Car Pics and Introductions

I'm Joe, Team Captain for Ohio State - Baja Buckeyes.

Edited by adrive7 - 2008-Oct-23 at 7:38pm

I'm Dillon, I'm a machinist and welder on the University of Louisville team.

2008 Car  "The Dirty Bird"




Edited by dillon_b12 - 2008-Nov-15 at 11:12am

Dan Zehler-Clarkson team leader
pic is during steering course in Montreal. Looking forward to a fun year!

It's the bus...  of the undead!

Aquateen Master Shake joke

Jeff
University of Michigan Ann Arbor
08-09 Team Captain

I was the one who "totaled" one of our cars at Illinois last year.  I tried to jump all four whoops on the back section of the course but only made it past 3 and hit the fourth, sending me airborne and landing on the rear of the car, messing up my back pretty good. 

I'll try to post some pics soon.

Hey all
Johns Hopkins Baja team here with our 2008 car.
Pics of jump from the Montreal Suspension and Traction Course

Hi, I'm Ihsan from McGill (Montreal). Here are some shots of the McGill MB08.

Tabletop in Orford S&T:


Brake test in Orford:



In the snow race at ULaval (L'Epreuve Du Nord IV) this year, with me at the wheel. 



This year we're fabricating two cars (MB09 and MB10), but the MB09 uses all of the MB08's mechanical bits.

On a side note, I hate these plain Fox Floats. There just isn't enough compression damping for a vehicle this heavy. And these tires are just rubbish (the car pushes badly and gets stuck in the mud).

Around 430 lbs race ready without driver. The front and rear suspension had 5/8" rod ends on every end the CVT guard was a monster (it was fiberglass, but had a 2" wide - I think - steel band all round), and the bearing carrier on the trailing arm was huge (we used the Sportsman 500/700/800 outer CV joint, which was plain huge)... hence the weight, haha.

As far as the compression damping, the Floats could be pumped with pure air, and we ran about 100-120 psi (the recommended setup was 60), but even then the car was bottoming out like crazy off the jumps. I'm trying to find a local Fox service center that can do the shim change for me, which isn't easy (most Quebec riders simply don't use Fox, so there's no real demand for air shocks around here).

Andrew Smock here, University of Arizona Team Leader 06-09.

We built the tank last year at Illinois with the bulletproof chain-driven swingarms.  Our new vehicle is 'dieting' and turning out pretty sweet.

Here are some pics of the 2008 car:






Edited by smock - 2009-Mar-26 at 12:40am

-Anthony Gambardella

Assistant Project lead, UCLA

below is Optimus, the 2008-2009 car:

Well, I bring this back from the dead. I found while googling Peoria Illinois
Anyway, Im Cam, One of the 2010-11 New Mexico Inst of Mining and Technol. Co-Captains
2010 car at Washington rock drawl

and 2010 car hanging out before the endurance race

UFPBaja

you mean 2010 baja no?

Y'all should have taken advantage of the orange and "01" by throwing a roof panel with a confederate flag on it...

What rear tires are those?

Originally posted by jeiB you mean 2010 baja no?

yep sorry, a little early to be unveiling all of our new tricks....

Nice looking cars...

Andrew, is the car missing a driveshaft for the 2010 photo?

Originally posted by asims Originally posted by smock Andrew Smock here, University of Arizona Team Leader 06-09. We built the tank last year at Illinois with the bulletproof chain-driven swingarms.  Our new vehicle is 'dieting' and turning out pretty sweet. Here are some pics of the 2008 car: Since this old thread got brought up, I figured I might as well update it with our new cars, seeing as we've come a long way since the Tank! First, our 2009 car, which weighed more than 200 lbs less than the Tank.  Still heavy, but we actually kept up with the pack: Next, our 2010 car, which weighed 395 lbs and got 3rd place in Design at Washington: Current status: The Tank refuses to die, the 2009 transmission is toast, and 2010 is currently serving as test bed to help our 2011 design.

How was it working with a legendary off-road family? 

Originally posted by asims Originally posted by Red_Beard How was it working with a legendary off-road family? Sorry, not really sure who you're referencing?

The McMillan family

Originally posted by collinskl1 Y'all should have taken advantage of the orange and "01" by throwing a roof panel with a confederate flag on it...

We toyed with the idea of Orange and Black stars and bars or throwing something on the firewall but the brass didn't think it was the hottest idea.

Originally posted by collinskl1 I thought it was a bit distasteful for public display.

Of course it would have been distasteful (seeing Yankees mock the flag of Dixie, that is).  

We had a guy that liked to push the envelope of appropriate/professional a little more than the "fun and good" limits that most of us enjoy.  Among the things he tried to sneak onto the car was a phallic throttle pedal. 

So you don't think it would be appropriate to put one of our sponsors slogans on the side of the car next to their logo:

It's amazing, even that silly orange looks good in HDR ;)