Specification
A choreographed performance sports car providing a visceral, stimulating, and addictive driving experience. Equipped with a 185 bhp four-cylinder engine producing 195 lb/ft of torque, propelling the 920kg car well above the original 100mph top speed.
Contrary to the original Austin-Healey 100/4 with its cumbersome three-speed transmission and awkward gear lever, the car is fitted with a space-saving five-speed gearbox with the lever conventionally mounted on top of the transmission tunnel.
Famously robust and fit for purpose it retains the original rear semi-elliptical leaf spring set-up, however, we have added a damper system to improve road holding. Also featuring a double-wishbone and adjustable coil spring configuration at the front.
And to dress this reimagined icon is the Caton coachbuilt bodywork. Enhanced, smoothed and with added volume, sculpted by the English Wheel before being immortalised with Computer-Aided Design (CAD) software.
Engine
With a 2954cc in-line four-cylinder engine, based on the original Austin-Healey 100/4. The four-cylinder was chosen as opposed to the later six-cylinder because it’s infinitely more tuneable. This has been proven by doubling the original 90 bhp output to 185 bhp.
The engine includes a fully lightened block and ported cylinder head with a full steel crankshaft, high compression pistons, twin SU H8 carburettors with gas flowed inlets and a competition camshaft with a more aggressive lobe profile, slipping against the all-new roller rockers. Mating a 185 bhp power unit to a lightweight chassis creates a 920 kg car resulting in a compelling top speed well above 100 mph.
