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[EIMARace 2011] Jasin Tiger Onboard
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Onboard video of the Jasin Tiger race car during the EIMARAce 2011
[EIMARace 2011] Taylor's Racing Team Report
The team has just gone through an exhilarating weekend in which we have all learned many lessons. EimaRace 2011 has proven to be a great challenge and opportunity for our team to grow even stronger.
We started the first raceday at an overall position of 28th place. Unfortunately, after some test we suffered from mechanical failure to the rear A-arms and has worked through the night to remedy it. With the arms fixed the next morning, we tackled the maneuvering & acceleration tests to end up at the 6th place.
Regretfully, during the qualifying rounds, the car suffered from further mechanical failures and could not proceed to the final race.
As aforementioned, we have learned a great deal from our design flaws and other things. Now, we look forward, as a team and will work hard to improve and produce an even better vehicle for next year’s race! Not to mention, the FSAE race in Australia as well!
And with that, we hope to leave with the message: We’ll be back!
[Perodua Eco-Challenge 2011] Paultan's Review
Friday, July 1, 2011
UPDATE: Full gallery added after the jump.
Politeknik Ungku Omar has won the 2011 Perodua Eco Challenge, held over the weekend at Melaka International Motorsports Circuit (MIMC). The team from Ipoh managed to squeeze 24.07 km from just half a litre of Petronas Primax 95 Xtra petrol, beating closest challengers Universiti Industri Selangor (Unisel, 19.1 km) and Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM, 17.42 km).
PUO took home RM20,000 cash for their efforts, while Unisel and USM won RM10,000 and RM5,000 respectively. In the Engineering category, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) took home RM15,000 for bagging the top place ahead of USM and Universiti Kuala Lumpur-Malaysia Spanish Institute.
In the minor “Design and Participation” category, Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP) took home RM5,000 as the chosen team. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) and UTM were second and third.
In the previous two editions, USM took top honors in the automatic category, so they should be a little disappointed at not meeting their “25 km and above target”. They were banking on their ace card, which is cylinder deactivation for the supplied 660 cc three-pot engine. Their simple looking 370 kg machine ran on only one cylinder full time, logical since this “race” doesn’t require much power or speed.
By the way, this year’s PEC is a much tougher challenge, as teams were only given one engine and one (manual) gearbox, as opposed to a complete car in previous years. This means that instead of just stripping and modifying Vivas, students have to also work on chassis and bodywork. And because of this extra work, the seed money given to each team has increased from last year’s RM10k to RM17,500. Also, instead of one litre, they now have to squeeze miles out of 0.5 litres of fuel.
The winning team’s lean machine on skinny tyres relied on measures such as a fuel tank that’s “ngam ngam” in size, with minimal space for air and a very lean 22:1 air fuel ratio, according to team leader Mohd Azmi.
Each team had their own focus – the Universiti Tenaga Nasional (Uniten, last year’s M/T winner) team worked hard on CFD, and were proud of their car’s 35:65 weight distribution, enthusiastic second year Mechanical Engineering student Tan Win Yew told me.
Another team that mentioned “good handling” was Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM), whose car had all round double wishbone suspension and 40:60 weight distribution. The logic is that a car that can corner well and relatively fast can maintain momentum by minimising the need to brake.
Some other things caught the eye of yours truly. This year’s grid had a female driver in the small frame of Nur Effarini. The pint sized final year Mechanical Engineering student weighs just 45 kg, in contrast with the big guy driving for PUO. She should have weighed even less after the race, as the UTM car was stuck on the steaming grid for quite some time due to an electrical glitch (according to a team member). It started in the end, and they went home with smiles and cash.
Another eye catcher was the “Lotus Elise” of UKM. In contrast with the skeleton look of rivals, they wanted to do a “body that can be commercialised”, which according to them was part of the original regulations, including closed wheels. Apparently, the rules changed, but they stuck to the plan. The batik cabin is questionable, but it’s not easy to fabricate that body in a short time. But because of the extra weight, they were never really in contention.
Another looker for me is the “Caterham style” white Unisel car with orange stripes. Tanjung Malim based Politeknik Sultan Azlan Shah had the most outrageous looking car on the grid. Their hot rod style “classic car concept” didn’t look too lightweight and aerodynamic, though.
The Perodua Eco Challenge is one of the more unique CR initiatives in town, challenging student minds and allowing them an outlet to experiment, and be hands on in practising what they learn from books. Congratulations to the winning teams, see you again next year in Melaka!
[EIMARace 2011] Presentation Session Mark
Here the mark for EIMARace 2011 presentation session held on 22nd and 23rd Jun 2011.
