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Design of an SAE Baja Racing Off-Road Vehicle Powertrain I was fortunate enough to be able to lead powertrain design on the Baja team for two years in a row, which allowed me to not only test theories and modify them, but also to learn from mistakes. A brief review of the 2014 car powertrain design is in order, as it informs many of the design decisions made for the 2015 Baja car. The 2014 Akron Baja Car (ZB14) uses a Comet 780 series CVT coupled to a two stage chain reduction to couple the Engine to the 22 inch diameter tires. The layout of this chain reduction was designed with two things in mind. First, there was a desire to see the acceleration benefits of raising the Engine higher in the car, thus raising the center of mass of the car and the subsequent longitudinal weight transfer during acceleration. This increase in longitudinal weight transfer would theoretically provide more tractive ability for the rear tires during an acceleration run. The second objective of the chain layout was to reduce the wheelbase as much as possible. We found that there was not too much benefit gained by the increased height of the center of gravity during acceleration. In addition, the negative effect this higher center of gravity had on lateral handling and rollover completely outweighs any positive acceleration effects gained by a raised engine. Ideally, the bottom of the engine should be placed as low as possible for the best handling car. The shorter wheelbase accomplished with the unique packing of the driveline did help with navigating tight obstacles in maneuverability, as demonstrated by our 22nd finish in maneuverability at the 2014 competition in Illinois (See results compilation in appendix for full placement details). This car was also used to verify the effectiveness of the gear reduction ratio calculated from theory that will presented later in this report. From this testing it was found that only a slight modification to the originally calculated gear ratio