The Lotus Super Seven is a 2 door convertible/cabriolet style car with a front mounted engine powering the rear wheels.
The power is produced by a naturally aspirated engine of 1.5 litre capacity. This unit features overhead valve valve gear, 4 cylinder layout, and 2 valves per cylinder. It has an output of 95 bhp (96 PS/71 kW) of power at 6000 rpm.
With a stated kerb weight of 483 kg, the Lotus Super Seven manages to cover the 0-60 mph benchmark sprint in 9 seconds and the standing quarter mile in 15.9 seconds.
The Lotus Super Seven is said to be able to attain a maxiumum speed of 164 km/h (102 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 | 2235 | 88 | |
| Voies AV | 1245 | 49 | |
| Voies AR | 1245 | 49 | |
| Longueur | 3334 | 131.3 | |
| Largeur | 1454 | 57.2 | |
| Hauteur | |||
| Garde au sol | |||
| 1.49 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | 483 kg | 1065 | |
| Répartition poids AV | |||
| Réservoir à essence | |||
| Caractéristiques aérodynamique | |||
| Coefficient de pénétration | |||
| maître-couple | |||
| SCx | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Constructeur du moteur | Ford | ||
| Type moteur | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Cylindrée | 1.5 litre 1498 cc (91.414 cu in) |
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| Alésage × Course | 81 × 72.7 mm
3.19 × 2.86 in |
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| Rapport alésage / course | 1.11 | ||
| Distribution | overhead valve (OHV)
2 Soupapes par cylindre 8 Total vannes |
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| Puissance maximale | 96 PS (95 bhp) (71 kW) à 6000 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale | |||
| Specific output | 47.3 kW/litre 64.3 ps/litre 63.4 bhp/litre 1.04 bhp/cu in |
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| Construction | |||
| Lubrification | |||
| Taux de compression | 9.5:1 | ||
| Carburant | 2 We carbs | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | |||
| Régime maximal | |||
| Nombre de paliers de vilebrequin | |||
| Refroidissement | Other | ||
| Cylindrée Unitaire | 374.5 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalyseur | N | ||
| Performances | |||
| 0-80km/h | 5.7 s | ||
| 0-60mph | 9 s | ||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | 15.9 s | ||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Vitesse | 164 km/h (102 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 199.42 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.2 PS/kg 146.67 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.15 kW/kg 196.69 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.2 bhp/kg 0.09 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 6.82 kg/kW 11.39 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 | unknown | ||
| Traction | rear wheel drive | ||
| Répartition du couple | N/A | ||
| Direction | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Suspension AV | |||
| Suspension AR | |||
| Roues AV | |||
| Roues AR | |||
| Pneumatiques AV | |||
| Pneumatiques AR | |||
| Freins AV/AR | |||
| Diamètre des freins AV | |||
| Diamètre des freins AR | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmission | |||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | 1 | ||
| Rapport de pont | 4.10 | ||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 62986 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | |||
| RAC rating | 16.3 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1963 Lotus Super Seven added before December 1995. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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