Team name: Exeter Racing
University: University of Exeter
Class: Class 1
Car Number: 88
Country: UK
Length: 2800
Height: 1080
Width: 1483
Wheelbase: 1800
Track: 1300/1235
Car Weight: 240
Weight Distribution: 124/186
Suspension: Double unequal length A-Arm, push rod actuated suspension for both front and rear
Tyres: 7.2/20.0-13 Avon
Wheels: 177 mm wide, 1 pc Al Rim
Brakes: Front: hub mounted, 215mm dia custom disk, wilwood dynalite calliper.
Rear: hub mounted, 200mm dia custom disk, willwood ps1 calliper.
Chassis: One piece tubular steel spaceframe
Engine: 1998 Honda CB 600F four stroke in line four
Bore: 65
Stroke: 42.5
Cylinders: 4
CC: 599
Fuel Type: 99 RON unleaded
Fuel System: Custom built multi point fuel injection
Max Power: 54.4kW@10,000rpm
Max Torque: 54.2Nm @ 7,500rpm
Transmission: Single 520 chain
Differential: Custom build open differential
Final Drive: 4.2:1
Team profile
The University of Exeter team is made up of 15 engineering students, studying in their fourth and final year.
This year the aim was to expand on last year’s success where the previous team won the Alan Staniforth award for best newcomer, finishing an impressive 62nd out of over 120 entrants. The weak points of the 2013 car were scrutinised at the start of the project to ensure the design would be better for the 2014 car.
One of the major flaws with last year’s car was the lack of a rear differential, leading to the team setting the record for most cones hit in the endurance event.
This year a custom made differential is being used which will drastically improve the handling of the car. Cutting edge manufacturing processes at the University have been utilised to produce lightweight performance parts. This has helped the team succeed in another of the key aims for this year, which was to reduce the weight as much as possible with a target weight of 240kg, which works out as a 25% reduction compared to last year’s car.
