The Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire 346 is a saloon (sedan) with 4 doors and a front mounted engine which transmits the power through the rear wheels.
It's powered courtesy of a naturally aspirated engine of 3.4 litre capacity. This powerplant features overhead valve valve gear, 6 cylinder layout, and 2 valves per cylinder. It develops 150 bhp (152 PS/112 kW) of power at 5000 rpm.
The engine drives the wheels via a 4 speed manual transmission.
The quoted kerb weight is 1575 kg.
Top claimed speed is 161 km/h, or 100 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 | 2896 | 114 | |
| Voies AV | |||
| Voies AR | |||
| Longueur | 4902 | 193 | |
| Largeur | 1830 | 72 | |
| Hauteur | 1600 | 63 | |
| Garde au sol | |||
| 1.69 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | 1575 kg | 3472 | |
| Répartition poids AV | |||
| Réservoir à essence | |||
| Caractéristiques aérodynamique | |||
| Coefficient de pénétration | |||
| maître-couple | 2.32 m² | ||
| SCx | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Constructeur du moteur | |||
| Type moteur | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 6 | ||
| Cylindrée | 3.4 litre 3435 cc (209.617 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 12 Total vannes |
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| Puissance maximale | 152 PS (150 bhp) (112 kW) à 5000 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale | |||
| Specific output | 32.6 kW/litre 44.3 ps/litre 43.7 bhp/litre 0.72 bhp/cu in |
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| Construction | |||
| Lubrification | |||
| Taux de compression | 7:1 | ||
| Carburant | 2 St carbs | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | |||
| 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 | 8.9 s | ||
| 0-60mph | |||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | 19.7 s | ||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Vitesse | 161 km/h (100 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 96.56 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.1 PS/kg 71.02 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.07 kW/kg 95.24 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.1 bhp/kg 0.04 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 14.08 kg/kW 23.52 lb/bhp |
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| Consommation | |||
| Consommation | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| 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.W. | ||
| 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 | 1 | ||
| Rapport de pont | 4.09 | ||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 49379 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | |||
| RAC rating | 30.1 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1953 Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire 346 added before December 1995. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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