The Seven Superlight R 500 is a rear wheel drive roadster motor car with a front placed engine, produced by Caterham.
Power is supplied by a double overhead camshaft, 2 litre naturally aspirated dry-sumped 4 cylinder motor, with 4 valves per cylinder that produces power and torque figures of 263 bhp (267 PS/196 kW) at 8500 rpm and 240 N·m (177 lb·ft/24.5 kgm) at 7200 rpm respectively. It features dry sump-type lubrication.
The engine delivers its power through to the wheels by means of a 6 speed manual 'box.
It weighs a claimed 506 kg at the kerb.
Top claimed speed is 241 km/h, or 150 mph.
Full specs
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| Carrocería | |||
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| Carrocería | 2 seater roadster | ||
| Número de puertas | 0 | ||
| 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 | 506 kg | 1116 | |
| Distribución del peso (% adelante) | |||
| Capacità serbatoio | |||
| Aerodinámica | |||
| Coeficiente de penetración | |||
| Superficie frontal | |||
| SCx | |||
| Tren motriz | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Fabricante del motor | Ford | ||
| 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 | 267 PS (263 bhp) (196 kW) a 8500 rpm |
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| Par motor máximo | 240 Nm (177 ft·lb) (24.5 kgm) a 7200 rpm |
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| Potencia específica | 98.1 kW/litre 133.4 ps/litre 131.6 bhp/litre 2.16 bhp/cu in |
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120.06 Nm/litre
1.45 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Materiales de block / culata | |||
| Lubricación | Cárter seco | ||
| Relación de compresión | |||
| Alimentación | |||
| 1508.7 kPa (218.8 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 | 2.88 s | ||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Velocidad máxima | 241 km/h (150 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 526.99 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.53 PS/kg 387.59 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.39 kW/kg 519.76 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.52 bhp/kg 0.23 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 2.58 kg/kW 4.31 lb/bhp |
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| Consumos | |||
| Consumo de combustible | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| 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 | 6J x 13 | ||
| Ruedas detrás | 8J x 13 | ||
| 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 | 173646 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 19.0 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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2008 Caterham Seven Superlight R 500 added 2008-04-11. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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