Tech Specs 2008 Car
2008 Car - M08

 

Engine

  • Yamaha YZF R6 600cc inline 4 cylinder
  • Autorotor Lysholm Twin Screw Supercharger
  • Combined plunger throttle/restrictor/venturi
  • Custom dry-sump setup
  • Male-moulded resin-infused glass fibre intake manifold
  • Reground inlet and exhaust cams
  • 4 into 1 tuned length exhaust
  • Engine rotated 75 degrees backward

Drivetrain

  • Two Speed sequential gearbox with electronic shifter
  • Manual hand-lever clutch (only used for starting)
  • Yamaha ATV differential in custom housing with clutch pack LSD
  • Taylor-race tripod joints in custom 7075 aluminium housings

Suspension

  • Double wishbone layout
  • Shortened Koni 2812 shocks with custom valving, pullrod front, pushrod rear
  • CNC machined custom uprights with integrated callipers
  • Front and rear anti-roll bars
  • In house designed rack and pinion steering
  • Carbon fibre suspension mounting clevises

Chassis

  • Single piece, prepreg carbon fibre/honeycomb full monocoque chassis
  • Front roll hoop laminated into monocoque
  • Altair Hyperworks optimised laminate
  • Carbon/kevlar flame-retardant seat-back
  • 2009 rules compliant

Wheels and Brakes

  • Custom centre lock billet aluminium wheel centres
  • 13" spun 3 mm aluminium rims
  • Hoosier racing slicks 7" front, 7.5" rear
  • Custom twin pot opposing callipers with internal fluid crossover front and rear

Aerodynamics/Body

  • Resin infused carbon/kevlar undertray with splitter and diffuser
  • Pre-preg fibreglass sidepod
  • Pre-preg fibreglass nosecone
  • Single custom made aluminium radiator
  • Davies Craig EWP85 water pump and 12" fan

Electronics and Datalogging

  • Autronic SM4 ECU
  • M&W Pro-14 CDI
  • Motec EDL2 data logger unit
  • Electronic gear shifter with flat shift
  • Custom dash developed in-house, mounted in custom carbon fibre steering wheel. Provides an interface to the data acquisition system displaying any logged sensor reading through a colour VGA LCD touchscreen.
  • Launch and traction control
  • Logging of shock position, G forces, steering angle, tyre temps in 3 positions across all tyres and all engine parameters

Achievements

  • 1st - Business Presentation
  • 1st - Acceleration
  • 2nd - Engineering Design
  • 1st - 2008 Auckland Domain Hill Climb