The Sprite is an automobile from Austin-Healey, with rear wheel drive, a front positioned engine and a 2 door convertible/cabriolet body style.
Power is supplied by an overhead valve, 0.9 litre naturally aspirated 4 cylinder engine, with 2 valves per cylinder that produces power and torque figures of 45 bhp (45.6 PS/33.6 kW) at 5500 rpm and 71 N·m (52 lb·ft/7.2 kgm) at 3000 rpm respectively.
The engine powers the wheels via a 4 speed manual gearbox.
The claimed weight at the kerb is 664 kg.
Maximum claimed speed is 129 km/h, or 80 mph.
Full specs
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| Carrosserie | |||
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| Carrosserie | 2 seater convertible/cabriolet | ||
| Nombre de portes | 2 | ||
| Designer | |||
| Dimensions et poids | |||
| Empattement | 2032 | 80 | |
| Voies AV | 1162 | 45.7 | |
| Voies AR | 1137 | 44.8 | |
| Longueur | 3493 | 137.5 | |
| Largeur | 1346 | 53 | |
| Hauteur | 1264 | 49.8 | |
| Garde au sol | 127 | 5 | |
| 1.72 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | 664 kg | 1464 | |
| Répartition poids AV | 54% front | ||
| Réservoir à essence | 27.3 litres | 6 [7.2] UK [US] gal. | |
| Caractéristiques aérodynamique | |||
| Coefficient de pénétration | |||
| maître-couple | 1.24 m² | ||
| SCx | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Constructeur du moteur | BMC | ||
| Type moteur | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Cylindrée | 0.9 litre 948 cc (57.851 cu in) |
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| Alésage × Course | 62.9 × 76.2 mm
2.48 × 3 in |
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| Rapport alésage / course | 0.83 | ||
| Distribution | overhead valve (OHV)
2 Soupapes par cylindre 8 Total vannes |
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| Puissance maximale (Net) |
45.6 PS (45 bhp) (33.6 kW) à 5500 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale (Net) |
71 Nm (52 ft·lb) (7.2 kgm) à 3000 tr/mn |
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| Specific output (Net) |
35.4 kW/litre 48.1 ps/litre 47.5 bhp/litre 0.78 bhp/cu in |
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(Net) |
74.89 Nm/litre
0.91 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Construction | |||
| Lubrification | |||
| Taux de compression | 8.3:1 | ||
| Carburant | 2 SU carbs | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 941.2 kPa (136.5 psi) | ||
| Régime maximal | |||
| Nombre de paliers de vilebrequin | 5 | ||
| Refroidissement | Water | ||
| Cylindrée Unitaire | 237 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalyseur | N | ||
| Performances | |||
| 0-80km/h | 13.7 s | ||
| 0-60mph | 20.9 s | ||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | 21.7 s | ||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Vitesse | 129 km/h (80 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 68.71 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.07 PS/kg 50.54 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.05 kW/kg 67.77 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.07 bhp/kg 0.03 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 19.79 kg/kW 33.05 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 | 2.500 | ||
| Turning circle | 9.80 m | ||
| Suspension AV | I.CS.W. | ||
| Suspension AR | LA.QE.ARB. | ||
| Roues AV | |||
| Roues AR | |||
| Pneumatiques AV | |||
| Pneumatiques AR | |||
| Freins AV/AR | Dr/Dr | ||
| Diamètre des freins AV | |||
| Diamètre des freins AR | |||
| Braked area | 710 cm2 | ||
| Transmission | 4 speed manual | ||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | 1 | ||
| Rapport de pont | 4.22 | ||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 55539 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | |||
| RAC rating | 9.8 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1958 Austin-Healey Sprite added before December 1995. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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