FE Car

Open Wheel excitement focused on driver skill and cost containment is central to the Formula Enterprises race cars. Power is provided by a Mazda 2.3 liter inline 4 producing approximately 170 hp.

Maintenance and operating costs are controlled through standardized components, drive train, adjustments and tires. Being a single design, fixed specification car with minimal adjustments, sealed engines, set horsepower, and equal traction provides maximum ‘bang for your racing buck’.

At speed the car will generate 2.5 G’s and it will reach 165 mph without drafting. With driver the car weights in at 1,250 pounds.

DRIVE TRAIN

2.3 Liter sealed Mazda engine Alloy head and block Twin cam, 16 valve Torque = 170 ft/lbs @ 4700 Horsepower = 170 @ 5800 Electronic fuel ignition by MBE Elite sequential gearbox – 5 speed. 1st = 2.41 2nd = 1.86 3rd = 1.50 4th = 1.22 5th = 1.08 Final drive = 2.75

SUSPENSION

Advanced push rod activated system operating on wide based oval section wishbones with the latest anti-intrusion bar requirements Alloy casting, heat treated uprights with large diameter angular contact bearings Front anti-sway bar is cockpit adjustable Four (4) shock system – sealed rebound adjustable Penske

CHASSIS

Multi tubular steel spaceframe extensively braced in the cockpit and footwell areas. GCR compliant. Formula 1 design features of a high nose, deep side pods and an engine cover with an air intake encompassing the roll hoop

BRAKES

Lightweight 4 piston calipers 10-1/2″ diameter discs all around Cockpit adjustable bias

WHEELS

Front: 8 x 13 by OZ Rear: 10 x 13 by OZ Hoosier R45B Compound Front – 21.5 x 8.0 x 13.0 (Hoosier PN 43270) Rear – 22.0 in x 10.0 in x 13.0 (Hoosier PN 43301) Marked set for qualifying and race

DIMENSIONS

Wheel base: 102.5 Front track: 58.5 Rear track: 55

AERODYNAMICS

Front wing: Full width, adjustable Rear wing: Two upper elements, lower element mounted on gearbox

OTHER

Detachable steering wheel Van Diemen rack and pinion unit Dry cell battery On-board 2.5 kg fire system Six point safety harness Fuel tank mounted behind the driver’s seat – 7 gallon Twin high efficiency aluminum radiators with low drag coefficients housed singularly in each side pod.