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Donate to support Anteater Formula Racing’s competition and beyond! Join us in raising $20,000 for parts, tools, experience and materials to build our cutting-edge 2025 Formula SAE race car. Propel us closer to victory on the international collegiate race track!
Your generous donations bring our designs to life. To show our appreciation, every donor to our Zotfunder campaign who wishes will have their name included on our racecar!
Formula SAE Michigan 2025 is an SAE Collegiate Design Series event that will feature student teams representing 75 universities across the world. FSAE competitions are overseen by a dedicated group of industry leaders and involve: technical and safety inspections to ensure rules compliance for every system; presentations where our team will display our designs with industry professionals; and dynamic events in which our team will race our car for direct comparison is several performance categories: Acceleration, Skid Pad, Autocross, Endurance and Efficiency.
2024 - 2025 Anteater Formula Racing Team
Anteater Formula Racing is building an open-wheel, internal-combustion race car inspired by Formula 1 and IndyCar racing to compete at Formula SAE Michigan in June 2025. Our team of 59 dedicated engineering students participates in the design, manufacturing and testing of our race car to gain engineering skills needed for an industry that is highly technical, fast-paced and competitive. The team collectively spends 10,000+ man-hours each year developing our vehicle and various subsystems, alongside competitive engineering coursework. Anteater Formula Racing’s best finish in an FSAE competition was 19th at Formula SAE Lincoln, Nebraska!
2022-2023 Peter the Pavement Eater, P.P.E, at FSAE Michigan 2023
Build For the Future. In Anteater Formula Racing our engineering students gain invaluable life skills and career experiences across a diverse range of industries, from automotive to aerospace, software and business. Through Formula SAE, they develop hands-on training, communication, management and design-to-reality opportunities – crucial elements highly sought after by their future employers. Recognized as essential by industry experts, Formula SAE participation enhances any engineer’s resume. Discover more about Anteater Formula Racing’s subteams and their impactful roles in shaping tomorrow’s engineering leaders:
2024-2025 Master CAD rendering of Gastly the Race Car
Aerodynamics: Responsible for designing and optimizing the front and rear wings, bodywork and diffuser to streamline airflow, minimize drag and maximize downforce. Leveraging advanced fluid mechanics principles, the team conducts comprehensive computer flow simulations, wind tunnel tests and on-track trials to validate and refine their designs. Their expertise and precision engineering make our race car perform at its peak, ensuring it handles like it's flying on the track.
Chassis: Responsible for designing and constructing the vehicle's frame, primarily using steel tubing. This frame must be robust enough to support the suspension forces, protect the driver in case of an impact and serve as the structural foundation for all other vehicle subsystems, including the powertrain, electronics and aerodynamics components.
Electronics: Designs, manufactures and verifies the performance of onboard electronics, including the electronic dashboard, electronic throttle body and various sensors crucial for assessing our car's performance. The team also develops wiring harnesses that connect onboard data systems, such as engine management, to MoTeC digital displays. By gathering and analyzing data from numerous sensors, they ensure efficient performance monitoring and provide valuable insights for future improvements.
Human Interface: Designs, manufactures and verifies the performance of the driver cockpit and all its instruments, including pedals, steering, gear shifting, brakes and safety devices. They prioritize improving driver comfort and safety while optimizing vehicle performance. The team uses CAE software for precision engineering, ensuring components like brakes, shifters, steering wheels and seat belts are designed for maximum efficiency and swift response. Their work ensures that every aspect of the cockpit enhances both the driver's comfort and the car's overall performance.
Suspension: Designs the suspension so the tires maintain contact with the ground while maximizing the overall grip and making sure the car is quick and easy to drive. Responsible for parts of vehicle dynamics, suspension kinematics, design of the wheel assemblies (hubs, uprights, wheels), control arms, shocks and anti-roll bars. They are the joints that let our race car run!
Powertrain: Oversees the engine and all the external systems required to keep it alive. Designs and manufactures assemblies such as the exhaust system, cooling system, driveline components and is responsible for the tune the engine runs on. Our goal is to make as much power as possible, as efficiently as possible without sacrificing reliability and keeping the design maintenance-friendly.
Vehicle Dynamics: Co-designs the team's first lap simulator within MATLAB, playing a crucial role in validating and refining the design of our current and future cars. The team develops custom simulators and utilizes professional-grade software for lap time simulations, analyzing results to accurately predict performance and validate design decisions. Their work is essential for optimizing the car's performance and achieving maximum points in Formula SAE Dynamic Events.
Our mission is to empower engineering students with real-world experience, equipping them with professional skills and practices essential for success in their future careers. Through hand-on involvement in designing, building and optimizing Formula SAE race cars, students gain invaluable insight in all types of engineering. Here at AFR we are making sure that our engineers are learning the skills to tackle challenges they will face in the industry, refine their problem-solving abilities and hone their technical expertise beyond UC Irvine!
Thank you for taking the time to get to know us a little better and contributing to our engineering design and manufacturing project. Every gift counts!
Contact us for inquiries about the project or other information by reaching out to our Project Manager, Mira Vega (alessamv@uci.edu).
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Every bit drives us closer to victory and you are directly contributing to vital tools, material, parts and the overall success of the team! Thank you for being a part of our journey, your belief in our team inspires us to create new limits and achieve greatness on the track.
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