Motorsports Engine Builder
Offered At the following campus locations
Program Overview
The Motorsports Engine Builder certificate program prepares students for an entry level or apprenticeship in an engine building, testing or machining facility. The program deals with assembly and disassembly of components, precision measurement of wear, and assembly procedures involved in blueprinting an engine. The program also covers related lubrication, cooling, and ignition systems and components used on modern racing engines. The course includes engine hook up to an engine dynamometer and proper engine break in and Dyno testing.
Course Overview
| Course | Credit Hours |
|---|
MSVT 1000 Intro-Motorspts & Race VehSysts This course provides an introduction to the Motorsports industry, teams, support industries, tools, precision measurement, shop safety basics, and track and transporter safety and basics. It also provides discussion of and practical work on race vehicle systems such as chassis design, suspension and steering, engines, ignition, cooling, lubrication, clutch, transmissions, drive axles and brakes.
Required textbooks and materials:
- Automotive Engines: Theory and Servicing, 7th ed., ISBN 978-0-135103838, $93.98
2674 | 3 |
MSVT 1020 Motorsports Machine Tool This course introduces the fundamental concepts and procedures necessary for the safe and efficient use of basic machine tools. There will be an emphasis on motorsports specific projects.
Required textbooks and materials:
- Automotive Engines: Theory and Servicing, 7th ed., ISBN 978-0-135103838, $93.98
2676 | 4 |
MSVT 2010 Engine Design Building & Testing This course introduces gasoline internal combustion engine design, components and functions. The course includes precision measurement of components, removal and replacement of race vehicle engine assemblies and related components, disassembly and reassembly of racing engines including push rod and over head cam designs, precision measurements, test procedures, engine run stand and dyno testing.
Required textbooks and materials:
- Performance Welding Handbook, ISBN 978-0-7603-2172-0, $22.27
- Racing Engine Builder's Handbook: How to Build WinningDrag, Circle Track, Marine, and Road Racing Engines, ISBN 978-1557884923, $22.54
2682 | 3 |
| *10 minimum semester hour credits required for certificate | |