Total mark for this section are 400 mark.
| NO. | TEAM NAME | MARKS |
| 1 | JASIN TIGER | 321 |
| 2 | B.R.S IKBNT RACING TEAM | 314 |
| 3 | CHEMBONG AUTOMOTIVE RACING TEAM (C.A.R.T) | 314 |
| 4 | PSP Fox | 314 |
| 5 | UNIMAP Automotive Racing Team (UniART) | 306 |
| 6 | AK1 RACING TEAM | 302 |
| 7 | PSP Thunder | 298 |
| 8 | Perwira 1 | 297 |
| 9 | UMP Runner Team | 296 |
| 10 | IKBN KP TUNE | 293 |
| 11 | JASIN COBRA | 287 |
| 12 | DUSUN TUA MOTORSPORT DEVELOPMENT TEAM (DTMDT) | 283 |
| 13 | AMPTeC Racing Team | 282 |
| 14 | Perwira 2 | 280 |
| 15 | MIRI SPEEDSTERS | 271 |
| 16 | ISLAND BACK RACING TEAM | 270 |
| 17 | G2 PUTRA TSYA | 260 |
| 18 | IKMAL TEAM | 259 |
| 19 | Bachok Racing Team | 257 |
| 20 | G3 PUTRA TSYA | 256 |
| 21 | IKMAL 22011 | 256 |
| 22 | TEAM PJB | 253 |
| 23 | UTM-PSA | 251 |
| 24 | KLIUC Racing Team | 250 |
| 25 | BESERI INNOVATION MOTORSPORT (BIMs) | 250 |
| 26 | Besut Innovation Racing Team (BIRT) | 249 |
| 27 | BESERI AUTOTECH MOTORSPORT (BAMs) | 245 |
| 28 | Taylor’s Racing Team | 240 |
| 29 | AutoSAS 2 | 236 |
| 30 | Apontez B PKB Racing Team | 231 |
| 31 | GIATMARA Garage Racing | 230 |
| 32 | ADVANCE TECH TEAM | 229 |
| 33 | CATS Racing Team | 229 |
| 34 | BANDAR BAHARU RACING TEAM | 219 |
| 35 | QUANTUM IKBNT RACING TEAM | 219 |
| 36 | PUO KILLING STROKE | 217 |
| 37 | Apontez A PKB Racing Team | 211 |
| 38 | KOLEJ KOMUNITI JEMPOL RACING TEAM (KKJNS RACING TEAM) | 196 |
| 39 | SALAK XPLORER | 189 |
| 40 | Kolej Kemahiran Tinggi MARA Ledang | 187 |
| 41 | IKM SP Racing Team | 183 |
| 42 | IKMJB RACING TEAM | 142 |
UTeM's Perodua Eco-Challenge 2011
Perodua's increasingly prominent Eco-Challenge competition has been renewed for a third installment this year, with 13 institutions selected for participation. Out of 27 private and public institutes of higher learning invited to submit proposals for this year's event, Perodua received responses from 23.
As before, participating universities have five months to prepare a car that can go the furthest distance on precisely half a litre of petrol. The difference this time, however, is that Perodua is giving only an engine and transmission rather than a whole car as they did in previous iterations. Each of the participating institutes received a unit of the 659cc EF-VE engine mated to a manual transmission.
This change in parameters has no doubt increased the overall difficulty level of the challenge, but Perodua has also resolved to help out in other ways. The development grant given to each institutes of higher learning has been raised from RM10,000 to RM17,500, and the handover period has been brought forward by a month, giving the teams that much additional time to prepare. Perodua's allocation for this programme adds up to RM1.2 million for 2011.
Currently featured in the Perodua Viva 660BX and 660EX, the three-cylinder EF-VE features 12 valves, twin camshafts, and DVVT. In the Viva, it makes 47hp @ 7,200rpm and 58Nm @ 4,400rpm. If lessons from the previous years were any indication, we expect more than a few participants to de-tune the engine way below those modest figures.
One potentially major stumbling block for the participating institutions will be the task of designing and building the car's body and framework. Although the finished product will not be pushed in a rigourous manner, there remains the need for a study framework to underpin the car. This is first and foremost a safety concern, and Perodua engineers will make their expertise available to guide the students in building a sufficiently solid chassis for the competition.
Tentatively, the race day will take place once again at the Melaka International Motorsports Circuit on 25 June 2011. Participation in this programme represents an excellent opportunity for students to hone not only their engineering skills and knowledge, but also various other soft skills such as teamwork, leadership, negotiation skills, and responsibility.
