07-21-2004, 03:09 PM
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A - Level Physics Coursework - some reading for you ;)
I'm not sure how many of you will be interested in this but i'd thought i'd put it up anyway as i know theres some tech heads out there  I've just completed my a levels (just waiting for the results now) before I head of to uni to hopefully study motorsport engineering. Cars being a love of mine i decieded to do part of my physics coursework on the internal combustion engine. Got full marks for it too
Its not too long as part of the criteria of the c/w is to be precise and it dosen't go into too much detail but here you go, hope theres a few of you out there that like this kinda reading
Click Here
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07-21-2004, 06:54 PM
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Some very interesting stuff!
I now know how HP are calculated!!! 
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07-22-2004, 05:58 AM
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hehe, well at least theres one person interested
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07-22-2004, 06:04 AM
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Frightening.... a lot of that looks almost precisely the same as my waves and light class from 2 years ago. Thermodynamics, the Otto cycle AAAAHHHHH hehehe. I actually like reading this sort of thing, nice job mindgam3, very well put together and informative. Just wait until you start pulling data off of engines on dyno-cells. That stuff is really fun, you end up getting graphs that look a hell of a lot like some of the ones you posted, especially if you're working with newer engines.
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07-22-2004, 06:23 AM
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hehe too right, im really looking forward to my course at uni, gonna be 4 or 5 years long depending on whether i get onto the masters or bachelors course, either way i should eventually become a chartered engineer and i can start working my way into F1
Should get to work in the formula student competition during my uni years too which looks great
http://www.imeche.org.uk/formulastudent/index.asp
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07-22-2004, 03:01 PM
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mindgame have you ever been to camaroz28.com?
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07-23-2004, 09:27 AM
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lol, um no... it's an american car website, why would i go there?
hehe jus kidding how come?
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07-23-2004, 11:33 AM
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awesome write up man, worth every second of my time!! thanks for posting it, quality stuff!
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07-23-2004, 08:30 PM
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Originally Posted by mindgam3
lol, um no... it's an american car website, why would i go there?
hehe jus kidding how come? |
there is a member there with the name "mindgame" he goes to the advance tech section and knows an incredible amount.
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07-24-2004, 06:39 AM
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nah i dont go there, maybe we should have a tech forum here at JW??
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07-24-2004, 10:25 AM
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nah i dont go there, maybe we should have a tech forum here at JW??
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that would be cool idea, u should mention it to Jabba or TT. or put it in the suggestions section
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07-25-2004, 05:49 PM
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I second that, a tech section, perhaps a superset that could also contain car modifications and help etc...would be a cool thing to have on here even though we tend to cover most of the tech stuff one way or another anyway.
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08-01-2004, 03:39 AM
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we have a section for modifications to cars. i don't post here alot, but are there some members in the know-how about the more advanced questions? for such as piston ring spacing kinda stuff?
that would be cool, especially those involved in racing teams.
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08-02-2004, 01:40 PM
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Damn...if only I'd stuck with the formula car team at Umich hehe.
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