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Racecar Engineering

Solar Car PanelsMDA Press

ZotSun: UCI Entry in the Formula Sun Grand Prix

December 12, 2024
Design of the 2025 Formul Sun Competition Vehicle: The…
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Baja SubsystemsMDA Press

UCI Anteater Baja Racing: Five Months to the Competition

December 12, 2024
Design of the 2025 Baja Competition Vehicle: The UCI…
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California Shootout 2024MDA Press

UCI Anteater Electric Racing: Six Months to the 2025 Competition

December 11, 2024
Design of the 2025 EV Competition Vehicle: The UCI Anteater…
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UCI Vehicle Performance Engineering LabMDA Press

UCI Ready for Racecar Engineering Season

September 1, 2023
The Vehicle Performance Engineering Lab is clean and ready for…
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ARAF EV and BajaMDA Press

2024 UCI Racecar Engineering

August 9, 2023
Universities across Southern California start soon, and Engineering…
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2021 UCI Baja Race Team

2021 UCI Baja Race Team

June 13, 2021
I have seen intercollegiate engineering competitions like the…
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2013 Energy Invitational

Smitty’s Video Lectures on Racecar Engineering

July 24, 2018
Here are Smitty's video lectures on Introduction to Racecar…
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2018 Phantom FSAE AutocrossMDA

2018 UCI Phantom FSAE Autocross

July 17, 2018
This video captures the first autocross run by Matt Clark at…
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Thank you

Intro to Racecar Engineering: 20 Thank You

June 16, 2018
Smitty and Professor McCarthy say thank you!   ht…
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Intro to Racecar Engineering:19 Smitty's Library

Intro to Racecar Engineering: 19 Smitty’s Library

June 16, 2018
Smitty shares his library of resources.   https:/…
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Intro to Racecar Engineering: 18 Team Do's

Intro to Racecar Engineering: 18 Team Do’s

June 16, 2018
Smitty shares team do's.   https://youtu.be/GonvV…
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Intro to Racecar Engineering: 17 Team Don'ts

Intro to Racecar Engineering: 17 Team Don’ts

June 16, 2018
Smitty shares team don'ts.   https://youtu.be/fn8cdXI…
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Intro to Racecar Engineering: 16 Performance Ideals

Intro to Racecar Engineering: 16 Performance Ideals

June 16, 2018
Smitty discusses performance ideals and overall principles such…
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Intro to Racecar Engineering: 15 Electronic Fuel Injection

Intro to Racecar Engineering: 15 Electronic Fuel Injection Systems

June 13, 2018
Smitty shares information regarding electronic fuel injection…
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Intro to Racecar Engineering 14

Intro to Racecar Engineering: 14 CV Transmissions

June 13, 2018
Smitty describes continuously variable transmissions. This is…
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Intro to Racecar Engineering: 13 Tires

Intro to Racecar Engineering: 13 Tires

June 12, 2018
Smitty shares tips of the trade regarding tires.   …
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Intro to Racecar Engineering: 12

Intro to Racecar Engineering: 12 Toe and Camber

June 12, 2018
Smitty describes the importance of the toe and camber. ht…
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King Pin Inclination

Intro to Racecar Engineering: 11 King Pin Inclination

June 12, 2018
Smitty describes king pin inclination. This is the eleventh in…
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Smitty 10 Caster

Intro to Racecar Engineering: 10 Caster

July 24, 2017
Smitty describes the set-up of the front wheels and its importance…
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Smitty 09 Steering

Into to Racecar Engineering: 09 Steering

July 24, 2017
Smitty explains steering design.   https://youtu.be/…
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Smitty 08 Springs

Intro to Racecar Engineering: 08 Springs

July 24, 2017
Smitty explains the choice of springs for a suspension. …
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Smitty 07 More Suxpension

Intro to Racecar Engineering: 07 More on Suspensions

July 24, 2017
Smitty describes more about suspension design.   htt…
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Smitty 06 Shocks

Intro to Racecar Engineering: 06 Shock Absorbers

July 24, 2017
Smitty describes the importance of shock absorbers in suspension…
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Smitty 05 Suspension Design

Intro to Racecar Engineering: 05 Suspension Design

July 24, 2017
Smitty describes the principles of suspension design.  …
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Smitty 04 Chassis Design

Intro to Racecar Engineering: 04 Chassis Design

July 24, 2017
Smitty describes the design principles for the chassis of a race…
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Smitty 03 Strength

Intro to Racecar Engineering: 03 Strength and Stiffness

July 24, 2017
Smitty shows how the geometry and material work together to provide…
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Smitty and Prof 02

Intro to Racecar Engineering: 02 Weight and Balance

July 21, 2017
In this video, Smitty presents the basic techniques for determining…
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Smitty and Prof 01

Intro to Racecar Engineering: 01 Getting Started

July 19, 2017
This is the first of a series of videos prepared by Robert "Smitty"…
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2016 Energy Invitational

2016 UCI Energy Invitational Video

November 29, 2016
Here at UCI we are hard at work on three different race cars…
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Three seconds

Three seconds

November 19, 2016
This second collaboration between Prince EA and Change for…
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Love and bananas

Love and Bananas

November 19, 2016
Beautiful scenes of Cambodia and Thailand and a…
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UCI’s 2016 Mini-Baja Vehicle

UCI’s 2016 Mini-Baja Vehicle

April 10, 2016
You can follow the UCI race team at the web links: webpage:…
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2015 Energy Invitational

2015 UCI Energy Invitational Video

December 24, 2015
This video shows highlights of the 2015 Energy Invitational on…
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Epsilon is ready

Epsilon is ready for the LA Auto Show

November 16, 2015
See Epsilon at the 2015 LA Auto Show. This former FSAE racecar…
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2015 EIVI Race Teams

The Race Teams at the 2015 Energy Invitational

May 28, 2015
The Race Teams at the 2015 Energy Invitational, May 24,…
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2015-Energy-Invitational-Layout-1

2015 Energy Invitational Layouts

May 21, 2015
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Here are the organization layouts for the 2015 Energy Invitational. …
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2015 EIVI Heat Schedule

2015 Energy Invitational: Heat Schedule

May 21, 2015
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This is the list of participants and the heat schedule for…
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Sorry: Earth Day 2015

Sorry: Earth Day 2015

April 22, 2015
Change for Balance filmed this video for Earth Day 2015 with…
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2014 Energy Invitational Video

2014 Energy Invitational Video

March 16, 2015
As preparations continue for the 2015 UCI Energy Invitational,…
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UCI's 2015 Race Team

UCI’s 2015 Race Team

March 13, 2015
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UCI's 2015 Race Team UCI's 2015 race team at the Winter Design…
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1. Introduction to the video series:

http://cast.nacs.uci.edu/jmmccart/1_RacecarEngineering.m4v

2. An overview of race car engineering:

http://cast.nacs.uci.edu/jmmccart/2_Racecar_Engineering.m4v

3. Principles of suspension design:

http://cast.nacs.uci.edu/jmmccart/3_Racecar_Engineering.m4v

4. Discussion of shock absorbers:

http://cast.nacs.uci.edu/jmmccart/4_Racecar_Engineering.m4v

5. More on suspension design:

http://cast.nacs.uci.edu/jmmccart/5_Racecar_Engineering.m4v

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