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Bwog noticed a circle of six or so boys standing around a homemade car, which is currently parked on Low plaza. The car is the project of the Columbia Society of Automotive Engineers who will compete in a major race next week in Detroit against 140 other teams.
Members of the SAE stood proudly around their creation and bragged to Bwog that the car goes from 0-60 in 3.5 seconds and can reach a speed of 120 mph. “Though you wouldn’t want to drive it that fast,” one SAEer warned. The car’s not street legal, but the team half-seriously speculated that maybe some fenders and a bumper or two would do the trick.
You can watch videos (thanks to a handy Helmet Cam) of the SAE taking it out for a test drive here and after the jump
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@Specs Anyone know the basic specs on the car? Engine, transmission, weight, etc.
@indeed... honda cbr600 f4i engine. 600 cc with about 90 hp to the road (there is an air intake restriction in this competition). whole car weighs about 500 lbs w/o driver. welded steel chassis. pretty much everything aside from engine/transmission and wheels/tires was designed and built by the team.
@also We are using a mechanical paddle shifter that we developed ourselves as well
@Mikey lol it took a lot of design headaches to make that thing….
@awesome that is awesome.
@... This isn’t the first day I’ve seen the car on the Plaza. Step your game up, Bwog!
@Austin Brauser Send an email to me, Austin Brauser if you want to get involved: ajb2145@columbia.edu, engineers and non-engineers alike are perfectly welcome! Also check out our website, http://www.columbia.edu/cu/sae/index2.html
@envirous cc-er this is awesome!
anybody know how to get involved with these guys next year? can non-engineers get in on this? i miss working on cars back home.
also, bwog please keep us posted on the race results
@The Atom... wasn’t built by college kids…
and the Caparo T1 is cooler still.
@not as cool as the ariel atom:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaWoo82zNUA