The Fairthorpe TX-S is a rear wheel drive car, with its engine mounted in the front, and a 2 door coupé bodyshell.
Its 6 cylinder, overhead valve naturally aspirated powerplant has 2 valves per cylinder and a volume of 2 litres. In this application it provides power and torque figures of 112 bhp (114 PS/84 kW) at 5300 rpm and 159 Nm (117 lbft/16.2 kgm) at 3000 rpm respectively.
This power is transmitted to the wheels via a 4 speed manual transmission.
Its stated kerb weight is 787 kg.
It is claimed to manage a top speed of 185 km/h (115 mph).
Full specs
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| Carrosserie | |||
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| Carrosserie | 2 seater fixed-head coupé | ||
| Nombre de portes | 2 | ||
| Designer | |||
| Dimensions et poids | |||
| Empattement | 2108 | 83 | |
| Voies AV | 1257 | 49.5 | |
| Voies AR | 1257 | 49.5 | |
| Longueur | 3720 | 146.5 | |
| Largeur | 1524 | 60 | |
| Hauteur | 1130 | 44.5 | |
| Garde au sol | 127 | 5 | |
| 1.76 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | 787 kg | 1735 | |
| Répartition poids AV | 52% front | ||
| Réservoir à essence | 44 litres | 9.7 [11.6] UK [US] gal. | |
| Caractéristiques aérodynamique | |||
| Coefficient de pénétration | |||
| maître-couple | |||
| SCx | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Constructeur du moteur | Triumph | ||
| Type moteur | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 6 | ||
| Cylindrée | 2 litre 1998 cc (121.925 cu in) |
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| Alésage × Course | 74.7 × 76 mm
2.94 × 2.99 in |
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| Rapport alésage / course | 0.98 | ||
| Distribution | overhead valve (OHV)
2 Soupapes par cylindre 12 Total vannes |
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| Puissance maximale (DIN) |
114 PS (112 bhp) (84 kW) à 5300 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale (DIN) |
159 Nm (117 ft·lb) (16.2 kgm) à 3000 tr/mn |
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| Specific output (DIN) |
41.8 kW/litre 56.8 ps/litre 56.1 bhp/litre 0.92 bhp/cu in |
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(DIN) |
79.58 Nm/litre
0.96 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Construction | |||
| Lubrification | |||
| Taux de compression | 9.5:1 | ||
| Carburant | 2 St carbs | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1000 kPa (145 psi) | ||
| Régime maximal | |||
| Nombre de paliers de vilebrequin | 4 | ||
| Refroidissement | Water | ||
| Cylindrée Unitaire | 333 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalyseur | N | ||
| Performances | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | 9 s | ||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Vitesse | 185 km/h (115 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 144.29 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.14 PS/kg 106.12 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.11 kW/kg 142.31 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.14 bhp/kg 0.06 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 9.42 kg/kW 15.74 lb/bhp |
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| Consommation | |||
| Consommation | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| 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 | I.W.CS.ARB. | ||
| Suspension AR | I.TA.CS. | ||
| Roues AV | |||
| Roues AR | |||
| Pneumatiques AV | |||
| Pneumatiques AR | |||
| Freins AV/AR | |||
| Diamètre des freins AV | |||
| Diamètre des freins AR | |||
| Braked area | 1680 cm2 | ||
| Transmission | 4 speed manual | ||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | 1 | ||
| Rapport de pont | 3.27 | ||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 47036 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | |||
| RAC rating | 20.8 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1969 Fairthorpe TX-S added before December 1995. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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