The Vandenbrink Carver is a rear wheel drive motor car, with its engine placed amidships, and a 1 door coupé bodyshell.
Its 4 cylinder, double overhead camshaft turbocharged powerplant has 3 valves per cylinder and a displacement of 0.7 litres. For this model it musters power and torque figures of 64 bhp (65 PS/48 kW) at 7500 rpm and 100 Nm (74 lbft/10.2 kgm) at 4000 rpm respectively.
The engine drives the wheels through a 5 speed manual set of gears.
Stated weight at the kerb is 620 kg.
Maximum claimed speed is 180 km/h (112 mph).
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 2 seater fixed-head coupé | ||
| Number of doors | 1 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2650 mm | 104.3 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | |||
| Track/tread (rear) | |||
| Length | 3400 mm | 133.9 inches | |
| Width | 1300 mm | 51.2 inches | |
| Height | 1400 mm | 55.1 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.28 | ||
| Kerb weight | 620 kg | 1367 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 34 litres | 7.5 [9] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | turbocharged petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Daihatsu | ||
| Engine code | JB-DET | ||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Capacity | 0.7 litre 659 cc (40.215 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 61 × 56.4 mm
2.4 × 2.22 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 1.08 | ||
| Valve gear | double overhead camshaft (DOHC)
3 valves per cylinder 12 valves in total |
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| maximum power output | 65 PS (64 bhp) (48 kW) at 7500 rpm |
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| maximum torque | 100 Nm (74 ft·lb) (10.2 kgm) at 4000 rpm |
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| Specific output | 72.4 kW/litre 98.5 ps/litre 97.1 bhp/litre 1.59 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque |
151.75 Nm/litre
1.83 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | |||
| compression ratio | |||
| Fuel system | |||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1906.9 kPa (276.6 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 164.75 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Turbo | ||
| Compressor | |||
| Intercooler | Y | ||
| Catalytic converter | |||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | |||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | 8.2 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | 180 km/h (112 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 104.66 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.1 PS/kg 76.98 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.08 kW/kg 103.23 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.1 bhp/kg 0.05 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 12.99 kg/kW 21.7 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
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| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | mid | ||
| Engine layout | transverse | ||
| Drive wheels | rear wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | |||
| Rear suspension | |||
| Wheel size front | |||
| Wheel size rear | |||
| Tyres front | 140/70 x 17 | ||
| Tyres rear | 195/45 x 15 | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/VeDi | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 5 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | |||
| Final drive ratio | |||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 112013 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 9.2 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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2003 Vandenbrink Carver added 2003-07-21. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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