A new carbon fibre monocoque became a key ingredient for UoP Racing. Low weight was the top priority, which led the team to switch from the Yamaha XT600E to a Yamaha WR450. The third generation of the team, twelve students, gathered all the experience from the two previous cars and aimed high. The car competed at Formula SAE Michigan and proved significantly lighter than its predecessors: at 175 kg, UoP3 remains the lightest car UoP Racing has built.
Lightest UoP car
Yamaha WR450, 1 cyl.
2-piece monocoque
Wheelbase
2537 / 1431 / 1146 / 1650 mm
1240 / 1220 mm
Double unequal length A-arms, pull-rod actuated, horizontally oriented spring and damper (front and rear)
18×7.5-10 R25B Hoosier slicks / 19.5×6.5-10 Hoosier wets
7.5 in wide, 3-piece aluminium rim, custom aluminium centre
Floating cast iron, hub mounted, 180 mm drilled ISR rotors, 4 × ISR 22-048 OB four-piston calipers
Two-piece carbon fibre monocoque
2008 Yamaha WR450
95 mm / 63 mm / 1 / 449 cc
Student designed and built injection, Keihin 550 cc/min injectors, Haltech E6X ECU
9000 rpm / 7500 rpm
DID ERV 520 chain
Drexler LSD, Formula Student
