12 Students For FSAE Competition in Australia (Dec 2009)

A team of 12 students from PEC University of Technology is competing in an international competition organized by Formula Society of Automotive Engineers of Australia from December 10 to December 13. The team is guided by faculty advisor Dr. D.R. Prajapati. It comprises of Angad Singh, the team leader, Apoorav Mahajan, Arjun Wadwalkar, Arnab Chanda,  Digvijay Singh, Gagandeep Singh Bhatia, Kapileshwar Singh,  Mukul Aggarwal, Navdeep, Rajat Bhardwaj, Vaibhav Nangia, Vidur Gupta. They have designed and built a small formula-type racing car over a period of nine months. Due to a 20mm restrictor on the air intake, the car can run at a maximum speed of 200km/hr without which it can run much faster. The car has a Suzuki 400 VC engine that is used in a superbike. With a self-designed and self-manufactured knuckle the car has custom made rims, which were designed and manufactured especially for PEC FSAE team by Kiezer wheels and imported from USA. Hoosier tyres were specially imported from the USA. The team has received sponsorship worth approximately Rs 25 lakhs for this project. The main sponsors are UT Administration, Punjab government, Trident India, Mount Shiwalik Breweries, Dattarwal Construction, Gawar Construction, and Neeraj Builderrs. Padmashree Chandermohan ji, Chairman Board of Governors, PEC University of Technology has launched the car on December 4, 2009 in the institute.