The Caterham 7 Superlight R300 is a rear wheel drive motor car, with its engine positioned in the front, and a 2 door roadster bodyshell.
The 1.8 litre engine is a naturally aspirated, double overhead camshaft, 4 cylinder that produces 160 bhp (162 PS/119 kW) of power at 7500 rpm, and maximum torque of 176 N·m (130 lb·ft/17.9 kgm) at 5750 rpm.
A 6 speed manual 'box transmits the power to the driven wheels.
Quoted weight at the kerb is 500 kg.
The Caterham 7 Superlight R300 is claimed to achieve a maxiumum speed of 209 km/h (130 mph).
Full specs
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| Carrosserie | |||
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| Carrosserie | 2 seater roadster | ||
| Aantal portieren | 2 | ||
| Ontwerper | |||
| Afmetingen en gewicht | |||
| Wielbasis | 2225 | 87.6 | |
| Spoorbreedte voor | |||
| Spoorbreedte achter | |||
| Lengte | 3100 | 122 | |
| Breedte | 1575 | 62 | |
| Hoogte | 800 | 31.5 | |
| Bodemvrijheid | |||
| 1.39 | |||
| Gewicht | 500 kg | 1102 | |
| Gewichtsverdeling | |||
| Benzinetank inhalt | |||
| Aërodynamica | |||
| Cw-waarde | |||
| Frontaal oppervlak | |||
| CdA | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Motor fabrikant | Rover | ||
| Motor nummer | |||
| Aantal cilinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Cilinderinhoud | 1.8 litre 1796 cc (109.599 cu in) |
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| Boring × Slag | 80 × 89.3 mm
3.15 × 3.52 in |
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| Boring/slag verhouding | 0.9 | ||
| Distributie | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 Kleppen per cilinder 16 Totaal aantal kleppen |
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| Vermogen | 162 PS (160 bhp) (119 kW) bij 7500 t/min |
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| Max. koppel | 176 Nm (130 ft·lb) (17.9 kgm) bij 5750 t/min |
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| Specific output | 66.4 kW/litre 90.3 ps/litre 89.1 bhp/litre 1.46 bhp/cu in |
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98 Nm/litre
1.18 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Motor constructie | |||
| Smering | |||
| Compressieverhouding | |||
| Brandstofsysteem | EFi | ||
| 1231.4 kPa (178.6 psi) | |||
| Maximum tpm | |||
| Aantal nokkenas lagers | |||
| Afkoeling | Water | ||
| Eenheidscylinderinhoud | 449 cc | ||
| Aanzuiging | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Katalysator | Y | ||
| Prestasies | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | 4.7 s | ||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Max. snelheid | 209 km/h (130 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 324.45 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.32 PS/kg 238.62 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.24 kW/kg 320 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.32 bhp/kg 0.14 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 4.19 kg/kW 7 lb/bhp |
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| Verbruik | |||
| Benzineverbruik | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
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| 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 | 1.930 | ||
| Draaicirkel | |||
| Wielophanging voor | I.W.ARB. | ||
| Wielophanging achter | dD.WL.CS.ARB. | ||
| Velgmaat voor | 6J x 15 | ||
| Velgmaat achter | 7J x 15 | ||
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| Bandenmaat agter | |||
| Bremmen voor/agter | VeDi/Di | ||
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| Rem diameter agter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Versnellingsbak | 6 speed manual | ||
| Hoogste versnelling verhouding | 1 | ||
| Achteras verhouding | 3.62 | ||
| Algemeen | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 119295 | ||
| Totaal gebouwd | |||
| Bouwserie | |||
| RAC rating | 15.9 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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2003 Caterham 7 Superlight R300 added 2004-04-20. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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