Participating institutions of higher learning for the Perodua Eco-Challenge 2011 are as follows:
- Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)
- Universiti Kuala Lumpur (UniKL)
- Politeknik Sultan Azlan Shah (PSAS)
- Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP)
- Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)
- Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
- Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP)
- Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN)
- Universiti Industri Selangor (UNISEL)
- Politeknik Ungku Omar (PUO)
- Politeknik Port Dickson (POLIPD)
- Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)
- Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM)
This year, UTeM are participate in this event with a team named UTeM Eco-Tech and will compete against other institutions of higher learning. Go UTeM, best of luck!
Made in Gaza: Formula 1-style car
Saturday, June 18, 2011
In the world of motorsport, it is usually all about big engines and big money.
But a group of students from United Nations Relief and Works Agency's (UNRWA) Khan Younis Training Center (KYTC) in Gaza has created a Formula 1-style racing car from scratch, out of recycled parts.
Because of the Israeli blockade on Gaza, most of the parts for the car had to be manufactured at the centre's workshop.
Proof that a little improvisation can go a long way - they have been invited to compete at this year's prestigious Formula Student competition, organised by the Institution for Mechanical Engineers.
Al Jazeera's Nadim Baba has more on Gaza's first ever racing car.
[IPMARace 2011] Final Result
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Overall Champion "Most Outstanding Team"
Best Design & Innovation
1st - IKM Jasin - Jasin Tiger
2nd - KKTM Masjid Tanah
3rd - KKTM Kemaman
Race Event
1st - IKM Tan Sri Ahmad Yahya
2nd - IKM Jasin - Jasin Cobra
3rd - IKM Jasin - Jasin Tiger
Overall Champion "Most Outstanding Team"
IKM Tan Sri Ahmad Yahya
[IPMARace 2011] The has started!
Friday, June 10, 2011
IPMARace 2011 has started....Less sleep, too much pressure....but the best place to nap...well inside the machine itself!
[IPMARace 2011] Start your engine!
Thursday, June 9, 2011
IPMARace has started today. Lets support this event!
[Formula Student] The future of F1?
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Entrants score points in each discipline across all categories, so the race is not all about speed; the eventual winner will need to have excelled across all areas. Formula Student is seen as one of the best "laboratories" for future F1 technologies. In fact 16 Class 1A cars will race in July, 13 of which will be electric, with organisers asking whether it raises the spectre of F1 "going electric".
"The electric cars in our Class 1A are now as fast, if not faster, than the petrol cars as the technology catches up," said a Formula Student spokesman. "The petrol car class will be merged with Class 1A next year." The students working on the cars are, say the organisers, future F1 technical directors and chief engineers, a factor recognised by the series' patron Ross Brawn, and James Allison, technical director at Lotus Renault GP, who is ambassador to the event this year.The organisers say they will soon announce an F1 "legend" who will attend the event, following in the footsteps of Damon Hill and David Coulthard.
[source: telegraph.co.uk]
by: David William
The biggest ever Formula Student competition will be staged at Silverstone this summer, attracting engineering talent from all over the globe. The aim is for students to design and build their own single-seater that must meet a raft of exacting technical, design, speed, endurance and environmental criteria.
The biggest ever Formula Student competition will be staged at Silverstone this summer, attracting engineering talent from all over the globe. The aim is for students to design and build their own single-seater that must meet a raft of exacting technical, design, speed, endurance and environmental criteria.
More than 131 teams have already applied to take part in the event scheduled for July 14-17, but the organisers anticipate that the demanding entry conditions will see this whittled down to a list of about 110 teams who will finally compete at Silverstone the week after the British Grand Prix. About 60 per cent of competitors will come from the UK, with other teams flying in from Australia, Germany, Palestine, Nigeria, the US, India and Thailand. Formula Student 2011 will feature the event's highest number of low-carbon cars thus far, taking part in its Class 1A, which assesses cars on their emission levels and sustainability as much as their design and speed.
Entrants score points in each discipline across all categories, so the race is not all about speed; the eventual winner will need to have excelled across all areas. Formula Student is seen as one of the best "laboratories" for future F1 technologies. In fact 16 Class 1A cars will race in July, 13 of which will be electric, with organisers asking whether it raises the spectre of F1 "going electric".
"The electric cars in our Class 1A are now as fast, if not faster, than the petrol cars as the technology catches up," said a Formula Student spokesman. "The petrol car class will be merged with Class 1A next year." The students working on the cars are, say the organisers, future F1 technical directors and chief engineers, a factor recognised by the series' patron Ross Brawn, and James Allison, technical director at Lotus Renault GP, who is ambassador to the event this year.The organisers say they will soon announce an F1 "legend" who will attend the event, following in the footsteps of Damon Hill and David Coulthard.
[source: telegraph.co.uk]
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