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Class Class 1
University Dublin Institute of Technology
Car Number 101
Country Ireland
Length, width, height, wheelbase 2800 mm Long * 1450mm Wide *  1238mm High* 1625mm Wheelbase
Track (front/rear) 1250mm/1190mm
Weight of car (no driver) 220kg
Weight distribution including 68kg driver (front/rear) 88kg/132kg
Suspension (front/rear) Double unequal length A-Arm.  Push rod actuated horizontally oriented spring and damper
Tyres (front/rear) Avon 20 * 7.2-13
Wheels (front/rear) Keizer Custom Wheels 3 pc Al Rim 13″
Brakes (front/rear) Cast Iron, hub mounted, 248 mm  dia. Grooved. AP Racing Callipers
Chassis construction Tubular Space Frame
Engine Suzuki GSXR 600 K3
Bore/stroke/cylinders/cc 67 mm / 42.5 mm / 4 Cylinders / 599 cc
Fuel Unleaded
Fuel system Student designed injector manifold, stock gsxr fuel rail, injection
Max power/max torque 83.9kW@ 12700rpm/ 69Nm@10500rpm
Transmission Single Chain
Differential Quaife, Drg. No. F-7Z5-01
Final drive 3.6:1

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FormulaDIT was founded in 2008 by the Engineering Department of Dublin Institute of Technology and this year we are entering Class 1 for the first time. In FormulaDIT, there are 15 final year students from Manufacture and Design Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. Each student is taking an aspect of the car as their thesis.

Our entry, the only one from the Republic of Ireland, has many exciting and innovative features. Some of these features include a rapid- prototyped air-intake system, custom injector manifolds and tuning-fork styled push rods. We have incorporated a Motec M400 ECU to control a GSXR 600 K3 engine. A Kliktronic flat shifter with steering wheel paddles controls the gears quickly and efficiency.

To transport the team and car over to Silverstone, the lovely people at Irish Ferries have kindly agreed to sponsor our ferry over. The main objective of FormulaDIT is that even with no experience in Class 1 and a tight budget, we can be competitive against the best of the Formula Student teams.
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Sam Collins has worked for Racecar Engineering for more than a decade. His passion for racing began during his work experience in the loom shop of Williams F1 aged 16 and he has been involved in the sport ever since. Sam attended Oxford Brookes University to study Automotive Engineering and has written for many publications since, including Motorsport News and Autosport. He is Associate Editor of Racecar Engineering