Technical description:
- Dimensions
- Overall length - 4395 cm
Overall width - 200 cm
Height - 1 metre
Weight - 505 kg
Wheelbase - 295 cm
Track (front) - 165 cm
Track (rear) - 160 cm
- Engine
- Mugen-Honda ZA5C
- Engine management
- Mugen-Honda with one-way 'burst' telemetry
- Clutch
- AP 5.5 inch triple-plate carbon fibre, hydraulically
operated
- Gearbox
- Six speed, plus reverse, Team Lotus (driver initiated)
semi-automatic transverse transmission
- Wheel bearings
- Front and rear - double row ball bearings
- Brakes
- Front and rear - AP calipers, AP/Hitco and Carbone
Industrie discs and pads
- Wheels
- OZ - magnesium 13 inch diameter
Front 11.0 inch width
Rear 13.7 inch width
- Tyres
- Goodyear Eagle radials
- Suspension
- Front fabricated steel uprights and wishbones plus
inboard spring damper operated by carbon fibre push
rods. Rear fabricated steel uprights and wishbones plus
inboard spring damper operated by pushrods. Option
for front and rear anti-roll bars
- Monocoque
- Carbon fibre skinned aluminum honeycomb
sandwich. One piece moulding with integral internal
structure
- Fuel cell
- Central single rubberized fabric cell to Team Lotus
design, with 1994 regulation refuelling hatches
- Bodywork
- Carbon fibre one piece engine cover, with separate
sidepods, one piece underbody/rear diffuser. Nosebox
to meet FISA requirements with energy absorbing
carbon composite structure
- Wings
- Carbon fibre with adjustable flaps, front and rear
- Cooling system
- Swept back left-hand and right hand radiators with
oil/water heat exchanger on left hand side
- Lubrication
- Dry sump engine oil tank incorporated within the
gearbox casing
- Life support
- The car is fitted with regulation extinguishers for the
cockpit and engine bays
- Electrics
- Cranfield gearbox controller and data acquisition system
with chassis wiring by Raychem to Team Lotus design
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