Design, Construction, and Testing of the 2008 FSAE Cars Engine

Formula Society of Automotive Engineers (FSAE) is a senior design project for the Minnesota State University, Mankato Automotive Engineering Technology program. The competition is a design competition involving over 120 schools from across the world sponsored by the Society of Automotive Engineers. The students are challenged to research, design, and fabricate an open wheeled racecar. To succeed at the competition, intensive research with clear goals is required. This year, the team\u27s goal was to research and design an engine that is reliable, and easy to drive while maintaining a broad, flat power curve. The engine team primarily researched intake and exhaust system design. The MSU-Mankato research team relied heavily on computer generated and prototype research. Flow bench testing, dynamometer testing, data acquisition and computer generated engine simulation (Dynomation) were all utilized to achieve the design goals of the team