Team name: Cape Speed
University: Cape Peninsula University of Technology
Class: Class 1
Car Number: 19
Country: South Africa
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Length: 2650
Height: 1150
Width: 1380
Wheelbase: 1600
Track: 1200/1200
Car Weight: 220
Weight Distribution: 130kg/158kg
Suspension: Double unequal length A-Arm. Push rod / Pull rod actuated horizontally oriented spring and damper
Tyres: 520 x 178 Hoosier
Wheels: 168 mm wide, 1pc steel
Brakes: Cast Iron, hub mounted, 240 mm dia. Drilled
Chassis: Carbon fiber monocoque
Engine: 2009 / Suzuki GSR 600 four stroke four cylinder in line
Bore: 67
Stroke: 42.5
Cylinders: 4
CC: 599.4
Fuel Type: 99 RON unleaded
Fuel System: Multi point fuel injection
Max Power: 68 kW @ 12000rpm
Max Torque: 64.7 Nm @ 9600rpm
Transmission: Single 525 chain
Differential: FSAE Drexler Limited slip differential
Final Drive: 3.64:1
Team Profile:
Cape Speed is a group of young diverse aspiring engineers from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) in Cape Town, South Africa. The team was the first South African team to successfully complete the Formula Student 2012 competition in the UK.
The Cape Speed Team was established in 2011 under the mentor-ship of CPUT staff in the TIA Adaptronics AMTL research unit with the aim of developing automotive engineers in South Africa.
Cape Speed encourages students at all levels to become part of the team, as a result, the ever growing team consists of a combination of 21 undergraduate and postgraduate members.
Our main objective in the 2014 competition is to improve on our 2012 performance. To achieve this goal the team has set weight reduction as a primary design criterion.
Additional information
As a result of the weight reduction design criteria the team selected a carbon fiber monocoque chassis.
