320 Owner’s Manual 0 Contents & General Information 0 Contents & General Information ..................2 0.1 Preface ..........................5 0.2 Issues ..........................6 0.3 Contacts ..........................7 0.4 General Agreements and Warranty ..................8 1 Chasis & Safety ......................... 9 1.1 ...
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320 Owner’s Manual 3.2.2 Rear (STD configuration) ........................... 29 3.3 Front Geometry Adjustment UMP Options ................30 3.3.1 Roll Centre Height ............................. 32 3.4 Rear Geometry adjustment ....................33 3.5 Front torsion bar settings ....................35 3.5.1 Front torsion bar pre‐load ........................ 36 3.5.2 Front Anti roll bar settings ........................ 37 3.6 Rear Anti roll bar settings ....................41 4 ...
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320 Owner’s Manual 10 Battery ..........................63 “320.002 ‐ OWNER’S MANUAL SUPER B LITHIUM IRON PHOSPHATE STARTER BATTERIES.pdf” ...... 63 11 Fuel System ........................63 “320.001 ‐ USE AND MAINTENANCE MANUAL FOR M.E.RIN FLEXIBLE TANKS.pdf” .......... 63 12 Pedals ..........................65 12.1 Pedals for KIT car ......................68 12.2 Brake Balance Adjuster ..................... 69 12.3 Pedals’ adjustments ......................69 13 ...
320 Owner’s Manual 0.1 Preface This document describes the DALLARA 320 main technical characteristics and settings as well as the maintenance, repairing and operating procedures. The foundation of the 320-car development is the intention to give continuity to the concept of the former 317 car and technically the DALLARA 320 is an upgrade from the existing DALLARA 317 car.
320 Owner’s Manual 0.3 Contacts GT Sport Organización S. L. C/ Juan Bravo nº 17, Bajo derecha Madrid 28006 Tel:91 432 27 50 Fax: 91 578 05 82 Fax:91 426 35 96 www.gtsport.es Sporting manager: D.
320 Owner’s Manual 0.4 General Agreements and Warranty Motor racing is not covered by warranty due to the intentional choice of drivers to race in a dangerous environment. In the "320 OWNER’S MANUAL" you will find the details of the terms and conditions for the maintenance/replacement/refurbishment/dimensional and crack check of the car and its components.
320 Owner’s Manual 1 Chasis & Safety 1.1 General data Components Type/supplier Front suspension Push-rod with twin dampers, anti-roll bar and third element Rear suspension Push-rod with twin dampers, anti-roll bar and third element Front Springs Torsion bars Rear Springs Coil springs...
320 Owner’s Manual 1.3 Reference plane The reference plane is located on the monocoque’s reference pads and on the stripe along the centerline of the car. Bottom side of the monocoque is at +3.0mm from Ref. Plane and side stripes are at +1.5mm. Rev.
320 Owner’s Manual 1.5 Safety overview and equipment The new 320 complies with the most stringent safety regulation in the motorsport. The monocoque has been homologated fulfilling the FIA F1-2018 regulations. An overview of the safety equipment of the new 320 car is reported below. ...
320 Owner’s Manual 1.7 Protection secondary panel Following the FIA F1-2018 regulation, a new wider protection panel has been adopted for the 320 cars, with the purpose to extend the area which is reinforced and then to increase the safety of the monocoque.
320 Owner’s Manual 1.9 Sacrificial keel A new “sacrificial” keel has been developed by Dallara. The purposes of this component are: a) Protect the monocoque keel edge (complex repairing procedure) in case of a kerb or ground contact during the normal use of the car b) Provide an additional reinforcement to the monocoque for the driver safety c) Making the repairing easier: in case the sacrificial keel get damaged it can be replaced easily...
320 Owner’s Manual 1.13 Extractable seat An additional bracket has been added to the back of the extractable seat to provide an additional support to the extractable seat on case of a severe rear impact. A gap of 10mm should guaranteed between the two shown surfaces.
