The Alfa Romeo 8c Competizione is a coupé designed by Alfa Romeo with 2 doors and a front mounted engine which delivers the power to the rear wheels.
Its 8 cylinder, double overhead camshaft supercharged engine has 4 valves per cylinder and a volume of 4.2 litres. In this application it musters power and torque figures of 400 bhp (406 PS/298 kW) at 7000 rpm and 441 Nm (325 lbft/45 kgm) at 4500 rpm respectively. It features dry sump-type lubrication.
A 6 speed manual gearbox supplies the power to the driven wheels.
The Alfa Romeo 8c Competizione weighs a claimed 1500 kg at the kerb.
It is claimed to attain a maxiumum speed of 300 km/h or 186 mph.
Full specs
|
|
|||
| bodywork | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Body type | 2 seater fixed-head coupé | ||
| Number of doors | 2 | ||
| Designer | Alfa Romeo | ||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2595 mm | 102.2 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1610 mm | 63.4 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1580 mm | 62.2 inches | |
| Length | 4278 mm | 168.4 inches | |
| Width | 1900 mm | 74.8 inches | |
| Height | 1250 mm | 49.2 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.65 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1500 kg | 3307 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 90 litres | 19.8 [23.8] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | supercharged petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Maserati | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | V 8 in 90° vee | ||
| Capacity | 4.2 litre 4244 cc (258.985 cu in) |
||
| Bore × Stroke | 92 × 79.8 mm
3.62 × 3.14 in |
||
| Bore/stroke ratio | 1.15 | ||
| Valve gear | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 valves per cylinder 32 valves in total |
||
| maximum power output | 406 PS (400 bhp) (298 kW) at 7000 rpm |
||
| maximum torque | 441 Nm (325 ft·lb) (45 kgm) at 4500 rpm |
||
| Specific output | 70.3 kW/litre 95.6 ps/litre 94.3 bhp/litre 1.54 bhp/cu in |
||
| Specific torque |
103.91 Nm/litre
1.26 ft·lb/cu3 |
||
| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | dry sumped | ||
| compression ratio | |||
| Fuel system | |||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1305.8 kPa (189.4 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 530.5 cc | ||
| Aspiration | S/Charged | ||
| Compressor | |||
| Intercooler | |||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | |||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | 4.5 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | 300 km/h (186 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 270.37 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.27 PS/kg 198.85 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.2 kW/kg 266.67 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.27 bhp/kg 0.12 bhp/lb |
||
| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 5.03 kg/kW 8.4 lb/bhp |
||
| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Drive wheels | rear wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | I.DW. | ||
| Rear suspension | I.DW. | ||
| Wheel size front | 8.5 x 20 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 10.0 x 20 | ||
| Tyres front | 245/40 R 20 | ||
| Tyres rear | 275/35 R 20 | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/VeDi-S | ||
| Front brake diameter | 380 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 330 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 6 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | |||
| Final drive ratio | |||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 112915 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | |||
| Model family | Concept | ||
| RAC rating | 42.0 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
|
2003 Alfa Romeo 8c Competizione added 2003-09-09. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
|||
