Saving the FA24 with Formula Delta from 2TRACKMIND Podcast

Saving the FA24 with Formula Delta

2 hour 31 minutes Posted Dec 21, 2024 at 11:29 pm.

Intro

How Formula Delta got its start

Early Formula Delta projects

What is kinematics anyway?

Suspension design of the Acura RSX

Ping & Kelvin's earliest car memories

How Ping & Kevin collaborate effectively

Unconventional tactics with Ping's EK Civic

Reverse stagger wheels and tires for FWD

Hyundai Genesis Brembos on Civics

Drawbacks to running a smaller wheel in the rear

FWD drivers are just built different

Can you take Function over Form too far?

'Organic' functional shapes in design

The reason behind the oil pan

Why is the FA24 suffering more than the FA20?

How much overfill is too much overfill?

Designing the new high capacity FA24 oil pan

Roping effect of the timing chain

Production plans for the new oil pan

Why take on this level of risk

What's coming after the pan

Are our expectations too low from manufacturers?

3rd gen engines?

The 80/20 of car setup

Are drivers just goal-seeking robots?

Intersection of financial literacy and the car hobby

Modest Dream Garage

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The boys from Formula Delta (Ping, Kelvin) join us on the podcast to discuss their motorsports history, their EK Civic track car, and launching a business to manufacture a new high-capacity oil pan for the FA24 oil starvation issue plaguing the BRZ and GR86.

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