Baja SAE is a collegiate design competition in which teams design, build, and compete off-road buggies. Currently, most teams run a continuously variable transmission (CVT), which operates by keeping the engine in an optimum powerband during shifting. By prototyping a sequential gearbox, a feasibility study and validation of compared performance can be performed.

The gearbox must fit into an old baja vehicle and interface with an existing engine and set of half shafts. The gearbox must sufficiently meet RIT Baja loads and fatigue requirements and have a competitive cost and weight by team standards.

Link to RIT Baja SAE Website: https://www.rit.edu/clubs/baja/

Project Name

Baja SAE Sequential Gearbox

Project Number

P20222

Project Family

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Start Term

2191

End Term

2195

Faculty Guide

Bill Nowak , wjnddm@rit.edu

Primary Customer

Justin Neves, projectmanager@ritbaja.com

Sponsor (financial support)

RIT Baja SAE, projectmanager@ritbaja.com

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