Monday, May 01, 2006

It has been Submitted!


Yups...its Finally have been submitted!!...After 9 agonising Months of research, thinking, deciding, arguing, selecting, calculating, typing and binding..It is now have been RESEARCHED, THOUGHT, DECIDED, ARGUED, SELECTED, CALCULATED, TYPED, PRINTED and BINDED, as at 2.35pm today...it has been SUBMITTED...A little bit relief really...but it was a good report I've ever written so far...


THe report is about ENGINE DEVELOPMENT and TESTING for the ASTON UNIVERSITY's Formula Student Team, where this year the team wanted a new set of engine that is very light weight, not as noisy as the previous engine, reliable and also produce more power than before to win the Formula Student race this JULY. So ...me...yours faithfully... took the challenge and got 3 engines for the team to choose and we ruled out to one particular Engine....it is the SMART 600cc Engine manufactured by Mercedes Benz.


Since the regulation of the race ruled out that no standard turbo is allowed to be fitted to the engine, I have another challenge to face, it is to find a suitable non-standard turbo to be fitted into the engine!..And yups..I've chosen some considerate amount of turbos..and we took the best package that a turbo manufacturer can offer us... It was the GT12 Garrett turbo... Garrett turbo was kind enough to sponsor us with the turbo and also some technical help from them..


The selection and matching process involves intensive analytical analysis which needs to calculate and speculate the behaviour of the turbocharged engine and from the design stage...it does looks very good and our team will win the reliability endurance race.


For the time being, the pictures are the new cars and the characteristics of the engine data cant be shown or discussed any further as the car has not being launched by the team. Therefore, just have to wait in JUNE when the car is officially launched!!....as for me...My project was a success and it was one a GREAT enjoying roller coaster ride upon completion of the project....


Now...its my Final Exams...and just a small sigh of relief!!..heheheheh...





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