The Elan Sprint is a motor vehicle from Lotus, with rear wheel drive, a front positioned engine and a 2 door convertible/cabriolet body style.
Power is produced by a double overhead camshaft, 1.6 litre naturally aspirated 4 cylinder motor, with 2 valves per cylinder that provides power and torque figures of 126 bhp (128 PS/94 kW) at 6500 rpm and 153 N·m (113 lb·ft/15.6 kgm) at 5500 rpm respectively.
The engine delivers its power through to the wheels via a 4 speed manual transmission.
The quoted weight at the kerb is 687 kg.
Top claimed speed is 195 km/h, or 121 mph.
Full specs
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| Carrosserie | |||
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| Carrosserie | 2 seater convertible/cabriolet | ||
| Nombre de portes | 2 | ||
| Designer | |||
| Dimensions et poids | |||
| Empattement | 2134 | 84 | |
| Voies AV | 1232 | 48.5 | |
| Voies AR | 1232 | 48.5 | |
| Longueur | 3690 | 145.3 | |
| Largeur | 1422 | 56 | |
| Hauteur | 1156 | 45.5 | |
| Garde au sol | 152 | 6 | |
| 1.73 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | 687 kg | 1515 | |
| Répartition poids AV | 48% front | ||
| Réservoir à essence | 42.1 litres | 9.3 [11.1] UK [US] gal. | |
| Caractéristiques aérodynamique | |||
| Coefficient de pénétration | |||
| maître-couple | |||
| SCx | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Constructeur du moteur | Lotus | ||
| Type moteur | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Cylindrée | 1.6 litre 1558 cc (95.075 cu in) |
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| Alésage × Course | 82.57 × 72.75 mm
3.25 × 2.86 in |
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| Rapport alésage / course | 1.13 | ||
| Distribution | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
2 Soupapes par cylindre 8 Total vannes |
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| Puissance maximale (SAE) |
128 PS (126 bhp) (94 kW) à 6500 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale (SAE) |
153 Nm (113 ft·lb) (15.6 kgm) à 5500 tr/mn |
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| Specific output (SAE) |
60.3 kW/litre 82 ps/litre 80.9 bhp/litre 1.33 bhp/cu in |
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(SAE) |
98.2 Nm/litre
1.19 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Construction | |||
| Lubrification | Carter humide | ||
| Taux de compression | 10.3:1 | ||
| Carburant | 2 We carbs | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1234.1 kPa (179 psi) | ||
| Régime maximal | |||
| Nombre de paliers de vilebrequin | |||
| Refroidissement | Water | ||
| Cylindrée Unitaire | 389.5 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalyseur | N | ||
| Performances | |||
| 0-80km/h | 5 s | ||
| 0-60mph | 6.2 s | ||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | 18.9 s | ||
| 0-400m | 15 s | ||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Vitesse | 195 km/h (121 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 185.96 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.19 PS/kg 136.77 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.14 kW/kg 183.41 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.18 bhp/kg 0.08 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 7.31 kg/kW 12.21 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 | I.W.CS.ARB. | ||
| Suspension AR | I.LW.ChmnS. | ||
| Roues AV | |||
| Roues AR | |||
| Pneumatiques AV | |||
| Pneumatiques AR | |||
| Freins AV/AR | Di/Di | ||
| Diamètre des freins AV | |||
| Diamètre des freins AR | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmission | 4 speed manual | ||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | 1 | ||
| Rapport de pont | 3.77 | ||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 62821 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | |||
| RAC rating | 16.9 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1971 Lotus Elan Sprint added before December 1995. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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