TVR Speed Eight is a car that has a 2 door convertible/cabriolet body style with a front mounted engine driving through the rear wheels.
Its engine is a naturally aspirated petrol, 3.9 litre, overhead valve 8 cylinder with 2 valves per cylinder. This powerplant produces 225 bhp (228 PS/168 kW) of power at 5200 rpm, and maximum torque of 340 N·m (251 lb·ft/34.7 kgm) at 3500 rpm.
The power is delivered to the wheels through a 5 speed manual gearbox.
It weighs a quoted 1120 kg at the kerb.
Maximum quoted speed is 230 km/h (143 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 | 2460 | 96.9 | |
| Voies AV | 1500 | 59.1 | |
| Voies AR | 1530 | 60.2 | |
| Longueur | 4100 | 161.4 | |
| Largeur | 1760 | 69.3 | |
| Hauteur | 1210 | 47.6 | |
| Garde au sol | 150 | 5.9 | |
| 1.67 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | 1120 kg | 2469 | |
| Répartition poids AV | |||
| Réservoir à essence | 61 litres | 13.4 [16.1] UK [US] gal. | |
| 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 (DIN) |
228 PS (225 bhp) (168 kW) à 5200 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale (DIN) |
340 Nm (251 ft·lb) (34.7 kgm) à 3500 tr/mn |
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| Specific output (DIN) |
42.5 kW/litre 57.8 ps/litre 57 bhp/litre 0.93 bhp/cu in |
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(DIN) |
86.14 Nm/litre
1.04 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Construction | |||
| Lubrification | |||
| Taux de compression | 9.75:1 | ||
| Carburant | Lucas L fuel inj. | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1082.5 kPa (157 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 | |||
| 0-100km/h | 7 s | ||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Vitesse | 230 km/h (143 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 203.69 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.2 PS/kg 149.81 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.15 kW/kg 200.89 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.2 bhp/kg 0.09 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 6.68 kg/kW 11.15 lb/bhp |
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| Consommation | |||
| Consommation | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
| 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 | 9.90 m | ||
| Suspension AV | I.UW.ARB. | ||
| Suspension AR | I.CS. | ||
| Roues AV | |||
| Roues AR | |||
| Pneumatiques AV | |||
| Pneumatiques AR | |||
| Freins AV/AR | VeDi/Di | ||
| Diamètre des freins AV | |||
| Diamètre des freins AR | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmission | 5 speed manual | ||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | 0.79 | ||
| Rapport de pont | 3.54 | ||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 84777 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | |||
| RAC rating | 43.8 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1989 TVR Speed Eight added 2001-08-02. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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