320 Owner’s Manual 1.15 Seat belt The seat belts for 320 have been updated to the latest safety standard (8853/2016). Only the use of safety belt that are approved following the 8853/2016 regulation is allowed. ...
320 Owner’s Manual 1.18 Components Mileage The following parts must follow a life-mileage program for periodic maintenance / replacement / refurbishment / dimensional and crack checks. Listed below are typical expected life (in kilometres). For safety reasons, please contact immediately Dallara if you discover premature wear or problems ...
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320 Owner’s Manual The limit mileage reported above are meant as the maximum kilometers allowable in case of a normal operation of the car, with no contacts, no unexpected maneuvers (example hard jump on kerbs, run on grass) and no damaging due to any unexpected condition (exposure to high temperature or humidity, damaging while handling the parts, …).
320 Owner’s Manual 2 Bodywork Unless other thing specifically stated, no modification of the initially supplied parts is authorized For the time being, no modification of the body panels’ mountings is accepted. No tape is allowed to cover the junctions between bodywork panels ...
320 Owner’s Manual To further help keeping the fairing in position, some pieces (example 20x10mm) of double tape (0.5 to 1mm thick) can be used as first step. In any case tape film along the border should be anyway used.
320 Owner’s Manual 33 3 Setup 3.1 Setup adjustment Positive change in: Means: Ride Height car moves up toe-out Camber upper part of rim outward Castor lower part of rim points ahead Unit Front Rear Pushrod Adjuster...
320 Owner’s Manual 3.1.2 Ride height and pushrods adjustment Front and rear ride height can be changed by lengthened/shorten the pushrods. Maximum ride height depends on the maximum regulation allowed by the system. Front Pushrod: ...
320 Owner’s Manual 3.1.3 Toe Front and Rear toe can be changed by lengthened/shorten toe link arm. When the toe link arm is lengthened. Front Toe Link ...
320 Owner’s Manual 3.1.4 Camber Spacer to adjust camber are available in the following thickness: Front: 0.5, 0.6, 0.8, 1.0, 1.2, 1.5 and 2.0 mm Rear: 0.8, 1.0, 1.2, 1.5, 2.0 and 5.0 mm ...
320 Owner’s Manual 3.3 Front Geometry Adjustment UMP Options “UMP” means Upright Mounted Pushrod. The front suspension jacking effect with steering can be tuned by bolting the pushrod on the upright on the 4x different positions listed here below: ...
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320 Owner’s Manual Table below compares the different options described above respect to the rack travel. All these values are referred to the design configuration with the front ride height at 25mm from reference plane. P-0 (std) Rack Side St.
320 Owner’s Manual 3.3.1 Roll Centre Height The Front roll center height can be changed by moving the spacer on the fixing point of the wishbone spherical joint on the wheel side. When changed one step towards higher roll center configuration the push-rod length has to be shortened by 1/12 register turns to put the car back at the same front ride height.
320 Owner’s Manual 3.4 Rear Geometry adjustment The rear wishbones fixing points on gearbox can be mounted in different position. The standard position is considered the middle one (A2, B2, C2, D2) ...
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320 Owner’s Manual Rear roll centre height in A2-B2-C1-D2-E1-F1 (STD configuration) is 63,40mm from ground at an effective static rear ride height of 39.5 mm (measured from ground to reference plane). Antilift and Antisquat are calculated considering a center of gravity height at 295mm from the car reference plane.
320 Owner’s Manual 3.5.1 Front torsion bar pre-load The front suspension torsion bar is equipped with a pre-load adjuster. After set the desired racecar ride-height with driver on-board (adjusting the pushrods turnbuckle) the rebound-stop could be moved in contact with the rocker. Once done this is possible to un-screw the locking nuts of the torsion bar cap and adjust the preload.
320 Owner’s Manual 3.5.2 Front Anti roll bar settings Several U-shaped and a T-shaped anti roll bars are available: r) U-shaped, Long blades configuration ...
