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Abstract - Light Weight Performance Car
Abstract - Light Weight Performance Car
Aditya Kankani
Kuldeep Meena
Prashant Agrawal
Guided
By:
Head
of
Department:
SPECIFICATIONS
!
Dimensions:
Ground
Clearance:
76
mm
Wheel
Base:
1980
Weight:
Kerb
Weight:
340
kg
Gross
Weight:
480
kg
Capacity:
SeaIng
Capacity:
2
persons
Fuel
Tank
Capacity:
10
ltr.
Engine:
Model:
Suzuki
F8B
Type:
4
Stroke
Cylinders
No.
of
Cylinders:
3
1 REV
!
!
Brief
Introduc9on
T8-Storm
is
an
Exo-Skeletal
2-seater
light
weight
performance
vehicle
inspired
by
Ariel
Atom
a
high
performance
sport
car,
built
to
perform
on
race
track
as
well
as
normal
roads.
The
cockpit,
engine
block
and
aluminium
crash
box
for
safety
are
integrated
into
single
frame
welded
together
to
form
the
chassis.
LWPC
is
having
fully
independent
double
wishbone
suspension
with
pushrod
mechanism
along
with
anI-roll
bars.
MS
Hollow
pipe
delivers
strength
to
safety
cage
ensuring
protecIon
of
driver
and
co-driver.
This
car
has
a
lesser
aerodynamic
body
than
a
normal
car
but
its
light
weight
helps
to
achieve
higher
acceleraIon
rate.
!
Project
as
a
Product
Taking
into
consideraIon
the
increasing
inclinaIon
of
youth
towards
speed
enthusiasm,
this
project
is
concerned
with
building
high
power-to-weight
raIo
vehicles
with
Indian
Road
Safety
Standards.
Time
Dura9on:
Approx.
Working
Hours:
400-500
hrs
(4-5hrs
per
day
for
4
months)
Project
Cost:
This
project
is
built
in
Poornima
Group
of
InsItuIons,
Mechanical
Workshop,
which
provided
the
tooling
and
machining
faciliIes.
A
major
part
of
Raw
Materials
was
provided
from
InsItute
property
that
concludes
that
actual
cost
of
project.
Actual
Cost:
80,000
(Excluding
cost
of
tooling
and
machinery
and
raw
material)
!
As
a
nished
market
product,
total
cost
is
calculated
approximately
as:
Total
Cost:
2.15Lac.
Raw
Material
Cost:
50,000
Standard
Parts
Cost:
70,000
Tooling
Cost:
95,000