rulebook

technical specifications of your design

Why have you applied a 10 G force for frontal impact on your chassis? ( A commo
nly asked question) or
why a CVT and not manual gear box?
Strength of Material , Theory of machines , IC Engines , Engineering and Machin
e Drawing ,Automobile Engg etc.

Steering
Rack and pinion is to be essentially used.
Show the specs such as steering angle, Steering ratio, lock to lock angles, turn
ing radius.
Bump steer elimination can be shown.
Customized knuckle designs(if used) and material used can be shown.
Steering effort is a one favorite ques. Figure out to find it.
Power Transmission
Type of system used (Manual /Automatic)
Standard gear ratios value.
Acceleration , max speed values in each gear , Engine specs etc.
Brakes & Tires
Circuit layout , braking distance , pedal force , master cylinder specs to be sh
own.
Tire specs.
Suspension
A arm analysis and specs.
Motion ratio etc
Wheel geometry (front and rear).
Simulation of A arm travel can be shown.
Design 3D views and analysis
DMFEA is critical . Pay special attention.
Ergonomics
Roll Cage material selection
Cost analysis

vehicle dynamics like miliken Milken ,tune to win by Carroll smith

Read RCVD race car vehicle dynamics

Make Gantt charts ,market survey,dfmea reports,break even analysis.

In the first round you are expected to give a presentation for 15 minutes on you
r proposed design. Once the presentation is done, the panel of judges (usually 2
) question you on your proposed designs. In our case all the questions were on o
ur gear box, questions ranged from design considerations to manufacturing proces
ses intended to be used. They expect you to have planned every step of the manuf
acturing phase. So, I would suggest you to put only those data that you have tho
roughly researched and arrived at.
The written test has two papers, one is the Rule Quiz and the other Basic Mechan
ical/Automobile Trivia. In the trivia section, they test your understanding of b
asic principles you have studied so far.