This vehicle has a roadster type body with a front mounted engine powering the rear wheels.
It is powered by a naturally aspirated engine of 1.6 litre capacity. This unit features single overhead camshaft valve gear, 4 cylinder layout, and 2 valves per cylinder. It has an output of 100 bhp (101 PS/75 kW) of power at 5500 rpm, and maximum torque of 136 N·m (100 lb·ft/13.9 kgm) at 4000 rpm.
The engine delivers its power through to the wheels via a 5 speed manual gearbox.
Claimed kerb weight is 525 kg.
Full specs
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| Carrosserie | |||
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| Carrosserie | 2 seater roadster | ||
| Nombre de portes | 0 | ||
| Designer | |||
| Dimensions et poids | |||
| Empattement | 2225 | 87.6 | |
| Voies AV | 1270 | 50 | |
| Voies AR | 1320 | 52 | |
| Longueur | 3380 | 133.1 | |
| Largeur | 1575 | 62 | |
| Hauteur | 1115 | 43.9 | |
| Garde au sol | 110 | 4.3 | |
| 1.52 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | 525 kg | 1157 | |
| Répartition poids AV | |||
| Réservoir à essence | 36.4 litres | 8 [9.6] UK [US] gal. | |
| Caractéristiques aérodynamique | |||
| Coefficient de pénétration | |||
| maître-couple | |||
| SCx | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Constructeur du moteur | Opel | ||
| Type moteur | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Cylindrée | 1.6 litre 1598 cc (97.516 cu in) |
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| Alésage × Course | 79.98 × 79.5 mm
3.15 × 3.13 in |
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| Rapport alésage / course | 1.01 | ||
| Distribution | single overhead camshaft (SOHC)
2 Soupapes par cylindre 8 Total vannes |
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| Puissance maximale (DIN) |
101 PS (100 bhp) (75 kW) à 5500 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale (DIN) |
136 Nm (100 ft·lb) (13.9 kgm) à 4000 tr/mn |
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| Specific output (DIN) |
46.7 kW/litre 63.4 ps/litre 62.6 bhp/litre 1.03 bhp/cu in |
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(DIN) |
85.11 Nm/litre
1.03 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Construction | |||
| Lubrification | |||
| Taux de compression | 10.4:1 | ||
| Carburant | 2 We carbs | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1069.5 kPa (155.1 psi) | ||
| Régime maximal | |||
| Nombre de paliers de vilebrequin | |||
| Refroidissement | Water | ||
| Cylindrée Unitaire | 399.5 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalyseur | Y | ||
| Performances | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
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| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Vitesse | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 193.12 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.19 PS/kg 142.04 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.14 kW/kg 190.48 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.19 bhp/kg 0.09 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 7.04 kg/kW 11.76 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 ? | |||
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| 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 | |||
| Suspension AV | I.W.CS.ARB. | ||
| Suspension AR | LA.RA.CS. | ||
| Roues AV | |||
| Roues AR | |||
| Pneumatiques AV | |||
| Pneumatiques AR | |||
| Freins AV/AR | Di/Dr | ||
| Diamètre des freins AV | |||
| Diamètre des freins AR | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmission | 5 speed manual | ||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | 0.82 | ||
| Rapport de pont | |||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 85151 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | |||
| RAC rating | 15.9 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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2001 Caterham Beaulieu added 2001-08-03. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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