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320 Owner’s Manual u) T-shaped Here below the coordinates of the significant points used in the calculation for each configuration: ...
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320 Owner’s Manual Please consider that all the values are calculated not considering the stiffness of the chassis and the compliance of the joints between mechanical elements. The digits reported represent the blade positions: 1=full soft 5=full hard ...
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320 Owner’s Manual Here attached a diagram showing all the possible configurations for the front anti-roll bar: FRONT ARB ...
320 Owner’s Manual 3.6 Rear Anti roll bar settings Two different T shaped and one Double-T shaped anti roll bars are available: Ø14mm solid, Not-Adjustable blade Ø17mm solid Ø25x2 mm The digits reported represent the droplink positions: 1=full soft ...
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320 Owner’s Manual Below the corresponding motion ratio at an effective static rear ride height of 39.5 mm (measured from ground to reference plane) and in the standard layout of the wishbones fixing to the gearbox (A2-B2-C1-D2-E1-F1). Anti-Roll bar Configurations ARB Motion Ratio Heave Motion Ratio...
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320 Owner’s Manual Here attached a diagram showing all the possible configurations for the rear anti-roll bar: REAR ARB Ø25x2mm, Narrow Ø25x2mm, Wide Ø17mm solid, Narrow Ø17mm solid, Wide Ø15mm solid, Narrow Ø15mm solid, Wide ...
320 Owner’s Manual 4 Maintenance and assembly instructions 4.1 Front Uprights 4.1.1 Upright assembly v) Place the upright under a press using the specific jig (F31220B003). Press in position the bearing using the specific pad (F31220B002). ...
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320 Owner’s Manual x) Keeping the assembly in position using F31220B008+B007(x3) tighten the bearing nut at 800Nm using a socket wrench 65mm. ...
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320 Owner’s Manual 4.1.1.1 Bearing removal a) Remove the hub from the upright doing the opposite of the previous procedure. Doing this warm the upright up to 60-70°C and keep it warm while pressing or knocking off the hub from the upright.
320 Owner’s Manual 4.2 Rear Uprights 4.2.1 Upright assembly z) Put the upright on a press and place one of the bearings into the upright using the specific jig (F31220C004) and spacer (F31220C002). ...
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320 Owner’s Manual bb) Place the hub into jig F31220B008, place the upright on top of the hub driving its position by using the jigs F31222C005-006 as shown in the picture below. Move the hub in position by pressing on the jig F31220C005: this will introduce the hub into the upright through a guided movement.
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320 Owner’s Manual dd) Secure the bearing nut in position mounting the locking plate with 3x M4 screw. The bolts must be mounted (after a proper degreasing with Acetone) with Loctite 638 (high temperature). The torque applied to each bolt should be 1Nm. Spring washer should be used. ...
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320 Owner’s Manual 4.2.1.2 Rear uprights bearing spacer The uprights can be serviced by checking and adjusting the bearing spacers. In case an upright need to replace the bearing spacer, this must be dimensioned accordingly with the dimension in between the two bearing resting wall of the upright, measure “A”...
320 Owner’s Manual 4.5 Anti-Roll bar backlash Changing from an anti-roll bar to another or changing blade’s length at the front, it is possible to experience a small amount of backlash of the ARB body due to mechanical tolerances.
320 Owner’s Manual 4.6 Rear Rocker Radial tolerance: wear might occur on the rocker (hole) and on the rocker pivot (shaft). Periodically replace bearings to remove play. Axial tolerance: during regular maintenance you might find the rocker is axially too tight or too loose. In order to tune the rocker assembly, follow the procedure below: ee) Install the lower radial needle bearing ff) Install the lower “case hardened”...
320 Owner’s Manual 4.6.1 Replacement procedure: This procedure helps when stripping down the rocker assy. a) Unscrew the M10 nut on top and take the cap, washers, radial needle bearings and the rocker off. Unscrew nut D by a tubular spanner. ...
