Northwestern Formula Racing http://northwesternformularacing.com Northwestern Formula Racing FSAE Tue, 08 May 2012 23:11:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Thank you to our friends at The Sign Palace http://northwesternformularacing.com/2012/05/08/thank-you-to-our-friends-at-the-sign-palace/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thank-you-to-our-friends-at-the-sign-palace http://northwesternformularacing.com/2012/05/08/thank-you-to-our-friends-at-the-sign-palace/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 23:10:39 +0000 Shonali Ditz http://northwesternformularacing.com/?p=1025 We want to extend our thanks to The Sign Palace in Elk Grove Village, IL!  As a bronze sponsor, they assisted us in printing beautiful logos and decals for the bodywork of our car.  Check them out at http://signpalace.com/

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Visit them at:

3920 N Milwaukee Avenue
Chicago, IL 60641

(773) 736-6900

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We unveiling the crowd last Friday (May 4th) to a crowd of Northwestern friends and our sponsors.

]]> http://northwesternformularacing.com/2012/05/08/nfr12-unveiling/feed/ 0 Steaming on toward NFR12 http://northwesternformularacing.com/2012/04/21/steaming-on-toward-nfr12/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=steaming-on-toward-nfr12 http://northwesternformularacing.com/2012/04/21/steaming-on-toward-nfr12/#comments Sat, 21 Apr 2012 20:05:18 +0000 admin http://www.northwesternformularacing.com/?p=860 NFR12 is coming together great! Check out the pictures below for progress!

 

Alec cleans the first sidepod for releasing...

...as Matt and Ed prepare the second sidepod mold.

Lauren, Danni, and Marie work on sanding the newly-released carbon fiber seat.

The differential is mounted to the frame.

Jacob and Caroline prepare the mill for making the brake discs.

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Alec checks the body work model...

 

...as the molds dry their fresh layer of Bondo

 

Lawrence measures the engine coolant lines.

 

Miki copes one of the frame tubes.

 

Benson works on the engine mounts.

 

Ed sets up the mill to make piece of the shifter.

]]> http://northwesternformularacing.com/2012/04/09/its-1115/feed/ 0 Work Day http://northwesternformularacing.com/2012/02/18/work-day/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=work-day http://northwesternformularacing.com/2012/02/18/work-day/#comments Sat, 18 Feb 2012 22:49:35 +0000 admin http://www.northwesternformularacing.com/?p=826 Build season is in full swing! Check out some pictures from our most recent work day.

Sanding the nosecone mold

Laser-cutting wood for composites molds.

Welding rod ends into our suspension A-Arms

Always remember to clean the machines!

Various pieces of the dyno (and some photobombing ATV shocks!)

 

 

]]> http://northwesternformularacing.com/2012/02/18/work-day/feed/ 0 Design Review http://northwesternformularacing.com/2012/01/14/design-review/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=design-review http://northwesternformularacing.com/2012/01/14/design-review/#comments Sat, 14 Jan 2012 21:52:21 +0000 admin http://www.northwesternformularacing.com/?p=766 All of our members gave short presentations about their projects and the state of their designs in front of the entire team, advisors, and alumni.

 

Dom and Ed designed our new shifting system on a VERY early version of SolidWorks.

Kevin discusses the FEA of our differential mounts.

Caroline talks about her brake rotor design.
]]> http://northwesternformularacing.com/2012/01/14/design-review/feed/ 0 How a Frame Comes Together http://northwesternformularacing.com/2011/12/16/how-a-frame-comes-together/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-a-frame-comes-together http://northwesternformularacing.com/2011/12/16/how-a-frame-comes-together/#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2011 20:07:33 +0000 admin http://www.northwesternformularacing.com/?p=750

Staying at school a week into Winter Break? Gotta build a racecar! Watch our frame jig come together in 3 minutes.

]]> http://northwesternformularacing.com/2011/12/16/how-a-frame-comes-together/feed/ 0 New Frame Tubes http://northwesternformularacing.com/2011/11/24/new-frame-tubes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-frame-tubes http://northwesternformularacing.com/2011/11/24/new-frame-tubes/#comments Thu, 24 Nov 2011 18:13:45 +0000 admin http://www.northwesternformularacing.com/?p=737 Our new frame tubes have arrived! Cut, coped, and ready for welding. Welcome to the world’s most awesome K’Nex project!

 

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