Reliant Sabre 6 is a car that has a 2 door coupé body style with a front mounted engine supplying power to the rear wheels.
The 6 cylinder, overhead valve naturally aspirated engine has 2 valves per cylinder and a volume of 2.6 litres. In this application it musters power and torque figures of 109 bhp (111 PS/81 kW) at 4800 rpm and 186 Nm (137 lbft/19 kgm) at 2400 rpm respectively.
The engine transfers its power through to the wheels via a 4 speed manual gearbox.
Claimed weight at the kerb is 816 kg.
Maximum quoted speed is 179 km/h, or 111 mph.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 2 seater fixed-head coupé | ||
| Number of doors | 2 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2286 mm | 90 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1270 mm | 50 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1270 mm | 50 inches | |
| Length | 4050 mm | 159.4 inches | |
| Width | 1550 mm | 61 inches | |
| Height | 1270 mm | 50 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 127 mm | 5 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.77 | ||
| Kerb weight | 816 kg | 1799 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 38.6 litres | 8.5 [10.2] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Ford | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 6 | ||
| Capacity | 2.6 litre 2553 cc (155.794 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 82.55 × 79.5 mm
3.25 × 3.13 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 1.04 | ||
| Valve gear | overhead valve (OHV)
2 valves per cylinder 12 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (Net) |
111 PS (109 bhp) (81 kW) at 4800 rpm |
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| maximum torque (Net) |
186 Nm (137 ft·lb) (19 kgm) at 2400 rpm |
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| Specific output (Net) |
31.8 kW/litre 43.3 ps/litre 42.7 bhp/litre 0.7 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (Net) |
72.86 Nm/litre
0.88 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | |||
| compression ratio | 8.3:1 | ||
| Fuel system | 2 We carbs | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 915.5 kPa (132.8 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 425.5 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | N | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | 12.2 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | |||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | 18.3 s | ||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | 179 km/h (111 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 135.44 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.14 PS/kg 99.61 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.1 kW/kg 133.58 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.13 bhp/kg 0.06 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 10.04 kg/kW 16.77 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| 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 | longitudinal | ||
| Drive wheels | rear wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | I.CS. | ||
| Rear suspension | I.CS. | ||
| Wheel size front | |||
| Wheel size rear | |||
| Tyres front | |||
| Tyres rear | |||
| Brakes F/R | Di/Dr | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 4 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | 1 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.55 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 46750 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 25.4 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1961 Reliant Sabre 6 added before December 1995. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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