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GTRgeoff Grand Master

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Go with what you have then...gotta keep the teacher happy ;)

Duncan

the extract, for educational purposes only (copyright) is from Race Car Engineering and Mechanics - Paul Van Valkenberg, HP books and is available from http://www.bevenyoung.com.au/prdt393.htm

I can put a bit more res in, but it will be larger. Give me a couple of hours as the other half is wanting me to do a couple of things.

xRHETTx Mentor

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Great post skylinegeoff. Im currently studying 3rd year mech eng and am also interested in getting into race engineering. How did you go about finding more info about getting into the field? Also, can you recommend any other books etc that are worthwhile to read on the topic?

GTRgeoff Grand Master

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repost of images. the rest of the article is very race specific so I have left it out. Seriously recommend buying this text due to the broad nature. Also just good reading.

Rhett

try a search and look through that website I posted for the book. Also look at a mag called Racecar Engineer.

In melb there is Kangan Batman TAFE that runs a tech course in race mechanics as well as race engine building...worth a look. Some of the uni's have automotive engineering undergrad degrees but couldn't help me with a masters in race engineering or any of the other areas I am interested in such as automotive management.

Searching online you will find a fair amount of info as well. There is also a member on the forum who is highly experienced in race car dynamics and engineering, as well as managing a team (if it still operates after PROCAR closed down) but I won't post his details to prevent him getting bombed with questions. He already does enough and if you are truly interested you will be able to deduce his identity, or he will announce it himself, probably as he adds a mountain of relevant info to this thread.

Majanal Grand Master

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Majanal : You wrote somewhere that you have a few suspension goodies... From a non scientific perspective, what sort of difference did good suspension make to your drifting? What difference did the locker make?

Ok, sorry about the slow reply.

I found that the suspension made the car behave in a much more controlable way, I was able to predict what it was going to do, which was sometimes "oops" lol. Made the whole car much nicer to drive and by the end of the day I was pretty much able to link the whole track.

The locker helped also as when I flawed it on the flick back it would spin both wheels instead of just the one and therefore give again more control, sounds backwards I know, but when you have one wheel spinning and one gripping it really sucks, as you have to drag that tyre around with you.

Hope that helps, if not, please feel free to ask specific questions and I'll do my best to answer!

Dan.

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