[ESPCamaro]

I bought an 88 Suzuki Samurai in October.
Should be a fun off-road truck.

Probably all I will do at first is a bunch of armor stuff-gas tank, t-case, rock sliders, cage. Swap to 5.14 gears with mini spool in the rear.
Re-do the brakes, new cheap shocks (may even skip this) and get the engine working flawlessly (since getting stranded in the woods would be REALLY bad.

I figure if it's something we like I'll get more radical with it.

AFAIK Sgarnett and Judd are the only ones here that are remotely interested in something like this.

[ws6transam]

oh, trust me.. i know how you feel about the advisor.. We didnt even see ours more than 2x the entire year...

Seems to be a common theme for these competitions..

DanO.
what college are you attending with a FSAE team?

I was the SAE chapter secretary and FSAE electrical design group leader for the Michigan State team back in 1994 and 1995. Back then, we built our car in an old abandoned industrial freezer, and got our parts machined at the local community college. Then in 1995 the dean finally came on board when he saw us receive some five figure sponsorships from places like Ford and Eaton. That year Kawasaki also helped out by shipping us a complete Ninja ZX-6 for use as a powertrain. MSU then got in on the project and started a new student design center for MSU SAE in 1996. The new students started designing a new car, but the 1995 chassis got reused for '96. I wanted to buy that darned car so bad but the 1997 team scrapped it and left the carcass outside to rust.

So much for preservation of history! One of these days I ought to pop in and see what they are doing, it's only five miles from here. The FSAE teams are so much more professional looking than when we participated. However the dedication and emotional intensity are still the same.