The Olympic is an automobile from Rochdale, with rear wheel drive, a front mounted engine and a 2 door coupé body style.
It is powered 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 develops 60 bhp (61 PS/45 kW) of power at 4800 rpm.
The engine supplies its power through to the wheels via a 4 speed manual transmission.
The quoted kerb weight is 700 kg.
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 | 2197 mm | 86.5 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | |||
| Track/tread (rear) | |||
| Length | 3734 mm | 147 inches | |
| Width | 1625 mm | 64 inches | |
| Height | |||
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.7 | ||
| Kerb weight | 700 kg | 1543 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | |||
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | BMC | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Capacity | 1.5 litre 1489 cc (90.864 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 73 × 88.9 mm
2.87 × 3.5 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.82 | ||
| Valve gear | overhead valve (OHV)
2 valves per cylinder 8 valves in total |
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| maximum power output | 61 PS (60 bhp) (45 kW) at 4800 rpm |
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| maximum torque | |||
| Specific output | 30 kW/litre 40.9 ps/litre 40.3 bhp/litre 0.66 bhp/cu in |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | |||
| compression ratio | 8.3:1 | ||
| Fuel system | 2 SU carbs | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | |||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 372.25 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | N | ||
| 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 86.91 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 PS/kg 63.92 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.06 kW/kg 85.71 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 bhp/kg 0.04 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 15.65 kg/kW 26.13 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
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| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
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| 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.TB. | ||
| Rear suspension | LA.CS. | ||
| Wheel size front | |||
| Wheel size rear | |||
| Tyres front | |||
| Tyres rear | |||
| Brakes F/R | |||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 4 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | 1 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.73 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 48983 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 13.2 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1960 Rochdale Olympic added before December 1995. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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