Chris Longhurst has assembled a number of descriptive articles and illustrations about automotive engines, transmissions, steering, suspensions, brakes and tires on his site http://www.carbibles.com
Automotive information
Also information about roller coaster simulation software can be found on his personal website http://www.chris-longhurst.com/nolimits.html.
Mathias Kastens maintains a site that closely tracks student formula teams, design activities and competition details around the world. Access it at the link:
http://www.fstotal.com
The doors of the Koenigsegg CCX open using the “dihedral synchro-helix door actuation” system. You can see this movement on the video:
Here is a link to a facebook album showing the racecars and teams at the 2009 Formula SAE California intercollegiate engineering racecar competition that occurred June 17-21, 2009 at the Auto Club Raceway, Fontana CA.
This is an animation of the operation of a diesel engine. It starts with the turbo-charger, but eventually gets to the cylinder and the fuel injectors, where the four-stroke diesel engine cycle is illustrated very well. To get the animation started you must push the frame cursor along until you see the engine, this needed on YouTube as well.
This YouTube animation shows the animated assembly of a solid model of a four-cylinder engine. It interesting just to see the number of fasteners, but it is worth waiting for the animation of the four-stroke cycle that occurs about two-thirds through.
