Team name: Phoenix Racing
University: Coventry University
Class: Class 1
Car Number: 88
Country: UK
Technical Specification
Length: 2870
Width: 1300
Height: 1100
Wheelbase: 1535
Track: 1180/1120
Weight – No driver: 200
Weight – Distribution including driver: 134/134
Suspension: Front and rear Unequal length A-Arms with pull rod actuated Manitou Metel dampers
Tyres: Hoosier 19.5-7.5-10. Compound R25B
Wheels: Douglas red label 10″ aluminium rim
Brakes: Hub mounted 190mm discs, Wilwood PS-1 calipers/155mm inboard fixed discs, Wilwood PS-1 calipers
Chassis construction: Tubular spaceframe
Engine: Kawasaki GPz 500 parralell twin
Bore: 74
Stroke: 58
Cylinders: 2
CC: 498
Fuel Type: 98 Octane petrol
Fuel System: Duel phase injection system controlled with a Emerald K3 ECU
Max Power: 40Kw@7500rpm
Max Torque: 55Nm@6000rpm
Transmission: Standard transmission housed within engine blockStandard transmission housed within engine block
Differential: Drexler LSD
Final Drive: 03:01
Team Profile
Phoenix Racing has taken a very ambitious design route to produce a light and technically advanced car. The design concepts that have been developed over the past year include:
• A hybrid Chassis, consisting of carbon fibre tubes bonded to DMLS steel nodes with a rear aluminium sub frame.
• A passive hydraulic suspension system that controls the different suspension modes.
• A dual cylinder injection induction system, to improve the air fuel mixture, increasing engine efficiency.
• A Pneumatic, paddle operated gear shifting system to improve driver ergonomics and vehicle drivability.
This year, following the teams lightweight design ethos, a 2 cylinder Kawasaki GPZ engine is being used saving 10kg in engine and ancillary weight. 10” wheels and a small wheelbase and track mean tight packaging and inherently smaller components, all of which produce a much lighter car.
Phoenix Racing operates through a team of 24 final year students studying for a BEng in motorsport engineering. The team is divided into four sub teams which deal with four separate areas of the car, these areas being: Chassis, Engine, Dynamics and Unsprung Mass.
Our main aim for this year is to win the efficiency event for the second year running.
• We won the fuel efficiency event last year.
• We aim to repeat that again this year though a light weight and efficient design, beating the electric cars on CO2 emissions.
• 11th year at the UK competition
• 2011 was our best result in the endurance (6th place) we aim to better that this year.
• The car feature a development of last years hydraulic actuated suspension system that provides greater control of the vehicles roll, pitch and warp modes.
• The induction system features duel cylinder injection to improve air fuel mixture which increases engine efficiency
