St Paul’s Cars

Zytec 1 was built in early 2007 for the Sussex heat at Goodwood in June. It was the first St Paul’s car to be manufactured with an aluminium chassis and it’s body panels were manufactured from 1.0mm heat bent ABS riveted onto the chassis.

The 2007 Sussex heat was its only outing and whilst it ran the full 4 hours and qualified for the 2007 final it weighed in at over 120kg including batteries so it was decided to go on a weight saving exercise to try and improve its acceleration and top speed.

Zytec 2 was built in mid 2007 for the Surrey heat at Dunsfold in September. It was the second St Paul’s car to be manufactured with an aluminium chassis and it’s body panels were also manufactured from 1.0mm aluminium riveted onto the chassis. Sharing the same gearing and transmission system as Zytec 1, it completed 77.2 miles finishing 10th out of 28 entrants and qualified for the 2007 final.

In the 2007 final at Goodwood it completed 81.6 miles finishing 41st out of 70 entrants.

In the 2008 season it qualified for the final finishing 15th with a mileage of 88.8 miles at the Goodwood heat. In the final it completed 84 miles finishing 33rd out of 75 entrants.

Zytec Aero was built in 2008 and was ready for the final heat of the season in Surrey at Dunsfold. Manufactured from an aluminium chassis clad in an identical top and bottom aerodynamic vacuum formed mould of 3.0mm ABS. At Dunsfold it completed 85.8 miles finishing 11th out of 38 entrants and qualified for the 2008 final.

In the 2008 final at Goodwood it completed 103.2 miles finishing 11th out of 75 entrants.

iWac Aero was built in 2009 and was ready for the Corporate Challenge/Season Opener at Goodwood. It was raced for the first time as a Passivent corporate entrant with a team from St Paul's and Passivent and finished 15th with a mileage of 93.6 miles.

Manufactured from an aluminium chassis clad in an identical top and bottom aerodynamic vacuum formed mould of 3.0mm ABS. In effect it is a copy of Zytec Aero with slightly different gearing ratios.