The Austin-Healey Sprite Mark III is a convertible/cabriolet style road car with a front mounted engine supplying power to the rear wheels.
The 4 cylinder, overhead valve naturally aspirated engine has 2 valves per cylinder and a volume of 1.1 litres. For this model it provides power and torque figures of 59 bhp (60 PS/44 kW) at 5750 rpm and 84 Nm (62 lbft/8.6 kgm) at 3250 rpm respectively.
The engine transmits power to the wheels by means of a 4 speed manual gearbox.
The claimed weight at the kerb is 714 kg.
Full specs
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| Carrocería | |||
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| Carrocería | 2 seater convertible/cabriolet | ||
| Número de puertas | |||
| diseñado por | |||
| Dimensiones y pesos | |||
| Distancia entre ejes | 2032 | 80 | |
| Vía delantera | 1162 | 45.7 | |
| Vía trasera | 1137 | 44.8 | |
| Longitud | 3461 | 136.3 | |
| Ancho | 1346 | 53 | |
| Altura | 1264 | 49.8 | |
| Despeje del suelo | 127 | 5 | |
| Relación Largo:Dist.entre ejes | 1.7 | ||
| Peso en vacío | 714 kg | 1574 | |
| Distribución del peso (% adelante) | 52.4% front | ||
| Capacità serbatoio | 27.3 litres | 6 [7.2] UK [US] gal. | |
| Aerodinámica | |||
| Coeficiente de penetración | |||
| Superficie frontal | |||
| SCx | |||
| Tren motriz | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Fabricante del motor | BMC | ||
| Código de motor | |||
| Número de cilindros | Straight 4 | ||
| Cilindrada | 1.1 litre 1098 cc (67.004 cu in) |
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| Diámetro × Carrera | 64.6 × 83.7 mm
2.54 × 3.3 in |
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| Relación diámetro/carrera | 0.77 | ||
| Distribución | overhead valve (OHV)
2 válvulas por cilindro 8 Total de válvulas |
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| Potencia nominal (Net) |
60 PS (59 bhp) (44 kW) a 5750 rpm |
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| Par motor máximo (Net) |
84 Nm (62 ft·lb) (8.6 kgm) a 3250 rpm |
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| Potencia específica (Net) |
40.1 kW/litre 54.5 ps/litre 53.7 bhp/litre 0.88 bhp/cu in |
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(Net) |
76.5 Nm/litre
0.92 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Materiales de block / culata | |||
| Lubricación | |||
| Relación de compresión | 9:1 | ||
| Alimentación | 2 SU carbs | ||
| 961.4 kPa (139.4 psi) | |||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| Casquillos de cigüeñal | 5 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| 274.5 cc | |||
| Aspiración | Normal | ||
| Compresor | N/A | ||
| intercooler | None | ||
| catalizador | N | ||
| Rendimiento | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | |||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Velocidad máxima | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 83.78 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.08 PS/kg 61.62 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.06 kW/kg 82.63 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.08 bhp/kg 0.04 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 16.23 kg/kW 27.11 lb/bhp |
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| Consumos | |||
| Consumo de combustible | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| Emisiones de CO2 | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| Chasis | |||
| Ubicación del motor | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Tracción | rear wheel drive | ||
| Alimentación | N/A | ||
| Dirección, tipo | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Suspensión delantera | I.CS.W. | ||
| Suspensión trasera | LA.QE.ARB. | ||
| Ruedas delante | |||
| Ruedas detrás | |||
| Neumáticos delante | |||
| Neumáticos detrás | |||
| Brakes F/R | Di/Dr | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmisión | 4 speed manual | ||
| Eje trasero desmultiplicación | 1 | ||
| Desmultiplicación grupo cónico | 4.22 | ||
| General | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 55572 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 10.3 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1964 Austin-Healey Sprite Mark III added before December 1995. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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