The Sapphire 234 is an automobile from Armstrong Siddeley, with rear wheel drive, a front positioned engine and a 4 door saloon (sedan) body style.
Powering the Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire 234 is an overhead valve, 2.3 litre naturally aspirated 4 cylinder powerplant, with 2 valves per cylinder that produces power and torque figures of 120 bhp (122 PS/89 kW) at 5000 rpm and 189 N·m (139 lb·ft/19.3 kgm) at 3500 rpm respectively.
The engine transfers its power through to the wheels via a 4 speed manual transmission.
The stated weight at the kerb is 1360 kg.
Top claimed speed is 155 km/h (96 mph).
Full specs
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| Carrosserie | |||
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| Carrosserie | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Nombre de portes | 4 | ||
| Designer | |||
| Dimensions et poids | |||
| Empattement | 2819 | 111 | |
| Voies AV | 1400 | 55.1 | |
| Voies AR | 1378 | 54.3 | |
| Longueur | 4572 | 180 | |
| Largeur | 1740 | 68.5 | |
| Hauteur | 1568 | 61.7 | |
| Garde au sol | |||
| 1.62 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | 1360 kg | 2998 | |
| Répartition poids AV | |||
| Réservoir à essence | |||
| Caractéristiques aérodynamique | |||
| Coefficient de pénétration | |||
| maître-couple | |||
| SCx | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Constructeur du moteur | |||
| Type moteur | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Cylindrée | 2.3 litre 2290 cc (139.744 cu in) |
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| Alésage × Course | 90 × 90 mm
3.54 × 3.54 in |
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| Rapport alésage / course | 1 | ||
| Distribution | overhead valve (OHV)
2 Soupapes par cylindre 8 Total vannes |
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| Puissance maximale | 122 PS (120 bhp) (89 kW) à 5000 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale | 189 Nm (139 ft·lb) (19.3 kgm) à 3500 tr/mn |
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| Specific output | 39.1 kW/litre 53.1 ps/litre 52.4 bhp/litre 0.86 bhp/cu in |
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82.53 Nm/litre
1 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Construction | |||
| Lubrification | |||
| Taux de compression | 7.5:1 | ||
| Carburant | 2 SU carbs | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1037.1 kPa (150.4 psi) | ||
| Régime maximal | |||
| Nombre de paliers de vilebrequin | |||
| Refroidissement | Water | ||
| Cylindrée Unitaire | 572.5 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalyseur | N | ||
| Performances | |||
| 0-80km/h | 10.9 s | ||
| 0-60mph | |||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | 20.2 s | ||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Vitesse | 155 km/h (96 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 89.46 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 PS/kg 65.8 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.07 kW/kg 88.24 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 bhp/kg 0.04 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 15.2 kg/kW 25.39 lb/bhp |
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| Consommation | |||
| Consommation | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
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| Emissions de CO₂ | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| Châssis | |||
| Emplacement de moteur | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Traction | rear wheel drive | ||
| Répartition du couple | N/A | ||
| Direction | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Suspension AV | I.CS. | ||
| Suspension AR | LA.SE. | ||
| Roues AV | |||
| Roues AR | |||
| Pneumatiques AV | |||
| Pneumatiques AR | |||
| Freins AV/AR | |||
| Diamètre des freins AV | |||
| Diamètre des freins AR | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmission | 4 speed manual | ||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | 0.77 | ||
| Rapport de pont | 4.54 | ||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 27632 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | |||
| RAC rating | 20.1 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1955 Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire 234 added before December 1995. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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