The Caterham Superlight R is a roadster with 2 doors and a front mounted engine which transmits its power to the rear wheels.
Powering the Caterham Superlight R is a double overhead camshaft, 1.8 litre naturally aspirated 4 cylinder powerplant, with 4 valves per cylinder that develops power and torque figures of 190 bhp (193 PS/142 kW) at 7500 rpm and 203 N·m (150 lb·ft/20.7 kgm) at 5750 rpm respectively.
Power is supplied to the wheels by means of a 6 speed manual gearbox.
Its stated weight at the kerb is 490 kg.
Its maximum speed claimed is 225 km/h (140 mph).
Full specs
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| Carrocería | |||
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| Carrocería | 2 seater roadster | ||
| Número de puertas | 2 | ||
| diseñado por | |||
| Dimensiones y pesos | |||
| Distancia entre ejes | 2225 | 87.6 | |
| Vía delantera | 1336 | 52.6 | |
| Vía trasera | 1336 | 52.6 | |
| 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 | 490 kg | 1080 | |
| Distribución del peso (% adelante) | |||
| Capacità serbatoio | |||
| Aerodinámica | |||
| Coeficiente de penetración | |||
| Superficie frontal | |||
| SCx | |||
| Tren motriz | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Fabricante del motor | Rover | ||
| Código de motor | |||
| Número de cilindros | Straight 4 | ||
| Cilindrada | 1.8 litre 1795 cc (109.538 cu in) |
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| Diámetro × Carrera | 80 × 89.3 mm
3.15 × 3.52 in |
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| Relación diámetro/carrera | 0.9 | ||
| Distribución | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 válvulas por cilindro 16 Total de válvulas |
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| Potencia nominal (DIN) |
193 PS (190 bhp) (142 kW) a 7500 rpm |
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| Par motor máximo (DIN) |
203 Nm (150 ft·lb) (20.7 kgm) a 5750 rpm |
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| Potencia específica (DIN) |
78.9 kW/litre 107.3 ps/litre 105.8 bhp/litre 1.73 bhp/cu in |
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(DIN) |
113.09 Nm/litre
1.37 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Materiales de block / culata | |||
| Lubricación | |||
| Relación de compresión | 10.5:1 | ||
| Alimentación | Rover MEMS 1.9 fuel inj. | ||
| 1421.2 kPa (206.1 psi) | |||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| Casquillos de cigüeñal | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| 448.75 cc | |||
| Aspiración | Normal | ||
| Compresor | N/A | ||
| intercooler | None | ||
| catalizador | Y | ||
| Rendimiento | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | 4 s | ||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Velocidad máxima | 225 km/h (140 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 393.14 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.39 PS/kg 289.15 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.29 kW/kg 387.76 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.39 bhp/kg 0.17 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 3.46 kg/kW 5.78 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 | 2.120 | ||
| Turning circle | 10.00 m | ||
| Suspensión delantera | I.W.ARB. | ||
| Suspensión trasera | dD.WL.CS.ARB. | ||
| Ruedas delante | |||
| Ruedas detrás | |||
| Neumáticos delante | |||
| Neumáticos detrás | |||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/Di | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmisión | 6 speed manual | ||
| Eje trasero desmultiplicación | 1 | ||
| Desmultiplicación grupo cónico | 3.62 | ||
| General | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 84953 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 15.9 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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2001 Caterham Superlight R added 2001-08-03. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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