This car has a 2 door convertible/cabriolet type body with a front located engine supplying power to the rear wheels.
The 4 cylinder, overhead valve naturally aspirated powerplant has 2 valves per cylinder and a displacement of 1.3 litres. This unit provides power and torque figures of 64 bhp (65 PS/48 kW) at 5800 rpm and 98 Nm (72 lbft/10 kgm) at 3000 rpm respectively.
The power is transferred to the wheels by means of a 4 speed manual gearbox.
Quoted kerb weight is 714 kg.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 2 seater convertible/cabriolet | ||
| Number of doors | 2 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2032 mm | 80 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1175 mm | 46.3 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1137 mm | 44.8 inches | |
| Length | 3493 mm | 137.5 inches | |
| Width | 1397 mm | 55 inches | |
| Height | 1226 mm | 48.3 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 127 mm | 5 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.72 | ||
| Kerb weight | 714 kg | 1574 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 27.3 litres | 6 [7.2] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | BMC | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Capacity | 1.3 litre 1275 cc (77.805 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 70.6 × 81.3 mm
2.78 × 3.2 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.87 | ||
| Valve gear | overhead valve (OHV)
2 valves per cylinder 8 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (DIN) |
65 PS (64 bhp) (48 kW) at 5800 rpm |
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| maximum torque (DIN) |
98 Nm (72 ft·lb) (10 kgm) at 3000 rpm |
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| Specific output (DIN) |
37.4 kW/litre 50.9 ps/litre 50.2 bhp/litre 0.82 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (DIN) |
76.86 Nm/litre
0.93 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | |||
| compression ratio | 8.8:1 | ||
| Fuel system | 2 SU carbs | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 965.9 kPa (140.1 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | 3 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 318.75 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 90.88 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 PS/kg 66.84 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.07 kW/kg 89.64 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 bhp/kg 0.04 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 14.96 kg/kW 24.99 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
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| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
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| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Drive wheels | rear wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | rack & pinion | ||
| turns lock-to-lock | 2.300 | ||
| Turning circle | 9.50 m | ||
| Front suspension | I.W.CS. | ||
| Rear suspension | LA.SE. | ||
| Wheel size front | |||
| Wheel size rear | |||
| Tyres front | |||
| Tyres rear | |||
| Brakes F/R | Di/Dr | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | 1226 cm2 | ||
| Gearbox | 4 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | 1 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 4.22 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 55682 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 12.4 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1967 Austin-Healey Sprite IV added before December 1995. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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