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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| Carrosserie | |||
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| Carrosserie | 2 seater roadster | ||
| Nombre de portes | 0 | ||
| Designer | |||
| Dimensions et poids | |||
| Empattement | 2230 | 87.8 | |
| Voies AV | |||
| Voies AR | |||
| Longueur | 3100 | 122 | |
| Largeur | 1575 | 62 | |
| Hauteur | 800 | 31.5 | |
| Garde au sol | |||
| 1.39 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | 478 kg | 1054 | |
| Répartition poids AV | |||
| Réservoir à essence | 36 litres | 7.9 [9.5] UK [US] gal. | |
| Caractéristiques aérodynamique | |||
| Coefficient de pénétration | |||
| maître-couple | |||
| SCx | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Constructeur du moteur | Rover | ||
| Type moteur | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Cylindrée | 1.6 litre 1588 cc (96.906 cu in) |
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| Alésage × Course | 80 × 79 mm
3.15 × 3.11 in |
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| Rapport alésage / course | 1.01 | ||
| Distribution | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 Soupapes par cylindre 16 Total vannes |
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| Puissance maximale (DIN) |
140 PS (138 bhp) (103 kW) à 7000 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale (DIN) |
156 Nm (115 ft·lb) (15.9 kgm) à 5000 tr/mn |
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| Specific output (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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| Construction | |||
| Lubrification | |||
| Taux de compression | 10.5:1 | ||
| Carburant | Rover MEMS 1.9 EFi | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1234.5 kPa (179 psi) | ||
| Régime maximal | |||
| Nombre de paliers de vilebrequin | |||
| Refroidissement | Water | ||
| Cylindrée Unitaire | 397 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalyseur | Y | ||
| Performances | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | 4.8 s | ||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | 14 s | ||
| 0-400m | 13.4 s | ||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Vitesse | 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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| Consommation | |||
| Consommation | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
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| 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 | 2.100 | ||
| Turning circle | |||
| Suspension AV | I.DW.CS.ARB. | ||
| Suspension AR | dD.RA.CS.ARB. | ||
| Roues AV | |||
| Roues AR | |||
| Pneumatiques AV | |||
| Pneumatiques AR | |||
| Freins AV/AR | VeDi/Di | ||
| Diamètre des freins AV | |||
| Diamètre des freins AR | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmission | 6 speed manual | ||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | 1 | ||
| Rapport de pont | 3.62 | ||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 44638 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | |||
| 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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