Team Name : Lancaster Racing Team
University : Lancaster University
Class : Class 1
Car Number : 52
Country : UK

– Team of 18 MEng final year students.

– First year for front and rear multi-element wings for Lancaster.
– Novel chassis design with composite structural underfloor, front and rear aluminium suspension mounting plates.
– Highly converging, double A-arm wishbones, maximising cornering ability, whilst minimising effects of roll.
– Semi-automatic transmission.
– Wireless telemetry system.

Main objectives:
1) Car weight to be under 190kg
2) Place amongst top ten UK based teams

Sponsors:
– Lancaster University
– Shermaynes
– Burge Hughes Walsh
– United Oil
– K Cut
– JD Mototech
– Trelleborg
– Altair Hyper works
– MSC Software
– Ricardo
– Easy Composites

Length, width, height, wheelbase 3058mm 1175mm 1200mm 1647mm
Track (front/rear)1200mm/1100mm  1200mm/1120mm
Weight of car (no driver) 190kg
Weight distribution including 68kg driver (front/rear) 116/142
Suspension (front/rear) Highly converging, double unequal length A-Arm, push rods.
Tyres (front/rear) Hoosier 460mm diameter, 236mm width slicks R25B
Wheels (front/rear)  10’’ diameter wheels, 7’’ wide (Front and Rear) 3pc aluminium
Brakes (front/rear) Self developed, hub mounted, mild steel brake discs. Front 1.12” pistons, rear 1” pistons
Chassis construction Aluminium plate reinforced, tubular steel space-frame, with composite structural underfloor.
Engine (Electric motor for alternatively fuelled vehicles) KTM 500 EXC. Single cylinder, 4 stroke
Bore/stroke/cylinders/cc (Electric motor spec for alternatively fuelled vehicles) 95mm 72mm 1 510cc
Fuel type (Type of Energy Storage for alternatively fuelled vehicles) 99 RON unleaded.
Fuel system (Accumulator Spec for alternatively fuelled vehicles) Low pressure, direct fuel injection.
Max power/max torque 58 bhp @ 10000rpm 48Nm @ 7000rpm
Transmission Single 520 chain
Differential Drexler FSAE LSD
Final drive 3.84:1
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