| Team Name | : | Cape Speed |
| University | : | Cape Peninsula University of Technology |
| Class | : | Class 1 |
| Car Number | : | 35 |
| Country | : | South Africa |
![Chassis[1]](https://www.racecar-engineering.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Chassis1.png)
Cape Speed is a group of young, diverse and aspiring students from almost every faculty within Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) in Cape Town, South Africa. Cape Speed are returning for the third time to Formula Student, UK since being formed in 2011.
The Formula Student programme at CPUT was established under the mentorship of CPUT staff in the TIA Adaptronics AMTL research unit with the aim of developing automotive engineers in South Africa, and has since grown from strength to strength. Cape Speed currently consists of a well rounded team of technical, business and design students. The main objective for the team is to improve on the two previous results from 2012 and 2014. Additionally, the team aims to significantly reduce the weight and improve competitiveness of the vehicle from 2014 by improving design and manufacturing techniques. The 2016 car has a hybrid chassis (carbon front and steel tubular rear) compared to the 2014 vehicle, Prins, which has a carbon monocoque and Ibhubezi (2012), which has a steel tubular frame chassis. The latest vehicle has also migrated from 4-cylinder engines running on petrol previously to a single cylinder engine running E85, thereby reducing weight and improving fuel economy.
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| Track (front/rear)1200mm/1100mm |
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| Weight of car (no driver) | 180kg | ||||
| Weight distribution including 68kg driver (front/rear) |
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| Suspension (front/rear) | “Front: Double, unequal length, composite/aluminium A-arm. Pull rod actuated, vertical-external orientated spring and 3-way adjustable damper. Front 16mm torsion bar Rear: Double, unequal length, composite/aluminium A-arm. Push rod actuated, vertical-internal orientated spring and 3-way adjustable damper. Rear 14mm torsion bar” | ||||
| Tyres (front/rear) | Front: Hoosier 20.5×6.0-13 RB25B (dry). Hoosier 21.0×6.5-13 (wet). Rear: Hoosier 20.5×6.0-13 RB25B ( | ||||
| Wheels (front/rear) | Front: 13x6J Braid Sturace Mono, PCD 3×100 (dry). 13×6.5J Braid Sturace Mono, PCD 3×100 (wet). Rear: | ||||
| Brakes (front/rear) | “Front: 254mm cast iron disks, drilled, hub mounted. Wilwood four-piston calipers Rear: 203mm cast iron disks, drilled, hub mounted. Wilwood two-piston calipers” | ||||
| Chassis construction | Hybrid Chassis – carbon fibre front tub, steel tubular rear frame | ||||
| Engine (Electric motor for alternatively fuelled vehicles) | 2016 KTM 450exc single cylinder, four stroke, water cooled engine. | ||||
| Bore/stroke/cylinders/cc (Electric motor spec for alternatively fuelled vehicles) | 95mm 63.4mm Single 449cc | ||||
| Fuel type (Type of Energy Storage for alternatively fuelled vehicles) | E85 | ||||
| Fuel system (Accumulator Spec for alternatively fuelled vehicles) | Perfect Power engine management system, sequential fuel injection | ||||
| Max power/max torque | 45.7kW@9750rpm / 51.8Nm@7250rpm | ||||
| Transmission | Single 525 chain, motorcycle transmission | ||||
| Differential | Limited slip differential (Drexler) | ||||
| Final drive | 3.64 |
