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 | ||
| Aantal portieren | |||
| Ontwerper | |||
| Afmetingen en gewicht | |||
| Wielbasis | 2032 | 80 | |
| Spoorbreedte voor | 1162 | 45.7 | |
| Spoorbreedte achter | 1137 | 44.8 | |
| Lengte | 3461 | 136.3 | |
| Breedte | 1346 | 53 | |
| Hoogte | 1264 | 49.8 | |
| Bodemvrijheid | 127 | 5 | |
| 1.7 | |||
| Gewicht | 714 kg | 1574 | |
| Gewichtsverdeling | 52.4% front | ||
| Benzinetank inhalt | 27.3 litres | 6 [7.2] UK [US] gal. | |
| Aërodynamica | |||
| Cw-waarde | |||
| Frontaal oppervlak | |||
| CdA | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Motor fabrikant | BMC | ||
| Motor nummer | |||
| Aantal cilinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Cilinderinhoud | 1.1 litre 1098 cc (67.004 cu in) |
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| Boring × Slag | 64.6 × 83.7 mm
2.54 × 3.3 in |
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| Boring/slag verhouding | 0.77 | ||
| Distributie | overhead valve (OHV)
2 Kleppen per cilinder 8 Totaal aantal kleppen |
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| Vermogen (Net) |
60 PS (59 bhp) (44 kW) bij 5750 t/min |
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| Max. koppel (Net) |
84 Nm (62 ft·lb) (8.6 kgm) bij 3250 t/min |
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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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| Motor constructie | |||
| Smering | |||
| Compressieverhouding | 9:1 | ||
| Brandstofsysteem | 2 SU carbs | ||
| 961.4 kPa (139.4 psi) | |||
| Maximum tpm | |||
| Aantal nokkenas lagers | 5 | ||
| Afkoeling | Water | ||
| Eenheidscylinderinhoud | 274.5 cc | ||
| Aanzuiging | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Katalysator | N | ||
| Prestasies | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | |||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Max. snelheid | |||
| 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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| Verbruik | |||
| Benzineverbruik | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| CO2 Emissies | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| Onderstel | |||
| Motor plaatsing | front | ||
| Motor plaatsing | longitudinal | ||
| Aandrijving | rear wheel drive | ||
| Koppelverdeling | N/A | ||
| Stuurinrichting | |||
| Aantal omwentelingen stuurwiel | |||
| Draaicirkel | |||
| Wielophanging voor | I.CS.W. | ||
| Wielophanging achter | LA.QE.ARB. | ||
| Velgmaat voor | |||
| Velgmaat achter | |||
| Bandenmaat voor | |||
| Bandenmaat agter | |||
| Bremmen voor/agter | Di/Dr | ||
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| Rem diameter agter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Versnellingsbak | 4 speed manual | ||
| Hoogste versnelling verhouding | 1 | ||
| Achteras verhouding | 4.22 | ||
| Algemeen | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 55572 | ||
| Totaal gebouwd | |||
| Bouwserie | |||
| 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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