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1. Opinions of pre-filling the oil filter during an oil change, (obviously where applicable, such as a vertical mount). I’m from the school of filling the filter before installing it, since I learned that way, and intuitively it makes sense. Recently an engineer friend of mine argued not to do...

Has anyone designed compliant mechanisms out of plastics or the like, or know of any good resources on designing them? I need to design a plastic housing that will secure a module in place, snapping together similarly to an electrical connector, yet able to be taken apart with relative ease...

I gotcha Cory, Thanks Lou

Sounds good, this is what I thought, but I had peers of mine trying to tell me it was different, thats why I asked the almighty Greg Locock... any idea as to what CoryPad was driving at? Thanks

Greg, Could you eloborate, what affect does it have, if any? Thanks Lou

From mostly a racing point of view, basically the inertial affects. For example, would it be true that placing the brake caliper on the front side, the reaction force from braking would put the suspension in jounce? How much affect does it have, and is it worth doing over better packaging.

Would someone explain what determines where to mount a brake caliper, ie. why should the brake caliper be mounted on the front side of the rotor rather than the rear, and vise versa.

I believe, keeping the RRC higher than the FRC will lend to an over steer condition, where the high FRC/low RRC will cause under steer. A flat roll axis = neutral steer.

Thanks Joel, I saw you guys flying around the track in Wisconsin last year, No matter what the judges say, your team gets noticed at these events, I think you guys definitely have something good going on. I agree with the idea on the swing arm, we have an old car with tons of issues, but the...

I am new to this site; I stumbled across it for the first time tonight. I’m a junior in mechanical engineering, and partake in SAE’s intercollegiate design competition known as SAE Baja. Basically we design and build an off-road vehicle with a 10 hp Briggs and Stratton engine. Although it...