Caterham 7 Superlight R500 is a car that has a 2 door roadster body style with a front mounted engine powering the rear wheels.
The Caterham 7 Superlight R500's engine is a naturally aspirated petrol, 1.8 litre, double overhead camshaft 4 cylinder with 4 valves per cylinder. This unit develops 230 bhp (233 PS/172 kW) of power at 8600 rpm, and maximum torque of 210 N·m (155 lb·ft/21.4 kgm) at 7200 rpm.
The engine delivers its power through to the wheels via a 6 speed manual gearbox.
It weighs a claimed 460 kg at the kerb.
Maximum speed claimed is 235 km/h (146 mph).
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 2 seater roadster | ||
| Number of doors | 2 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2225 mm | 87.6 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1336 mm | 52.6 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1336 mm | 52.6 inches | |
| Length | 3100 mm | 122 inches | |
| Width | 1575 mm | 62 inches | |
| Height | 800 mm | 31.5 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 80 mm | 3.1 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.39 | ||
| Kerb weight | 460 kg | 1014 lb | |
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| fuel tank capacity | |||
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Rover | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Capacity | 1.8 litre 1796 cc (109.599 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 80 × 89.3 mm
3.15 × 3.52 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.9 | ||
| Valve gear | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
4 valves per cylinder 16 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (DIN) |
233 PS (230 bhp) (172 kW) at 8600 rpm |
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| maximum torque (DIN) |
210 Nm (155 ft·lb) (21.4 kgm) at 7200 rpm |
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| Specific output (DIN) |
95.5 kW/litre 129.8 ps/litre 128.1 bhp/litre 2.1 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (DIN) |
116.93 Nm/litre
1.41 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | |||
| compression ratio | 11.5:1 | ||
| Fuel system | EFi | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1469.3 kPa (213.1 psi) | ||
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| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 449 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | 3.4 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | |||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | 8.1 s | ||
| Standing quarter-mile | 11.9 s
@ 117 mph |
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| Standing kilometre | 21.9 s | ||
| Maximum speed | 235 km/h (146 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 506.95 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.51 PS/kg 372.85 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.37 kW/kg 500 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.5 bhp/kg 0.22 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 2.68 kg/kW 4.48 lb/bhp |
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| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
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| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
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| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Drive wheels | rear wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | rack & pinion | ||
| turns lock-to-lock | 2.120 | ||
| Turning circle | 10.00 m | ||
| Front suspension | I.W.ARB. | ||
| Rear suspension | dD.WL.CS.ARB. | ||
| Wheel size front | 6.5J x 13 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 8.5J x 13 | ||
| Tyres front | 185/55 R 13 | ||
| Tyres rear | 215/50 R 13 | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/Di | ||
| Front brake diameter | 254 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 228 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 6 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | 1 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.62 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 74844 | ||
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| RAC rating | 15.9 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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2000 Caterham 7 Superlight R500 added 2001-02-13. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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