This car has a 2 door coupé type body with a front located engine powering the rear wheels.
The Nissan Silvia spec-R belongs to the S15 model family from Nissan.
The 4 cylinder, double overhead camshaft turbocharged engine has 4 valves per cylinder and a displacement of 2 litres. For this model it produces power and torque figures of 222 bhp (225 PS/166 kW) at 6000 rpm and 275 Nm (203 lbft/28 kgm) at 4800 rpm respectively.
The engine transfers its power through to the wheels by means of a 4 speed automatic gearbox.
Stated kerb weight is 1270 kg.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 2+2 seater fixed-head coupé | ||
| Number of doors | 2 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2525 mm | 99.4 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1470 mm | 57.9 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1460 mm | 57.5 inches | |
| Length | 4445 mm | 175 inches | |
| Width | 1695 mm | 66.7 inches | |
| Height | 1285 mm | 50.6 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 130 mm | 5.1 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.76 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1270 kg | 2800 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 65 litres | 14.3 [17.2] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | turbocharged petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Nissan | ||
| Engine code | SR20DET | ||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Capacity | 2 litre 1998 cc (121.925 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 86 × 86 mm
3.39 × 3.39 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 1 | ||
| Valve gear | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 valves per cylinder 16 valves in total |
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| maximum power output | 225 PS (222 bhp) (166 kW) at 6000 rpm |
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| maximum torque | 275 Nm (203 ft·lb) (28 kgm) at 4800 rpm |
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| Specific output | 82.9 kW/litre 112.7 ps/litre 111.1 bhp/litre 1.82 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque |
137.64 Nm/litre
1.66 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | |||
| compression ratio | 8.5:1 | ||
| Fuel system | EFi | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1729.6 kPa (250.9 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | 5 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 499.5 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Turbo | ||
| Compressor | |||
| Intercooler | Y | ||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | |||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | |||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 177.23 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.18 PS/kg 130.35 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.13 kW/kg 174.8 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.17 bhp/kg 0.08 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 7.67 kg/kW 12.81 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
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| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
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| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | transverse | ||
| Drive wheels | rear wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | power assisted rack & pinion | ||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | I.S. | ||
| Rear suspension | I.MultiLi. | ||
| Wheel size front | |||
| Wheel size rear | |||
| Tyres front | 205/55 R 16 89V | ||
| Tyres rear | 205/55 R 16 89V | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/Di-S | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 4 speed automatic | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.69 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.92 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 131736 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | GF-S15 | ||
| Model family | S15 | ||
| RAC rating | 18.3 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1999 Nissan Silvia spec-R Automatic added 2005-08-04. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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