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WWU Viking Jam 2014

Western Washington University Cheerleaders performance at the 2014 Viking Jam!

Living Arrows at Wester Washington University, VIking Union 1.27.16 - 1 of 2

Living Arrows at Wester Washington University, VIking Union 1.27.16 - featuring Traesti Luther (vocals, guitar, bass), Alexandra Arbolita (vocals, saxophone), ...

Living Arrows at Wester Washington University, VIking Union 1.27.16 - 2 of 2

Living Arrows at Wester Washington University, VIking Union 1.27.16 - featuring Traesti Luther (vocals, guitar, bass), Alexandra Arbolita (vocals, saxophone), ...

WWU FORMULA SAE V43

Over the course of the past year, 26 devoted students from the WWU Vehicle Research Institute have been working to build a Formula car from the ground up.

User Comments

brokenbottombracket commented on 10 Jan 2013

Typical FSAE budgets in the US are around $10-50k a year (excluding lots of donated parts), with funding coming from a mix of University grants and private/corporate donations. Considering the amount of R&D and custom parts that go into each car, its super cheap in comparison with a professional race team. If they were to be produced at volume like shifter karts, cost would come down. Unlike karts these cars have roll hoops, impact zones, suspension, and a 20mm restrictor, so its hard to compete

JETZcorp commented on 29 Apr 2010

I wish the engines in FSAE didn't have to be four-stroke. Considering how far they (soon to be "we," I hope) take the performance of the engines, I imagine that incredible things could be done with combustion on every-other stroke. And, it would broaden the imaginations of our future automotive engineers. Bombardier is showing, in their outboards and snowmobiles, that a two-stroke can be made very light, very powerful, and very clean today. I'd love to see that work its way under the hood.

Ralph Swartz commented on 07 Jul 2012

These are obviously NOT cheap cars! What is a typical yearly budget to build and campaign a new car? Are there budget restrictions imposed as part of the rules package? Where does the money come from? From the University or somewhere else? I have raced against a couple of these in SCCA autocross events where the SAE cars practice. On a short track, my Formula 125 shifter kart can usually beat them.

peaviner commented on 29 Jun 2010

@mop65 I graduated from the VRI at WWU. It's the 43rd car the VRI has created. This includes Hybrids (which was the team I was apart of), FSAE, and Mini Baja. The VRI is also creating a car for the Progressive X Prize. I'm not sure the budget, but FSAE cars are pretty cheap. Similar to the price of a nice sport bike.

Boris Viskovic commented on 15 Feb 2010

Great movie. I guess that's what the Media Studies faculty is good for. ;) I just posted a video response of our 2009 SAE car from Edith Cowan University in Western Australia. Finished 6th at our event in Melbourne, not bad going for second year out.

paul289 commented on 04 Jun 2009

Cool car, guys! I wish we had the manpower, time, and budget for a monocoque chassis. Just finished our car, now we're just testing and tuning for California. I won't be there, but look for the Kettering car with a Honda CRF 450X. That's us.

David Henderson commented on 23 Jan 2013

The point is not to be the fastest car ever invented. The point is to design and build a vehicle to a strict set of guidelines to expand skills and knowledge of the students involved. The power the car makes is also restricted.

Bootstraps82 commented on 08 Mar 2010

@SecretSandman I think by Western FSAE he is refering to Western Washington University FSAE. Its a benchmark for them because its thier lightest and fastest. Thats how I understood it.