| Class | Class 1 |
| University | University of Surrey |
| Car Number | 93 |
| Country | England |
| Length, width, height, wheelbase | 2653mm/1366mm/1045mm/1550mm |
| Track (front/rear) | 1200mm/1150mm |
| Weight of car (no driver) | 190kg |
| Weight distribution including 68kg driver (front/rear) | 118kg/140kg |
| Suspension (front/rear) | Double unequal length A-Arm. Push rod actuated horizontal transverse spring and damper |
| Tyres (front/rear) | 20.5″ x 7.0″ – 13″ Hoosier |
| Wheels (front/rear) | 180mm wide, 3 pc Composite & Aluminium Rim |
| Brakes (front/rear) | ISR steel disks, 230mm OD fronts, single 180mm OD rear |
| Chassis construction | Two-piece, carbon fibre monocoque forward, tubular steel spaceframe rear |
| Engine | 2007/ Honda CBR600RR/ Inline four |
| Bore/stroke/cylinders/cc | 67.0mm bore / 42.5mm Stroke / 4 Cylinder / 599cc |
| Fuel | 99 RON unleaded |
| Fuel system | Custom multi point fuel injection |
| Max power/max torque | 65 kW @ 10,000rpm / 60Nm @ 7,500rpm |
| Transmission | Single 520 Tsubaki chain |
| Differential | Honda Suretrac based custom differential |
| Final drive | 3.2:1 |
For 2011, the SURTES team has built on another years experience in Formula Student to achieve further improvements in vehicle power and a reduction of mass to below 190kg, whilst greatly increasing reliability.
Drawing on previous experience in design and manufacture of both steel space-frame chassis and CFRP monocoque chassis, the team has developed a highly optimised CFRP/space-frame hybrid chassis. The result is a CFRP monocoque front chassis mated to a steel space-frame rear chassis incorporating the main roll hoop. This design offers many advantages, the most important of which are improvements in engine bay access and reduced mass without a damaging reduction in torsional stiffness.
Reliability has been carefully considered in the design stage this year resulting in improvements to many vehicle systems. A key development has been in a new fuel system with in tank fuel pump. The team has also moved to an ECU controlled electrical solenoid based gear selector system which reduces reliability issues associated with the previous pneumatic design.
In a bid to reduce reliance on external suppliers, the team has been working to bring the production of composite tubes and other composite components in house.
