Company: Leanders Bros Drag racing

Industry: Automotive

Location: Sweden

The Challenge:
Dragster racing is one the worlds fastest motor sports, with cars producing in excess of 3500 horsepower and accelerating to 60 mph in under 1 second. With a 5.666 second quarter mile time, Leander Bros currently have the fastest Top Methanol Funny Car in Europe and they now have their sights set on winning the 2004 FIA European Championship. To remain competitive in the field of dragster racing, Leander Bros must continually modify and improve their car, sometimes in the relative comfort of the workshop environment, but more often, trackside at venues right across Europe.

IronCAD the Productivity Solution:
To design and develop the car, Leanders Bros chose IronCAD for its speed and ease of use. Working with IronCAD, and having had little training, the Leanders team are now able to create new components and modify existing components quickly and carry out checks before manufacturing the parts. In addition, their use of VisualMill and a full NC machine, allows them to go from concept to fully manufactured working part in a matter of hours, either in the workshop or in the pits in a "real time" environment. IronCAD's flexibility and ease of use also allows them to make fundamental design changes to the car, on the fly and to carry out "what if" scenarios using performance data acquired at the track, which would not have been possible previously.

Summary

• "Europe's fastest car, powered by the worlds fastest CAD system!"
• Real time changes can be made to the IronCAD model at the track using acquired data.
• IronCAD's ability to work with complex "what if" scenarios allows them to create different configurations to suit different conditions, using one data set.

"There is a considerable amount of secrecy about some areas of the cars development right now - IronCAD enables us to develop, design, detail and manufacture completely in-house, therefore eliminating the need to send data outside which could effectively compromise our competitive advantage." - Ulf Leanders" - Leander's Bros. Drag Racing Team