320 Owner’s Manual 4.7 Front wing adjustment In order to overcome the consequence of tolerances in design and/or production, that could result in a not perfectly straight or correct angle of the front wing main plane, it is allowed the use of calibrated spacers between the front wing main plane and the front wing hangers, of a maximum thickness of 0,6 mm.
320 Owner’s Manual 5 Steering 5.1 Longitudinal adjustment The longitudinal position of the steering wheel is limited by FIA regulation with relation to the halo position. According to the FIA F1-2018 Regulation the steering wheel must be positioned so as it intersects the helmet free volume at all angular positions.
320 Owner’s Manual 5.2 Vertical adjustment To adjust the steering wheel height is possible to add or remove shims (washers or bespoke spacers) between steering column support and the chassis. The STD position is 2.0mm distance, the height variation of the steering wheel for every 1mm shim is 1.4mm ...
320 Owner’s Manual 5.4 Pinion backlash adjustment In some case it is possible to experience a small amount of backlash of the pinion along its axis due to mechanical tolerances. In this case it is permitted to add calibrated shims between the bearing and the retaining ring in order to stop any movement.
320 Owner’s Manual 5.6 Steering housing treatment The 320 steering housing is in magnesium alloy. In order to increase its durability an anti-corrosion superficial treatment has be done. This treatment gives a light grey color to the component. It’s important to not scratch the external surface of the steering housing but in case this happens a local paint is recommended to restore the surface protection.
320 Owner’s Manual 5.8 Steering rack potentiometer installation Optional parts for installation of a linear potentiometer along the steering housing is available on the Dallara Spare Parts List. Rev. 2022 v_220419 ...
320 Owner’s Manual 5.9 Steering Line for KIT car Teams are allowed to carry-over the column of the F312/317 steering line. In order to engage the carried-over parts (c.o.p.) with the new cardan joint to install a reduction bush is needed to avoid play between new and old parts.
320 Owner’s Manual 5.10 Electric Power Steering (EPS) Provided that NO modification is performed to any of the parts of the kit, and that the working parameters (torque management, etc) are those originally established by Dallara and Kayaba, the F32012DXXX Dallara kit is authorized. 5.11 Alternative Ackermann Arms On an individual basis, all those teams that, due to increase of steering wheel effort derived from the aero downforce improvement, could make a proposal to the Technical Commission of one set of alternative Ackermann arms. Once the alternative parts are authorized, no additional variation or modification will be accepted. Rev. 2022 v_220419 ...
320 Owner’s Manual 6 Gearbox, Clutch & Differential. Kinematic Chain 6.1 Gearbox Documentation concerning the gearbox Hewland F3B-200 can be found in the APPENDIX attached to this document: “320.003 ‐ INSTRUCTIONS AND PARTS LIST FOR EUROFORMULA OPEN HEWLAND F3B GEARBOX.pdf” 6.1.1 Authorized ratios Just the following gear ratios are authorized: 1st Gear 2nd Gears 3rd‐6th Gears...
320 Owner’s Manual 6.2 Differential & C/W Differential casing: Both the FTR and FTRL are authorized. Differential cover: Just the FTRL is authorized. C/W & Pinion: Just the 12/34 one will be authorized (FTRL 221 12-34) ...
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320 Owner’s Manual According to the FIA F1 2018 regulations the leg padding must cover up to 100mm behind the face of the rearmost pedal when in the inoperative position.
320 Owner’s Manual 9 Heat Shields In order to protect bodywork and chassis from heat related issue, parts are delivered with heat protection layers as shown in the picture below. Chassis is protected on the rear surface facing the engine and on its sides where facing the exhaust. Sidepods, engine cover and underwing are also protected where they could be close to the exhaust.
320 Owner’s Manual 10 Battery Documentation concerning the battery can be found in the APPENDIX attached to this document: “320.002 - OWNER’S MANUAL SUPER B LITHIUM IRON PHOSPHATE STARTER BATTERIES.pdf” In order to not over-load the alternator battery must be charged before use. ...
