Sunbeam Rapier is an automobile that has a 2 door saloon (sedan) body style with a front mounted engine supplying power to the rear wheels.
Its engine is a naturally aspirated petrol, 1.7 litre, overhead valve 4 cylinder with 2 valves per cylinder. This unit develops 85 bhp (86 PS/63 kW) of power at 5500 rpm, and maximum torque of 134 N·m (99 lb·ft/13.7 kgm) at 3500 rpm.
Power is transmitted to the wheels via a 4 speed manual gearbox.
The quoted kerb weight is 1008 kg.
Maximum speed claimed is 154 km/h or 96 mph.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Number of doors | 2 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2438 mm | 96 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1314 mm | 51.7 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1232 mm | 48.5 inches | |
| Length | 4147 mm | 163.3 inches | |
| Width | 1543 mm | 60.7 inches | |
| Height | 1454 mm | 57.2 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.7 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1008 kg | 2222 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 45.5 litres | 10 [12] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Sunbeam | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Capacity | 1.7 litre 1723 cc (105.144 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 81.5 × 82.55 mm
3.21 × 3.25 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.99 | ||
| Valve gear | overhead valve (OHV)
2 valves per cylinder 8 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (net) |
86 PS (85 bhp) (63 kW) at 5500 rpm |
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| maximum torque (net) |
134 Nm (99 ft·lb) (13.7 kgm) at 3500 rpm |
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| Specific output (net) |
36.8 kW/litre 50 ps/litre 49.3 bhp/litre 0.81 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (net) |
77.77 Nm/litre
0.94 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 9.2:1 | ||
| Fuel system | |||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 977.3 kPa (141.7 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 430.75 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 | 154 km/h (96 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 85.5 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 PS/kg 62.88 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.06 kW/kg 84.33 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.08 bhp/kg 0.04 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 15.9 kg/kW 26.56 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
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| 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 | LA.LS. | ||
| Wheel size front | |||
| Wheel size rear | |||
| Tyres front | 6.00-13 | ||
| Tyres rear | 6.00-13 | ||
| Brakes F/R | Di/Dr | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 4 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | |||
| Final drive ratio | |||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 163504 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 16.5 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1966 Sunbeam Rapier added 2007-11-07. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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