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Design the car in metric, the only exception being critical and fasteners in imperial. Normal Some fasteners can be metric or imperial, but consult your team lead and keep it consistent.if the elec-team requires or due to stock availability; consult team lead for exceptions
Follow standardized units to maintain consistency between components. Design in Metric due to alignment with ASC regulations and ease of calculations. Critical Fasteners in Imperial due to Imperials because of significantly better availability (ex. low profile flex locs) and price in McMaster-Carr for critical fasteners.
Critical Fasteners: Fasteners for critical areas, which is defined to include: steering, braking, suspension, seat mounts, safety harness, drive train, battery box, ballast carrier, and parking brake.
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