Queen's Formula Racing News

QFR Visit Wrightbus

QFR team members recently visited Wrightbus in Ballymena. The successful 2006 car was brought along to raise the profile of the company's sponsorship of the team among employees. From this visit it has been confirmed that Wrightbus plan to continue their sponsorship of QFR. They have offered to help with the moulds for the bodywork, which is usually a very time consuming task for QFR members and they will also be offering finanicial assistance. Have a look at the gallery for photographs from the visit.

Phase 1 Dyno Testing Complete!

QFR have successfully completed an intensive 10 week engine testing programme which finished at easter this year. Data recorded included high-speed in-cylinder measurements in addition to pressure pulsations in the inlet and exhaust ducting - QFR aim to have the finest validated R6 engine unsteady gas dynamics model in the FSAE community. Bio-ethanol and petrol setups were compared and various inlet and exhaust systems examined - QFR are predicting our highest power output to date at this year's event. Click here to check out the video of the unrestricted unsilenced engine - an estimated 120dB OUTSIDE a modern "sound-proof" test cell!!

SIS Device

QFR successfully test top secret SIS Device - significant power gains achieved. The rest is classified (We could tell you more but then we'd have to kill you! ;-) )