We completed scrutineering this afternoon on our third attempt. The car was sent back to the pits for modifications to the firewall and driver positioning. It was a very frustrating ordeal to pass scrutineering and the general consensus among other teams is that the inspectors are being very nit picky this year. Regardless, our team is cleared to drive.
Noise went very smoothly, with our exhaust coming in at only 103dB. The forward-facing muffler mounted inside the sidepod seems to contribute a lot in noise reduction.
Tilt table went smoothly as well.
Passing the braking test took a few attempts, but that is normal. The event officials enacted a new rule that speeds must be kept between 30-40 kph after our car reached 80 kph before the braking zone last year.
All 4 inspection stickers necessary to drive are present on the nose of our car.
The team is currently hosting some executives from Bosch. They are getting a tour of our car and an introduction to the team members. The importance of this visit is huge because it could open the doors to many new opportunities both technically and financially.
Tomorrow we have the engineering design (150 points), cost analysis (100 points), and business presentation (75 points) events.
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