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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| Carrosserie | |||
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| Carrosserie | 2 seater convertible/cabriolet | ||
| Nombre de portes | |||
| Designer | |||
| Dimensions et poids | |||
| Empattement | 2032 | 80 | |
| Voies AV | 1162 | 45.7 | |
| Voies AR | 1137 | 44.8 | |
| Longueur | 3461 | 136.3 | |
| Largeur | 1346 | 53 | |
| Hauteur | 1264 | 49.8 | |
| Garde au sol | 127 | 5 | |
| 1.7 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | 714 kg | 1574 | |
| Répartition poids AV | 52.4% front | ||
| Réservoir à essence | 27.3 litres | 6 [7.2] UK [US] gal. | |
| Caractéristiques aérodynamique | |||
| Coefficient de pénétration | |||
| maître-couple | |||
| SCx | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Constructeur du moteur | BMC | ||
| Type moteur | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Cylindrée | 1.1 litre 1098 cc (67.004 cu in) |
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| Alésage × Course | 64.6 × 83.7 mm
2.54 × 3.3 in |
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| Rapport alésage / course | 0.77 | ||
| Distribution | overhead valve (OHV)
2 Soupapes par cylindre 8 Total vannes |
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| Puissance maximale (Net) |
60 PS (59 bhp) (44 kW) à 5750 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale (Net) |
84 Nm (62 ft·lb) (8.6 kgm) à 3250 tr/mn |
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| Specific output (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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| Construction | |||
| Lubrification | |||
| Taux de compression | 9:1 | ||
| Carburant | 2 SU carbs | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 961.4 kPa (139.4 psi) | ||
| Régime maximal | |||
| Nombre de paliers de vilebrequin | 5 | ||
| Refroidissement | Water | ||
| Cylindrée Unitaire | 274.5 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalyseur | N | ||
| Performances | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | |||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Vitesse | |||
| 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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| Consommation | |||
| Consommation | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
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| 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.QE.ARB. | ||
| Roues AV | |||
| Roues AR | |||
| Pneumatiques AV | |||
| Pneumatiques AR | |||
| Freins AV/AR | Di/Dr | ||
| Diamètre des freins AV | |||
| Diamètre des freins AR | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmission | 4 speed manual | ||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | 1 | ||
| Rapport de pont | 4.22 | ||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 55572 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | |||
| 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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