The Lotus Elite 501 is a rear wheel drive motor car, with the engine mounted in the front, and a 3 door coupé bodyshell.
Powering the Lotus Elite 501 is a double overhead camshaft, 2 litre naturally aspirated 4 cylinder powerplant, with 4 valves per cylinder that provides power and torque figures of 160 bhp (162 PS/119 kW) at 6500 rpm and 190 N·m (140 lb·ft/19.4 kgm) at 5000 rpm respectively.
The engine transfers its power through to the wheels via a 5 speed manual gearbox.
It weighs a claimed 1060 kg at the kerb.
The Lotus Elite 501 is said to be able to manage a top speed of 200 km/h (124 mph).
Full specs
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| Carrocería | |||
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| Carrocería | 2+2 seater fixed-head coupé | ||
| Número de puertas | 3 | ||
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| Dimensiones y pesos | |||
| Distancia entre ejes | 2480 | 97.6 | |
| Vía delantera | 1490 | 58.7 | |
| Vía trasera | 1490 | 58.7 | |
| Longitud | 4460 | 175.6 | |
| Ancho | 1820 | 71.7 | |
| Altura | 1210 | 47.6 | |
| Despeje del suelo | 140 | 5.5 | |
| Relación Largo:Dist.entre ejes | 1.8 | ||
| Peso en vacío | 1060 kg | 2337 | |
| Distribución del peso (% adelante) | |||
| Capacità serbatoio | 67.3 litres | 14.8 [17.8] UK [US] gal. | |
| Aerodinámica | |||
| Coeficiente de penetración | |||
| Superficie frontal | |||
| SCx | |||
| Tren motriz | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Fabricante del motor | Lotus | ||
| Código de motor | Lotus 907 | ||
| Número de cilindros | Straight 4 | ||
| Cilindrada | 2 litre 1973 cc (120.4 cu in) |
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| Diámetro × Carrera | 95.2 × 69.3 mm
3.75 × 2.73 in |
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| Relación diámetro/carrera | 1.37 | ||
| Distribución | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 válvulas por cilindro 16 Total de válvulas |
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| Potencia nominal (DIN) |
162 PS (160 bhp) (119 kW) a 6500 rpm |
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| Par motor máximo (DIN) |
190 Nm (140 ft·lb) (19.4 kgm) a 5000 rpm |
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| Potencia específica (DIN) |
60.5 kW/litre 82.2 ps/litre 81.1 bhp/litre 1.33 bhp/cu in |
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(DIN) |
96.3 Nm/litre
1.16 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Materiales de block / culata | |||
| Lubricación | |||
| Relación de compresión | 9.5:1 | ||
| Alimentación | 2 Dell'Orto DHLA 45 carburettors | ||
| 1210.1 kPa (175.5 psi) | |||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| Casquillos de cigüeñal | 5 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| 493.25 cc | |||
| Aspiración | Normal | ||
| Compresor | N/A | ||
| intercooler | None | ||
| catalizador | N | ||
| Rendimiento | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | 7.8 s | ||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | 16.2 s | ||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Velocidad máxima | 200 km/h (124 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 153.04 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.15 PS/kg 112.56 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.11 kW/kg 150.94 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.15 bhp/kg 0.07 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 8.88 kg/kW 14.84 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 | 3.500 | ||
| Turning circle | 10.50 m | ||
| Suspensión delantera | I.W.CS. | ||
| Suspensión trasera | I.W.CS. | ||
| Ruedas delante | |||
| Ruedas detrás | |||
| Neumáticos delante | |||
| Neumáticos detrás | |||
| Brakes F/R | Di/Dr-S | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmisión | 5 speed manual | ||
| Eje trasero desmultiplicación | 0.8 | ||
| Desmultiplicación grupo cónico | 4.10 | ||
| General | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 30118 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 22.5 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1974 Lotus Elite 501 added before December 1995. Last modified 2013-04-09. |
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