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Saving the FA24 with Formula Delta
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.
0:00 - Intro
4:09 - How Formula Delta got its start
5:35 - Early Formula Delta projects
9:12 - What is kinematics anyway?
11:30 - Suspension design of the Acura RSX
21:22 - Ping & Kelvin's earliest car memories
28:35 - How Ping & Kevin collaborate effectively
32:07 - Unconventional tactics with Ping's EK Civic
34:13 - Reverse stagger wheels and tires for FWD
36:25 - Hyundai Genesis Brembos on Civics
38:12 - Drawbacks to running a smaller wheel in the rear
44:33 - FWD drivers are just built different
49:02 - Can you take Function over Form too far?
52:26 - 'Organic' functional shapes in design
55:55 - The reason behind the oil pan
1:01:19 - Why is the FA24 suffering more than the FA20?
1:06:38 - How much overfill is too much overfill?
1:09:55 - Designing the new high capacity FA24 oil pan
1:18:43 - Roping effect of the timing chain
1:28:18 - Production plans for the new oil pan
1:31:03 - Why take on this level of risk
1:37:46 - What's coming after the pan
1:40:42 - Are our expectations too low from manufacturers?
1:47:09 - 3rd gen engines?
1:51:49 - The 80/20 of car setup
2:00:30 - Are drivers just goal-seeking robots?
2:02:26 - Intersection of financial literacy and the car hobby
2:19:55 - Modest Dream Garage
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By 2TRACKMINDThe 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.
0:00 - Intro
4:09 - How Formula Delta got its start
5:35 - Early Formula Delta projects
9:12 - What is kinematics anyway?
11:30 - Suspension design of the Acura RSX
21:22 - Ping & Kelvin's earliest car memories
28:35 - How Ping & Kevin collaborate effectively
32:07 - Unconventional tactics with Ping's EK Civic
34:13 - Reverse stagger wheels and tires for FWD
36:25 - Hyundai Genesis Brembos on Civics
38:12 - Drawbacks to running a smaller wheel in the rear
44:33 - FWD drivers are just built different
49:02 - Can you take Function over Form too far?
52:26 - 'Organic' functional shapes in design
55:55 - The reason behind the oil pan
1:01:19 - Why is the FA24 suffering more than the FA20?
1:06:38 - How much overfill is too much overfill?
1:09:55 - Designing the new high capacity FA24 oil pan
1:18:43 - Roping effect of the timing chain
1:28:18 - Production plans for the new oil pan
1:31:03 - Why take on this level of risk
1:37:46 - What's coming after the pan
1:40:42 - Are our expectations too low from manufacturers?
1:47:09 - 3rd gen engines?
1:51:49 - The 80/20 of car setup
2:00:30 - Are drivers just goal-seeking robots?
2:02:26 - Intersection of financial literacy and the car hobby
2:19:55 - Modest Dream Garage