Caterham Super 7 is an automobile that has a roadster body style with a front located engine powering the rear wheels.
Its engine is a naturally aspirated petrol, 1.6 litre, double overhead camshaft 4 cylinder with 2 valves per cylinder. It develops 120 bhp (122 PS/89 kW) of power at 6200 rpm, and maximum torque of 143 N·m (105 lb·ft/14.6 kgm) at 5500 rpm.
The engine powers the wheels via a 4 speed manual gearbox.
The quoted weight at the kerb is 510 kg.
Its maximum speed quoted is 180 km/h, which is 112 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 | 2235 | 88 | |
| Voies AV | 1245 | 49 | |
| Voies AR | 1320 | 52 | |
| Longueur | 3378 | 133 | |
| Largeur | 1664 | 65.5 | |
| Hauteur | 1105 | 43.5 | |
| Garde au sol | 100 | 3.9 | |
| 1.51 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | 510 kg | 1124 | |
| Répartition poids AV | |||
| Réservoir à essence | 36 litres | 7.9 [9.5] UK [US] gal. | |
| Caractéristiques aérodynamique | |||
| Coefficient de pénétration | |||
| maître-couple | |||
| SCx | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Constructeur du moteur | Ford | ||
| Type moteur | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Cylindrée | 1.6 litre 1599 cc (97.577 cu in) |
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| Alésage × Course | 81 × 77.6 mm
3.19 × 3.06 in |
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| Rapport alésage / course | 1.04 | ||
| Distribution | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
2 Soupapes par cylindre 8 Total vannes |
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| Puissance maximale (DIN) |
122 PS (120 bhp) (89 kW) à 6200 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale (DIN) |
143 Nm (105 ft·lb) (14.6 kgm) à 5500 tr/mn |
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| Specific output (DIN) |
56 kW/litre 76.1 ps/litre 75 bhp/litre 1.23 bhp/cu in |
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(DIN) |
89.43 Nm/litre
1.08 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Construction | cast iron block; light alloy head | ||
| Lubrification | |||
| Taux de compression | 9.5:1 | ||
| Carburant | 2 De 40 DHLA carbs | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1123.8 kPa (163 psi) | ||
| Régime maximal | 6500 tr/mn | ||
| Nombre de paliers de vilebrequin | 5 | ||
| Refroidissement | Water | ||
| Cylindrée Unitaire | 399.75 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalyseur | N | ||
| Performances | |||
| 0-80km/h | 4.4 s | ||
| 0-60mph | |||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | 14.6 s | ||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Vitesse | 180 km/h (112 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 238.56 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.24 PS/kg 175.46 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.18 kW/kg 235.29 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.24 bhp/kg 0.11 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 5.7 kg/kW 9.52 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 ? | |||
| 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 | 2.750 | ||
| Turning circle | 9.00 m | ||
| Suspension AV | I.LW.CS.ARB. | ||
| Suspension AR | LA.RA.CS. | ||
| Roues AV | 5.5 | ||
| Roues AR | 5.5 | ||
| Pneumatiques AV | 165 SR 13 | ||
| Pneumatiques AR | 165 SR 13 | ||
| Freins AV/AR | Di/Dr | ||
| Diamètre des freins AV | |||
| Diamètre des freins AR | |||
| Braked area | 1439 cm2 | ||
| Transmission | 4 speed manual | ||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | 1 | ||
| Rapport de pont | 3.64 | ||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 44682 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | |||
| RAC rating | 16.3 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1982 Caterham Super 7 added before December 1995. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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