Team name: University of Manchester Formula Student
University: University of Manchester
Class: Class 1
Car Number: 19
Country: UK
Technical Specification
Length: 2690
Width: 1480
Height: 1083
Wheelbase: 1550
Track: 1290/1120
Weight – no driver: 200
Weight – distribution including driver: 131/137
Suspension: Unequal length double wishbone. Pushrod actuated front and rear.
Tyres: Hoosier 18×6 -10
Wheels: 10″ Kaizer
Brakes: Hub mounted laser cut steel discs, AP Motor Cycle callipers
Chassis construction: Tubular spaceframe
Engine: 2004/ Yamaha YZF-R6 four stroke in line four
Bore: 65.5
Stroke: 44.5
Cylinders: 4
CC: 599.8
Fuel Type: 99 RON Unleaded
Fuel System: Custom magnetti morelli single point injection
Max Power: 62 kW @ 10,000rpm
Max Torque: 47 Nm @ 8,000rpm
Transmission: Single 520 chain
Differential: Torsen University Special LSD
Final Drive: 04:01
Team Profile
The University of Manchester enters this competition with a simple yet effective design strategy to follow on from lessons learned in in 2010 and 2011. The small team of volunteers from aerospace, mechanical and electrical engineering backgrounds give up their extra curricular time to take part in the project as it is not integrated into the course at the University of Manchester. A well packaged design along with mathematically backed strategic weight reduction has resulted in the lightest and smallest car to date. The team has considered cost on a larger scale than ever before, cutting down on composite manufacture and switching instead to lightweight aluminium folding. A laser cut tubular space frame provides the base for a modified Yamaha R6 engine incorporating high compression pistons, slipper clutch and intake designed using the Ricrado Wave engine simulation software. In the drivetrain, a Torsen University Special sits in a custom designed, lightweight Aluminium 7075 housing. The differential is mounted in 7075 laser cut plates which are then mounted to both the chassis and the engine for increased torsional rigidity.
