Week 2

Week 2
For the second week, the group continued their research by evaluating off-the-shelf assemblies for full-size racecars (shown below in Figure 1). Brainstorming for different ideas and concepts to make the pedal box as cheap as possible while having it still be durable and lightweight was also done this week. After this week's meeting with Dr. Tan, the group was able to establish the overall design for the final pedal box. The design entailed an underfoot master cylinder location with a false floor covering the assemblies below. As for the brake pedal, it has a mechanical advantage of three to one. After creating a final design, the group of four created the discussed design in Inventor to show Dr. Tan the following week (shown below in Figure 2).

Figure 1: Tilton Racing 600 Series Underfoot Pedal Assembly 

Figure 2: Initial Inventor Drawing of Pedal Assembly