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Project · Automotive engineering
Training stands for a workshop where students build race cars
Engine and component training stands for an automotive engineering workshop. Students learn on the stands first, then apply the same skills to their own projects: a Formula Student race car and a racing kart.
Programme
Automotive engineering
Scope
Engines and components
Use
Lessons and student projects
Projects
Formula Student car, kart
Format
Individual and team work
The challenge
From the textbook to a car that has to finish the race
Students who build a race car need to understand every system in it: engine, transmission, brakes, suspension and electrics. Before they work on the car, they need a safe place to take real components apart and put them back together.
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Real components, safe to practise on
A student race car is too valuable to learn on by trial and error. Learners need full-size engines and assemblies they can strip, measure and rebuild as often as needed.
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One workshop for lessons and projects
The same room is used for timetabled lessons and for the team’s own build work. Stands have to be easy to move and park so the floor stays free for the cars.
The solution
Stand first, then the car
Every practical task follows the same steps a technician takes in a real workshop, and the skills go straight into the team’s race car and kart.
Disassemble and measure
Students take an engine apart on the stand, inspect the parts and measure them against specifications.
Reassemble
The unit is rebuilt with the correct torques and settings, then checked.
Apply
The same skills go into the race car and kart, where the work has to be right first time.
Engine training stands
Full-size engines on mobile stands
Engines are mounted on mobile stands at a comfortable working height. A student can turn the engine to reach every side, and the stand rolls away when the floor is needed for a car.
| Mounting | Engine fixed on a rotating mount at working height |
|---|---|
| Mobility | Castors, moved and parked by one person |
| Tasks | Disassembly, inspection, measurement and reassembly |
Components and student projects
A library of real parts next to the build bench
Engines, gearboxes and components are kept on open shelves around the workshop, so students can compare a part on the stand with the one they are fitting to the kart or the race car.
| Components | Engines, gearboxes, brakes and chassis parts |
|---|---|
| Projects | Racing kart and Formula Student car built by students |
| Workshop | Vehicle lifts, tool cabinets and workbenches in the same room |
Built for teaching
What students practise
Engine overhaul
Taking engines apart, inspecting parts and rebuilding to specification.
Transmission
Gearboxes and drive components, their function and service.
Brakes and suspension
Brake systems, wheel hubs and suspension geometry.
Tolerances
Measuring parts and comparing them with manufacturer data.
Workshop practice
Safe lifting, tool use and working order in a real workshop.
Teamwork
Planning and building a complete vehicle as a team.
Gallery
The finished room
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