The Caterham 7 RST-V8 is a roadster style car with a front mounted engine driving through the rear wheels.
Powering the Caterham 7 RST-V8 is a double overhead camshaft, 2.4 litre naturally aspirated dry-sumped 8 cylinder engine, with 5 valves per cylinder that produces power and torque figures of 380 bhp (385 PS/283 kW) at 10000 rpm and 257 N·m (190 lb·ft/26.2 kgm) at 8500 rpm respectively. Lubrication is of the dry sump-type.
The engine transmits power to the wheels by means of a 6 speed manual gearbox.
It weighs a quoted 520 kg at the kerb.
Full specs
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| Carrocería | |||
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| Carrocería | 2 seater roadster | ||
| Número de puertas | 0 | ||
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| Dimensiones y pesos | |||
| Distancia entre ejes | 2305 | 90.7 | |
| Vía delantera | |||
| Vía trasera | |||
| Longitud | 3530 | 139 | |
| Ancho | 1685 | 66.3 | |
| Altura | 1140 | 44.9 | |
| Despeje del suelo | |||
| Relación Largo:Dist.entre ejes | 1.53 | ||
| Peso en vacío | 520 kg | 1146 | |
| Distribución del peso (% adelante) | |||
| Capacità serbatoio | |||
| Aerodinámica | |||
| Coeficiente de penetración | |||
| Superficie frontal | |||
| SCx | |||
| Tren motriz | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Fabricante del motor | Russel Savory | ||
| Código de motor | |||
| Número de cilindros | V 8 in 90° vee | ||
| Cilindrada | 2.4 litre 2400 cc (146.457 cu in) |
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| Diámetro × Carrera | |||
| Relación diámetro/carrera | |||
| Distribución | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
5 válvulas por cilindro 40 Total de válvulas |
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| Potencia nominal | 385 PS (380 bhp) (283 kW) a 10000 rpm |
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| Par motor máximo | 257 Nm (190 ft·lb) (26.2 kgm) a 8500 rpm |
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| Potencia específica | 118.1 kW/litre 160.5 ps/litre 158.3 bhp/litre 2.59 bhp/cu in |
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107.08 Nm/litre
1.29 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Materiales de block / culata | |||
| Lubricación | Cárter seco | ||
| Relación de compresión | |||
| Alimentación | |||
| 1345.6 kPa (195.2 psi) | |||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| Casquillos de cigüeñal | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| 300 cc | |||
| Aspiración | Normal | ||
| Compresor | N/A | ||
| intercooler | None | ||
| catalizador | Y | ||
| 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 740.93 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.74 PS/kg 544.93 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.54 kW/kg 730.77 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.73 bhp/kg 0.33 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 1.84 kg/kW 3.07 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. | ||
| Suspensión trasera | dD. | ||
| Ruedas delante | 8 x 15 | ||
| Ruedas detrás | 10 x 15 | ||
| Neumáticos delante | Avon CR500 195/45 x 15 | ||
| Neumáticos detrás | Avon CR500 245/50 x 15 | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/Di | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmisión | 6 speed manual | ||
| Eje trasero desmultiplicación | |||
| Desmultiplicación grupo cónico | |||
| General | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 169994 | ||
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| RAC rating | |||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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2008 Caterham 7 RST-V8 added 2008-03-17. Last modified 2020-08-26. |
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