With the University celebrating its 50th Anniversary in 2016, the Aston Racing Team is looking forward to representing Aston at our 13th year of competing in FSUK.
Car 117 is an evolution on last year’s design carrying over the use of a steel space frame chassis. Having been manufactured in house, resulting gains were:
•11kg weight reduction
•24% stiffness-to-weight ratio improvement
This year the team have also made a number of developments to various components, striving to improve performance, handling, weight and aerodynamic efficiency. We have achieved this by:
• Reduced engine and driver centre of gravity
• Reduced roll hoop height and radiator size
• Reduced frontal area and drag force
• Compact pull-rod suspension
• Increased driver comfort
• Engine dynamometer mapping
The team comprises of eleven final year engineering students:
Amardeep Malhi (Front Suspension)
James Stock (Drive-train)
James White (Chassis and vehicle integration)
Jamie Oliver (Uprights and hubs)
Jess Palfrey (Driver Environment)
Josh Stevens (Attenuator, jig and manufacture)
Kamrul Hasan (Rear Suspension)
Mark Wightman (Engine and lubrication)
Nick Craig (Engine tuning and manufacture)
Owen McNamee (Bodywork and cooling)
Victor Roberts (Intake)
The team would like to thank their dedicated University staff:
David Upton (Faculty Advisor)
David Smith (Faculty Advisor)
Reece Lillie (Faculty Advisor)
| Class | Class 1 |
| University | Aston University |
| Team Name | Aston Racing |
| Country | UK |
| Car Number | 117 |
| Team Website | – |
| Facebook Account | – |
| Twitter Account | – |
| Length, width, height, wheelbase | 2783mm, 1450mm, 1080mm, 1575mm |
| Track (front/rear) |
1250mm/1250mm |
| Weight of car (no driver) | 245kg |
| Weight distribution including 68kg driver (front/rear) |
125.2/187.8 |
| Suspension (front/rear) |
Double unequal length A-Arm, pull rod actuated vertically orientated spring dampers (F&R) |
| Tyres (front/rear) |
508 x 157-330 A45 Avon |
| Wheels (front/rear) |
BBS RD 3 piece 330 x 175 mm – ET 12.5 |
| Brakes (front/rear) |
4 x AP Racing CP4227 calipers, 220mm discs hub mounted (Rigid) |
| Chassis construction |
Steel one piece tubular spaceframe |
| Engine (Electric motor for alternatively fuelled vehicles) |
2003 Honda CBR600RR four stroke in-line four |
| Bore/stroke/cylinders/cc (Electric motor spec for alternatively fuelled vehicles) | 67mm / 42.5mm / 4 / 599cc |
| Fuel type (Type of Energy Storage for alternatively fuelled vehicles) | 95 RON unleaded |
| Fuel system (Accumulator Spec for alternatively fuelled vehicles) |
Honda CBR900 injectors, single stage injection |
| Max power/max torque |
88.1 KW @ 13500 rpm / 66 Nm @ 11250 rpm |
| Transmission |
6 speed sequential gearbox, single 520 chain |
| Differential |
Drexler plate type limited slip differential |
| Final drive | 3:85:1 |
