Chain drive on the rear axel of Fsae car

[hardhgear]

Hello everybody,
While I was watching the presentation of Csun University in
Formula SAE I saw a chin drive on the rear axle of the car .
Actually I didn’t know what is it so could any body explain this for me

[Monstrobolaxa]

Quick answer....on holidays with girl friend....GoSchummie I saw your pm I'll answer it next week....

About the chain...without any pics I suspect you're talking about a chain going from the gearbox to the differencial.....most FSAE cars don't have a transmission like a road car or a F1 car.....where the differecial is in the same casing as the gearbox....most FSAE cars have the differencial on the rear axel....separate from the gearbox....so the chain is to drive the gearbox rotation to the diferencial...and into the wheels.

[hardhgear]

I got the main idea but i need more explaination with photo or somthing.Actually I need more technical point of view about it

[ReubenG]

Most FSAE cars use a motorcycle engine, which is transversely mounted (i.e crankshaft axis runs left to right). As this axis is parallel to the rear axle line, there is no need to change the direction of the axis of rotation at any stage. Furthermore, most of the motorcycle engines used in FSAE are normally used in conjunction with a chain final drive - there are sprockets ready machined available off the shelf to fit the output shaft of the gearbox. Hence the simplest way to transmit power to the rear axle is from a chain drive with the sprocket mounted on the diff casing.

Compare this to an F1 engine - the crankshaft runs longitudinally so a bevel gear is needed at some point to allow power transmission between two shafts at 90 degrees to each other.

[Monstrobolaxa]

ReubenG put it down in a simple way! Probably if I tried to elaborate I would complicate it even more

[f1rj]

Hey friends..
Can anybody please tell me about the price of a 600 cc formula 1 engine and where will it be available in India? If its Mumbai (Bombay) or Pune its well and good.
it has been specified by the SAE organizers that the CC should not exceed 625cc.

[flynfrog]

http://fsae.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/1256 ... 8310896441

[Terrible3]

Hey friends..
Can anybody please tell me about the price of a 600 cc formula 1 engine and where will it be available in India? If its Mumbai (Bombay) or Pune its well and good.
it has been specified by the SAE organizers that the CC should not exceed 625cc.

Don't forget the intake is restricted to 20mm. It really chokes some of the engines available.