 in.

Back end (width): 5 in.

My Second Task
My second task will be to look into what the SAE competition is really about.

Summary of actual work over second weekend
I learned a lot about the SAE car competition over the weekend. Rather then try to explain it, here is the link to the site that explained it to me.

SAE car competition

Week2 Narrative
This week I began looking in depth at the problems I will face over the course of this project relating to the physical car itself. The first and most important problem I will face with this project is that the engine does not work. At first there was no fuel, so I thought this was why the engine would not start, but after replacing the fuel the engine still would not start. The next thing I noticed was that there is no battery in the car, which is a problem, but the engine still should be able to start without the battery because I am manually starting it. The next part of the engine I moved on to is the spark plug. After looking at it I can see that it is rusted and will not be able to produce any sparks. While it is more than likely that there are other problems with the engine, I don't need to go any further with problem analysis because I can't find the other problems until the engine starts, and I can't start the engine until the spark plugs are replaced.

My Third task
Over the weekend my task is to begin familiarizing myself with the engine in the car.

Summary of actual work over third weekend
Here are a few sights that talk about the car's engine.

Briggs and Stratton

Model 093432-1036-E1 Detail

Week3 Narrative
This week I began working on updating the wikiversity team page and gathering as much information as I can to help out the next team. I also was working with the rest of my team to try and come to a consensus on where to go next with the project

My Fourth task
My fourth and final task is to finalize the wikiversity page and make it so that the team who proceeds me will be able to start the project at a much more favorable place than I did.

Summary of actual work over fourth weekend
How is what you did different than what you planned?

Week4 Narrative
Tell a detailed story describing what you did for your team over the weekend.

Complete Team Page
Team page