The Armstrong Siddeley Hurricane Coupé is a 2 door coupé style car with a front located engine powering the rear wheels.
Powering the Armstrong Siddeley Hurricane Coupé is an overhead valve, 2.3 litre naturally aspirated 6 cylinder powerplant, with 2 valves per cylinder that provides power and torque figures of 75 bhp (76 PS/56 kW) at 4200 rpm and 145 N·m (107 lb·ft/14.8 kgm) at 3000 rpm respectively.
The engine transmits power to the wheels compliments of a 4 speed manual set of gears.
Stated kerb weight is 1412 kg.
Full specs
|
|
|||
| bodywork | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Body type | 4/5 seater fixed-head coupé | ||
| Number of doors | 2 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2921 mm | 115 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | |||
| Track/tread (rear) | |||
| Length | 4725 mm | 186 inches | |
| Width | 1727 mm | 68 inches | |
| Height | 1550 mm | 61 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.62 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1412 kg | 3113 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 54.6 litres | 12 [14.4] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Armstrong Siddeley | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 6 | ||
| Capacity | 2.3 litre 2309 cc (140.904 cu in) |
||
| Bore × Stroke | 70 × 100 mm
2.76 × 3.94 in |
||
| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.7 | ||
| Valve gear | overhead valve (OHV)
2 valves per cylinder 12 valves in total |
||
| maximum power output | 76 PS (75 bhp) (56 kW) at 4200 rpm |
||
| maximum torque | 145 Nm (107 ft·lb) (14.8 kgm) at 3000 rpm |
||
| Specific output | 24.2 kW/litre 32.9 ps/litre 32.5 bhp/litre 0.53 bhp/cu in |
||
| Specific torque |
62.8 Nm/litre
0.76 ft·lb/cu3 |
||
| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | |||
| compression ratio | 6.5:1 | ||
| Fuel system | 1 Stromberg carburettor | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 789.1 kPa (114.5 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | 4 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 384.83 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | N | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | |||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | |||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 53.85 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.05 PS/kg 39.61 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.04 kW/kg 53.12 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.05 bhp/kg 0.02 bhp/lb |
||
| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 25.25 kg/kW 42.17 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.TB. | ||
| Rear suspension | LA.SE. | ||
| Wheel size front | |||
| Wheel size rear | |||
| Tyres front | Dunlop 5.50 x 17 | ||
| Tyres rear | Dunlop 5.50 x 17 | ||
| Brakes F/R | Dr/Dr | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 4 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | 1 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 5.10 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 49401 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 18.2 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
|
1949 Armstrong Siddeley Hurricane Coupé added before December 1995. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
|||