Rear Wheel Adaptor

We also modeled the rear wheel adaptor required to mount a new wheel on the motorcycle. Material struggles have delayed fabrication, but that should be resolved soon now that we have prices. CAD models of the frame are still being worked on, but should be completed by the time materials are acquired.

     This last week we have run into some material supply problems that have really held us back, however this has now been resolved and we should be able to pick up our metal this week! Thanks to Summit Steel, inc. in Huntington Beach! Now we can look forward to fabricating the jig and moving on to the frame.

On Thursday, the team started to disassemble the donor motorcycle. The pictures can be seen on this post. The mounting points on the engine were determine and any reusable parts were assessed such as, electrical, wheels, etc. It was determined that a rear wheel adapter would be needed in order to use a different rear wheel other than the one of the donor bike. Also since the engine is going to be moving around and engine brace would be needed to hold the engine in place when its moved. For this week, the team is to model a rear wheel adapter and also the engine brace.

 

 

Reality Strikes (Revised PDS and Gant)

Well after a school filled summer the project was hit with major setbacks. The funding for the project pretty much evaporated so the official project needed to be updated. The project is now to produce a rolling chassis only. Pretty much what you'd expect to receive if you purchased a kit car from a vendor. Another setback that occurred was the school does not have the equipment to bend the tubing we had in mind. After looking in to the cost of dies for the schools bender i decided to purchase a bender. That way the project does not have to stop or slow down once the semester is over. A big thanks to our sponsor Castro Motorsport for providing the funding. We will be working together to also design a roll cage for their new LS7 powered BMW e46 M3 race car.