This automobile has a 2 door roadster body style with a front mounted engine supplying power to the rear wheels.
Its 4 cylinder, double overhead camshaft naturally aspirated engine has 4 valves per cylinder and a volume of 2 litres. In this application it develops power and torque figures of 210 bhp (213 PS/157 kW) at 7800 rpm and 206 Nm (152 lbft/21 kgm) at 5750 rpm respectively. It features dry sump-type lubrication.
The engine drives the wheels through a 6 speed manual gearbox.
It weighs a quoted 525 kg at the kerb.
It is said to be able to attain a maxiumum speed of 225 km/h or 140 mph.
Full specs
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| Carrocería | |||
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| Carrocería | 2 seater roadster | ||
| Número de puertas | 2 | ||
| diseñado por | |||
| Dimensiones y pesos | |||
| Distancia entre ejes | 2225 | 87.6 | |
| Vía delantera | |||
| Vía trasera | |||
| Longitud | 3100 | 122 | |
| Ancho | 1575 | 62 | |
| Altura | 800 | 31.5 | |
| Despeje del suelo | 80 | 3.1 | |
| Relación Largo:Dist.entre ejes | 1.39 | ||
| Peso en vacío | 525 kg | 1157 | |
| Distribución del peso (% adelante) | |||
| Capacità serbatoio | |||
| Aerodinámica | |||
| Coeficiente de penetración | |||
| Superficie frontal | |||
| SCx | |||
| Tren motriz | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Fabricante del motor | Ford/Cosworth | ||
| Código de motor | |||
| Número de cilindros | Straight 4 | ||
| Cilindrada | 2 litre 1999 cc (121.986 cu in) |
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| Diámetro × Carrera | 87.5 × 83.1 mm
3.44 × 3.27 in |
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| Relación diámetro/carrera | 1.05 | ||
| Distribución | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 válvulas por cilindro 16 Total de válvulas |
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| Potencia nominal | 213 PS (210 bhp) (157 kW) a 7800 rpm |
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| Par motor máximo | 206 Nm (152 ft·lb) (21 kgm) a 5750 rpm |
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| Potencia específica | 78.3 kW/litre 106.5 ps/litre 105.1 bhp/litre 1.72 bhp/cu in |
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103.05 Nm/litre
1.25 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Materiales de block / culata | |||
| Lubricación | Cárter seco | ||
| Relación de compresión | |||
| Alimentación | |||
| 1295 kPa (187.8 psi) | |||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| Casquillos de cigüeñal | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| 499.75 cc | |||
| Aspiración | Normal | ||
| Compresor | N/A | ||
| intercooler | None | ||
| catalizador | Y | ||
| Rendimiento | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | 3.8 s | ||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Velocidad máxima | 225 km/h (140 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 405.56 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.41 PS/kg 298.28 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.3 kW/kg 400 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.4 bhp/kg 0.18 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 3.35 kg/kW 5.6 lb/bhp |
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| Consumos | |||
| Consumo de combustible | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
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| 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 | |||
| Suspensión trasera | dD.WL. | ||
| 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 | |||
| Desmultiplicación grupo cónico | |||
| General | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 142505 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 19.0 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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2006 Caterham 7 Superlight R400 added 2006-05-18. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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