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http://www.minibuggy.net/forum SAE Baja Projects and Teams forum. If your school would like a dedicated private forum for your team, contact an MBN staff member. en Thu, 09 Sep 2010 08:19:37 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.minibuggy.net/forum/images/lustrous/misc/rss.jpg http://www.minibuggy.net/forum http://www.minibuggy.net/forum/sae-baja/13777-finding-cvt.html Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:27:25 GMT I'm trying to find a good place that sells CVTs. I know Polaris sells some nice ones but I can't actually find out how to acquire one. I'm on a baja team and this past year in Washington we used a 6-speed motorcycle transmission but we have decided to switch back to a CVT. The only problem is I am having trouble actually finding companies who sell them. Am I just looking in the wrong place? ]]> SAE Baja krazygnome http://www.minibuggy.net/forum/sae-baja/13777-finding-cvt.html http://www.minibuggy.net/forum/sae-baja/13754-new-team-looking-some-guidance-direction.html Sun, 29 Aug 2010 05:09:31 GMT Hey all, this is Jason with SCU|MS... this is our 3rd year competing in the baja (the last year was 2003) and are looking for a fresh start. We... Hey all, this is Jason with SCU|MS... this is our 3rd year competing in the baja (the last year was 2003) and are looking for a fresh start. We already have gotten significant headway on the frame and are looking to finalize our components list. Since we don't really have a legacy of old cars and cad files to work off of, we have to start from the ground up this time around. The parts we are in dire need of direction of are the front (and rear) uprights, corresponding hubs and calipers and the transmission (as we do not want to machine those parts...).

As a teammate and i went looking around for part costs yesterday, we came across the idea that, if we go with the uprights, calipers, hubs (and consequentially disk brakes) from that particular manufacturer, whether it be from a quad or most likely some sort of utility atv, then we would be able to focus on the design and optimization of the other components/frame and the integration as a whole package. Everything would mesh together nicely as far as contacting the road goes and the only things we would have to match up would be the design of the a-arms and the cv interface for the rear. *Ive heard that a suspension system designed with heim joints is "tougher" than a comparable one that uses ball joints... is this true? I ask because most of the heavy duty-type quad atv's were using the ball joints....:confused:

As far as driveline goes, we were going to go with the CVTech cvt that is specially designed for baja. Then run that to a transmission with a forward speed and AT LEAST reverse. If possible, we would like to have a low range if possible. Are there any specific transmissions that any of you have used that pertain to our wants? Perhaps a small motorbike tranny? i really don't know what to look for so a point in the right direction would help a lot!


since we ARE looking for all of these parts, does anyone here have an atv in mind that has these features? It would be really nice to buy a quad for around a grand or less to piece out these parts.

thank you so much for reading.... it would be a big help if you all could offer anything and/or respond to my questions.

thanks again!
jason ]]> SAE Baja SCU|MotorSportDesign http://www.minibuggy.net/forum/sae-baja/13754-new-team-looking-some-guidance-direction.html