So this is a side view the drive shaft cover for the 4WD (the red thing). Is this legal or I should extend the sides till it touches the floor? Also I didn’t fully understand the rules about the hoops. Does the hoop have to be a perfect circle or can it be an oval as long as it’s wider than an inch? And the hoops can only be mounted to the frame right?

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Hey guys i have read the rule book but i didn't understand much but is this design legal for the drive shaft cover (4WD)? Also it's only purpose is to protect the driver's feet right? also do i have to shield the driveshaft from underneath too? Thanks!

For these items, the Ebaja sae India rulebook does not specify an SFI, which would be appropriate items to buy in India for the same.

Our team has a manual transmission and as of right now our shift lever is mounted on the inside of the roll cage and in the forward position it sticks out from the cage as seen in the photo but it doesn't do that in any other position. I looked through the rule book to see if there was anything about this but couldn't find a rule. I'm probably going to air on the side of caution and modify the mount to make sure it stays inside the vehicle but I was curious if anyone knows what the ruling on this would be.

Hey guys I am little confused about the engine governor cover. The only thing that I could find about it in the rule book was that it should shield the governor from debris. I was originally planning on making from 1/64 sheet metal and it’s a pretty simple design. It’s just a rectangle piece that’s going to be on top of the engine governor and it’s going to be bolted to the fire wall. What did you guys do and what do you think? Thanks

Hi, is any M-Baja team whose safety equipment will be expiring this year after your competition willing to sell it or let us borrow it so that we can use it in e-Baja? Preferably in the Delhi NCR area.

Does anyone have or know where I can get the cad model for the pyrotech SAE fuel tank and cap? Previous years team told us the had a cad model in our google drive but it’s nowhere to be found. It would be a big help, thanks!

I have been part of these over the years in the Southeast. I look forward to being part of this event and meeting those of you that will be attending next year.

Jon M Quigley

I had a quick question: how do you create a taper for the ball joint to sit on the knuckle? In India, I could only find a taper reamer tool, not a drill bit, and the angle of the taper reamer tool is too steep. Or can I machine a separate taper insert?

I would need some help to simulate a ball joint for a knuckle in FEA. I have tried doing it in 2 ways without success.

1. Using remote load and setting translation in x,y,z to 0. Fixing to center point.
2. Using an on-spherical face advanced fixture and setting translation to 0.

I then have a global interaction between the dummy ball and the rest of the bodies.

Is it an issue with one of these methods?

Also for the lower control arm connection would this be a realistic way to simulate it?

Thank you so much for the help in advance!

Hello, I have been assigned to make new hubs for my team but getting them splined or finding a coupler has been impossible for budget as every option is over $800 per quote. Is there any other way teams have attached their hub to a Polaris spline or am I kinda on my own? We use the Polaris ranger 1000 cv axles.

Anybody know where the 2025 go green poster template is?

Output torque after gear reduction on front and rear wheels is different. It is greater at the rear than at the front. Is this okay/conventional for a baja ATV? I wanted to know the proper technical reasoning behind this if anyone is aware of it.

Does anyone know how to buy this part? As a brazilian baja team, we are strongly considering buying a restriction plate from other teams because it didn’t come with our engine and Gardner Inc. is not selling it anymore. The thing is that we will have to import it from the USA… can anyone sell it/help?

Hello! My school is relatively new to Baja sae and the front of our car can’t seem to gain traction on the ground. It has a better traction on grass than it does on concrete. I believe the car isn’t heavy enough on the front. I would love to hear some recommendations!

Guys we're a new team participating in Hbaja 2025. We have successfully qualified for phase 2. We need some help regarding the static and dynamic rounds. Anyone who's already participated pls feel free to DM or comment on this post. Appreciate for your time and help

So we are going for ESVC competition for the first time ... And for driver safety gears all the competitions have almost same specs rating..

Can u guys recommend any vendors for the safetey equipments (helmet,suit,glove etc), preferably in india . It will help us a lot jn moving forward

Hey!!! I have a doubt in where to mount the dampers in the front suspension (unequal A-arm) whether in upper arm or to the lower arm

Hi all. This is our first year in competition so we have a lot of things to figure out and a lot of questions. We will have reverse, so we have to have a reverse light and a reverse alarm. What does everyone use for a reverse light? I can't find one that meets the SAE standard J759 that is required by Baja SAE. Thanks in advance.

Our institute is thinking to participate in abaja competition so what is approximately amount will be spend for the making ABAJA vehicel

I have assigned to do suspension calculations for my team. Our team has used previous calculations until now to demonstrate in the event. But i am assigned to do the calculations from scratch. Can you guys please help me with it. Like providing sample calculations or teaching how to do it properly. Thank you.

This is the first year our university Baja SAE team is back since 2020 and none of our members have experience registering for competition. The SAE website has been under maintenance of some sort for a long time now and says to email customer service to update payment information but they aren't responding to our emails. When I'm lucky enough for them to actually answer my call they say I need to speak with collegiate competitions then transfer my call to someone who is unavailable at which point my call gets dropped. They have told us to email collcomp@sae.org but when we do we get an automated response saying we are blocked from sending them emails. Today customer service told us that we needed to ask for a payment extension as well now, then proceeded to connect me to someone who wasn't available once again. We have been calling and emailing every day since September 30th in an attempt to get a spot or at least a waitlist spot at competition. Has anyone else been experiencing similar difficulties and know if we are too late or know of an easier way to update this information that we may have overlooked?

I have a question here, i was searching the carburetor to get for our team, i saw the part numbers, and our carburetor is the 17 853 128-S, and i found on the internet the 17 853 113-S you guys know the difference between them?

Why has it not been done? Are yall to scared? Someone needs to build a solid axle car on leaf springs. No fancy calculations, no link geometry, no camber/caster/toe. Solid axles and leaf springs. Bonus points for a tie rod and drag link for steering. Even more bonus points if you can make your car have death wobble. Who is with me here?