TVR Griffith 3.9 is an automobile that has a 2 door convertible/cabriolet body style with a front mounted engine driving through the rear wheels.
Its 8 cylinder, overhead valve naturally aspirated powerplant has 2 valves per cylinder and a volume of 3.9 litres. For this model it musters power and torque figures of 240 bhp (243 PS/179 kW) at 5300 rpm and 373 Nm (275 lbft/38 kgm) respectively.
The engine powers the wheels by means of a 5 speed manual 'box.
Quoted weight at the kerb is 980 kg.
It is said to be able to manage a maxiumum speed of 238 km/h (148 mph).
Full specs
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| Carrosserie | |||
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| Carrosserie | 2 seater convertible/cabriolet | ||
| Nombre de portes | 2 | ||
| Designer | |||
| Dimensions et poids | |||
| Empattement | 2286 | 90 | |
| Voies AV | |||
| Voies AR | |||
| Longueur | 3900 | 153.5 | |
| Largeur | 1869 | 73.6 | |
| Hauteur | 1194 | 47 | |
| Garde au sol | |||
| 1.71 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | 980 kg | 2161 | |
| Répartition poids AV | |||
| Réservoir à essence | |||
| Caractéristiques aérodynamique | |||
| Coefficient de pénétration | |||
| maître-couple | |||
| SCx | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Constructeur du moteur | Rover | ||
| Type moteur | |||
| Cylinders | V 8 | ||
| Cylindrée | 3.9 litre 3947 cc (240.861 cu in) |
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| Alésage × Course | 94 × 71.1 mm
3.7 × 2.8 in |
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| Rapport alésage / course | 1.32 | ||
| Distribution | overhead valve (OHV)
2 Soupapes par cylindre 16 Total vannes |
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| Puissance maximale | 243 PS (240 bhp) (179 kW) à 5300 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale | 373 Nm (275 ft·lb) (38 kgm) |
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| Specific output | 45.3 kW/litre 61.7 ps/litre 60.8 bhp/litre 1 bhp/cu in |
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94.5 Nm/litre
1.14 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Construction | |||
| Lubrification | |||
| Taux de compression | |||
| Carburant | |||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1187.5 kPa (172.2 psi) | ||
| Régime maximal | |||
| Nombre de paliers de vilebrequin | 5 | ||
| Refroidissement | Water | ||
| Cylindrée Unitaire | 493.38 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalyseur | N | ||
| Performances | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | 4.9 s | ||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Vitesse | 238 km/h (148 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 248.3 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.25 PS/kg 182.62 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.18 kW/kg 244.9 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.24 bhp/kg 0.11 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 5.48 kg/kW 9.15 lb/bhp |
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| Consommation | |||
| Consommation | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
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| US MPG | |||
| Emissions de CO₂ | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| Châssis | |||
| Emplacement de moteur | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Traction | rear wheel drive | ||
| Répartition du couple | N/A | ||
| Direction | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Suspension AV | I.DW.CS.ARB. | ||
| Suspension AR | I.DW.CS.ARB. | ||
| Roues AV | |||
| Roues AR | |||
| Pneumatiques AV | |||
| Pneumatiques AR | |||
| Freins AV/AR | |||
| Diamètre des freins AV | |||
| Diamètre des freins AR | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmission | 5 speed manual | ||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | |||
| Rapport de pont | |||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 13937 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | |||
| RAC rating | 43.8 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1991 TVR Griffith 3.9 added before December 1995. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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