Useful Links
- General Baja Information:
- Baja SAE Rules (2024)
- Baja SAE Forums
- How to Build a Racing Car (Youtube) - Follows the design, construction, and testing of a Formula Vee car
- Off-Roading
- Engine:
- How Car Engines Work (HowStuffWorks)
- How a Turbo Works (YouTube)
- Drivetrain:
- Automatic vs. Manual Transmission (Youtube) - Good introductory video to transmissions
- How CVTs Work (HowStuffWorks)
- How Differentials Work (HowStuffWorks)
- How a Differential Gear Works (YouTube)
- Suspension:
- Vehicle Suspension (Wikipedia)
- How Disc Brakes Work (HowStuffWorks)
- How Master Cylinders and Combination Valves Work (HowStuffWorks)
- Scrub Radius
- Race Car Vehicle Dynamics - Milliken (Sacred Motorsports Text)
- ISMASupers - Additional Suspension Articles
- MotoIQ Suspension Guide
- Part I - Wheels and Tires
- Part II - Controlling Body Motion
- Part III - Balance the Chassis
- Part IV - Reduce Weight Transfer
- Part V - Overlowering Your Car
- Part VI - Adding Negative Camber
- Part VII - Tuning Your Toe
- Part VIII - Understanding Your King-Pin Inclination and Scrub
- Part IX - The Roll Center
- Part X - Bump Steer/Toe Steer
- Optimum G Vehicle Dynamics Solutions
- Brake:
- Electronics:
- Adafruit
- Fritzing
- The Art of Electronics - Horowitz (Recommended handbook for MEC 220)
- Microelectronic Circuits - Sedra/Smith
- Digikey
- Design:
- Manufacturing:
- SolidWorks:
- Built-in Tutorials
- Lynda (Sign in with Stony Brook email and NetID)
- Learn SolidWorks: The Basics (2 hour online course on the very basics)
- SolidWorks 2016 Essential Training (6 hour online course on the basics)
- All SolidWorks courses