Caterham 7 Superlight R500 is a car that has a 2 door roadster body style with a front mounted engine powering the rear wheels.
The Caterham 7 Superlight R500's engine is a naturally aspirated petrol, 1.8 litre, double overhead camshaft 4 cylinder with 4 valves per cylinder. This unit develops 230 bhp (233 PS/172 kW) of power at 8600 rpm, and maximum torque of 210 N·m (155 lb·ft/21.4 kgm) at 7200 rpm.
The engine delivers its power through to the wheels via a 6 speed manual gearbox.
It weighs a claimed 460 kg at the kerb.
Maximum speed claimed is 235 km/h (146 mph).
Full specs
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| Carrosserie | |||
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| Carrosserie | 2 seater roadster | ||
| Nombre de portes | 2 | ||
| Designer | |||
| Dimensions et poids | |||
| Empattement | 2225 | 87.6 | |
| Voies AV | 1336 | 52.6 | |
| Voies AR | 1336 | 52.6 | |
| Longueur | 3100 | 122 | |
| Largeur | 1575 | 62 | |
| Hauteur | 800 | 31.5 | |
| Garde au sol | 80 | 3.1 | |
| 1.39 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | 460 kg | 1014 | |
| Répartition poids AV | |||
| Réservoir à essence | |||
| Caractéristiques aérodynamique | |||
| Coefficient de pénétration | |||
| maître-couple | |||
| SCx | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Constructeur du moteur | Rover | ||
| Type moteur | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Cylindrée | 1.8 litre 1796 cc (109.599 cu in) |
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| Alésage × Course | 80 × 89.3 mm
3.15 × 3.52 in |
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| Rapport alésage / course | 0.9 | ||
| Distribution | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 Soupapes par cylindre 16 Total vannes |
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| Puissance maximale (DIN) |
233 PS (230 bhp) (172 kW) à 8600 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale (DIN) |
210 Nm (155 ft·lb) (21.4 kgm) à 7200 tr/mn |
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| Specific output (DIN) |
95.5 kW/litre 129.8 ps/litre 128.1 bhp/litre 2.1 bhp/cu in |
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(DIN) |
116.93 Nm/litre
1.41 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Construction | |||
| Lubrification | |||
| Taux de compression | 11.5:1 | ||
| Carburant | EFi | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1469.3 kPa (213.1 psi) | ||
| Régime maximal | |||
| Nombre de paliers de vilebrequin | |||
| Refroidissement | Water | ||
| Cylindrée Unitaire | 449 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalyseur | Y | ||
| Performances | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | 3.4 s | ||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | 8.1 s | ||
| 0-400m | 11.9 s
@ 117 mph |
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| 0-1000m | 21.9 s | ||
| Vitesse | 235 km/h (146 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 506.95 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.51 PS/kg 372.85 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.37 kW/kg 500 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.5 bhp/kg 0.22 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 2.68 kg/kW 4.48 lb/bhp |
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| Consommation | |||
| Consommation | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
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| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| 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 | 2.120 | ||
| Turning circle | 10.00 m | ||
| Suspension AV | I.W.ARB. | ||
| Suspension AR | dD.WL.CS.ARB. | ||
| Roues AV | 6.5J x 13 | ||
| Roues AR | 8.5J x 13 | ||
| Pneumatiques AV | 185/55 R 13 | ||
| Pneumatiques AR | 215/50 R 13 | ||
| Freins AV/AR | VeDi/Di | ||
| Diamètre des freins AV | 254 mm | ||
| Diamètre des freins AR | 228 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmission | 6 speed manual | ||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | 1 | ||
| Rapport de pont | 3.62 | ||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 74844 | ||
| Production total | |||
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| RAC rating | 15.9 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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2000 Caterham 7 Superlight R500 added 2001-02-13. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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