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320 Owner’s Manual Moreover, some small blister could appear temporary on the external surface of the bladder: don’t prick it or it will damage the external coating of the fuel cell. Do not leave fuel in the bladder for long time, dry the fuel out at the end of every event/session.
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320 Owner’s Manual 12 Pedals Pedals are mounted on a support which can be placed in 8 different positions. The foremost position is the standard one, and can be adjusted all the way from 0 to 175mm rearward by steps of 25mm. Each position needs a proper pushrod for brake and clutch pump.
320 Owner’s Manual In some case the edge welded on the pedal could clash into the brackets above. In order to avoid any clashes to use washers as spacer between the pedal and the bracket is allowed as shown in the picture below. ...
320 Owner’s Manual 12.2 Brake Balance Adjuster Pedal assembly are equipped with a brake balance adjuster which allow to tune the ratio between front and rear axle braking performance. In order to guarantee the best performance of this system, particular attention must be paid on the routing of the oil lines: try to keep the pipes as aligned as possible to the axis of the respectively pump in order to not introduce un-desired forces which could affect the brake balance.
320 Owner’s Manual 14 Halo device The secondary roll structure (i.e. the Halo) must be secured on the chassis with Dallara homologated fasteners only (including nuts); the use of any other type of fasteners is forbidden. ...
320 Owner’s Manual 33 15 Wheel Tethers Routing and covers Dallara suggests the following routing for the wheel tethers. Make sure that the tethers cables do not touch the wheel rim. Before run teams must check for any clash during the wheel movement and that the cable doesn’t interfere with anything which could damage it and reduce its resistance.
320 Owner’s Manual The front wheel wishbone covers should be mounted with the following orientation: 15.1 Wheel Tethers Protection Following FIA policy, it is reminded that once any fiber of the wheel tether has been damaged, its replacement with a new part is mandatory.
320 Owner’s Manual 16 Side Cones replacement Damaging of a side cone is a rare event, which normally can happen in case of a really severe crash. In this case the cone should be replaced. The following steps should be followed: ...
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320 Owner’s Manual 3. Be sure to remove all the carbon material especially in the edge between the side and the bottom of the cone cup. ...
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320 Owner’s Manual 6. Bond the cone with epoxy glue 3M 9323. 7. Make the glue became harder at room temperature for 24h. If time is not enough the surfaces can be heated by using a gun heater at roughly 80°C, in this case the harden process will last 1h.
320 Owner’s Manual 17 Other important aspects 17.1 Suspension Suspension third elements (both front and rear), are strictly forbidden. It is allowed to use conventional bump-stops on shock absorbers’ axle. 17.2 Mirror Provided that the modification is only made with the purpose of improving the view from the drivers position when looking rearwards, it is authorized to extend the mirror support, vertically upwards, of one side of the vehicle, up to a maximum of 100 mm.
320 Owner’s Manual they want for each vehicle. In any case, all the engine related components (including exhaust line, engine electronics, alternator, etc.), must agree with the following specifications: Engine homologation. In order to ease as much as possible, the entertainment works, and to keep costs as low as possible, the Technical Commission is working with the engine suppliers (Spies and HWA) in some slight modifications, that would be included into the final form before the start of the season.
320 Owner’s Manual similar to the one that is described in the attached pictures. In any case, the final layout must be previously approved by the Technical Delegate and, once fixed, it cannot be modified during the season. 17.8 Ballast ...
320 Owner’s Manual The ballast that is included into the engine homologation form can also be used to adjust the total weight of the car, so it could be installed or not. In this case: It should always be under the conditions and procedures established by the engine builder and included in the homologation form.
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320 Owner’s Manual 18 Annexes Calibration Curve for Koni dampers Sachs Clutch Engineering Drawings AP Clutch Engineering Drawing Merin Fuel Tanks Use and Maintenance Information Super B Battery Use and Maintenance Information F3B Manual & Parts Information for EUROFORMULA Rev_ 220419 ...
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