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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| Carrosserie | |||
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| Carrosserie | 2 seater roadster | ||
| Nombre de portes | 0 | ||
| Designer | |||
| Dimensions et poids | |||
| Empattement | 2225 | 87.6 | |
| Voies AV | |||
| Voies AR | |||
| Longueur | 3100 | 122 | |
| Largeur | 1575 | 62 | |
| Hauteur | 800 | 31.5 | |
| Garde au sol | 80 | 3.1 | |
| 1.39 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | 506 kg | 1116 | |
| Répartition poids AV | |||
| Réservoir à essence | |||
| Caractéristiques aérodynamique | |||
| Coefficient de pénétration | |||
| maître-couple | |||
| SCx | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Constructeur du moteur | Ford | ||
| Type moteur | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Cylindrée | 2 litre 1999 cc (121.986 cu in) |
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| Alésage × Course | 87.5 × 83.1 mm
3.44 × 3.27 in |
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| Rapport alésage / course | 1.05 | ||
| Distribution | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 Soupapes par cylindre 16 Total vannes |
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| Puissance maximale | 267 PS (263 bhp) (196 kW) à 8500 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale | 240 Nm (177 ft·lb) (24.5 kgm) à 7200 tr/mn |
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| Specific output | 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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| Construction | |||
| Lubrification | Carter sec | ||
| Taux de compression | |||
| Carburant | |||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1508.7 kPa (218.8 psi) | ||
| Régime maximal | |||
| Nombre de paliers de vilebrequin | |||
| Refroidissement | Water | ||
| Cylindrée Unitaire | 499.75 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalyseur | Y | ||
| Performances | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | 2.88 s | ||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Vitesse | 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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| Consommation | |||
| Consommation | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
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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 | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Suspension AV | |||
| Suspension AR | dD.WL. | ||
| Roues AV | 6J x 13 | ||
| Roues AR | 8J x 13 | ||
| Pneumatiques AV | |||
| Pneumatiques AR | |||
| Freins AV/AR | VeDi/Di | ||
| Diamètre des freins AV | |||
| Diamètre des freins AR | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmission | 6 speed manual | ||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | |||
| Rapport de pont | |||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 173646 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | |||
| 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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