Caterham 7 Superlight is a car that has a roadster type body with a front positioned engine delivering its power to the rear wheels.
Power is supplied by a double overhead camshaft, 1.6 litre naturally aspirated 4 cylinder powerplant, with 4 valves per cylinder that provides power and torque figures of 138 bhp (140 PS/103 kW) at 7000 rpm and 156 N·m (115 lb·ft/15.9 kgm) at 5000 rpm respectively.
Power is delivered to the wheels via a 6 speed manual gearbox.
With a claimed weight at the kerb of 478 kg, the Caterham 7 Superlight manages to cover the 0-60 mph benchmark sprint in 4.8 seconds and the standing quarter mile in 13.4 seconds.
Maximum claimed speed is 208 km/h, which equates to 129 mph.
Full specs
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| Carrocería | |||
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| Carrocería | 2 seater roadster | ||
| Número de puertas | 0 | ||
| diseñado por | |||
| Dimensiones y pesos | |||
| Distancia entre ejes | 2230 | 87.8 | |
| Vía delantera | |||
| Vía trasera | |||
| Longitud | 3100 | 122 | |
| Ancho | 1575 | 62 | |
| Altura | 800 | 31.5 | |
| Despeje del suelo | |||
| Relación Largo:Dist.entre ejes | 1.39 | ||
| Peso en vacío | 478 kg | 1054 | |
| Distribución del peso (% adelante) | |||
| Capacità serbatoio | 36 litres | 7.9 [9.5] UK [US] gal. | |
| Aerodinámica | |||
| Coeficiente de penetración | |||
| Superficie frontal | |||
| SCx | |||
| Tren motriz | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Fabricante del motor | Rover | ||
| Código de motor | |||
| Número de cilindros | Straight 4 | ||
| Cilindrada | 1.6 litre 1588 cc (96.906 cu in) |
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| Diámetro × Carrera | 80 × 79 mm
3.15 × 3.11 in |
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| Relación diámetro/carrera | 1.01 | ||
| Distribución | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 válvulas por cilindro 16 Total de válvulas |
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| Potencia nominal (DIN) |
140 PS (138 bhp) (103 kW) a 7000 rpm |
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| Par motor máximo (DIN) |
156 Nm (115 ft·lb) (15.9 kgm) a 5000 rpm |
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| Potencia específica (DIN) |
64.8 kW/litre 88.1 ps/litre 86.9 bhp/litre 1.42 bhp/cu in |
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(DIN) |
98.24 Nm/litre
1.19 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Materiales de block / culata | |||
| Lubricación | |||
| Relación de compresión | 10.5:1 | ||
| Alimentación | Rover MEMS 1.9 EFi | ||
| 1234.5 kPa (179 psi) | |||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| Casquillos de cigüeñal | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| 397 cc | |||
| Aspiración | Normal | ||
| Compresor | N/A | ||
| intercooler | None | ||
| catalizador | Y | ||
| Rendimiento | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | 4.8 s | ||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | 14 s | ||
| 0-400m | 13.4 s | ||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Velocidad máxima | 208 km/h (129 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 292.72 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.29 PS/kg 215.29 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.22 kW/kg 288.7 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.29 bhp/kg 0.13 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 4.64 kg/kW 7.76 lb/bhp |
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| Consumos | |||
| Consumo de combustible | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
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| 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 | 2.100 | ||
| Turning circle | |||
| Suspensión delantera | I.DW.CS.ARB. | ||
| Suspensión trasera | dD.RA.CS.ARB. | ||
| Ruedas delante | |||
| Ruedas detrás | |||
| Neumáticos delante | |||
| Neumáticos detrás | |||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/Di | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmisión | 6 speed manual | ||
| Eje trasero desmultiplicación | 1 | ||
| Desmultiplicación grupo cónico | 3.62 | ||
| General | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 44638 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 15.9 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1996 Caterham 7 Superlight added 1997-11-24. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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