Renault Cléon-Fonte engine
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The Cléon-Fonte engine is a family of inline four-cylinder automobile engines developed and manufactured by Renault. It has also been called the Sierra engine, the C-engine, or the C-Type. It has been in continuous production by Renault or a licensee from 1962 to 2004. After about three decades of use in Renault's compact models, it was gradually replaced by the E-type engine from the late 1980s onward.
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Cléon-Fonte engine | |
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Overview | |
Manufacturer | Renault Dacia |
Also called | Sierra engine, C-Type engine |
Production | 1962–2004 |
Layout | |
Configuration | Inline-four |
Displacement | 956 cc (1.0 L) 1,022 cc (1.0 L) 1,037 cc (1.0 L) 1,108 cc (1.1 L) 1,118 cc (1.1 L) 1,149 cc (1.1 L) 1,185 cc (1.2 L) 1,239 cc (1.2 L) 1,250 cc (1.3 L) 1,255 cc (1.3 L) 1,289 cc (1.3 L) 1,296 cc (1.3 L) 1,341 cc (1.3 L) 1,372 cc (1.4 L) 1,390 cc (1.4 L) 1,397 cc (1.4 L) 1,434 cc (1.4 L) 1,527 cc (1.5 L) 1,555 cc (1.6 L) 1,557 cc (1.6 L) 1,565 cc (1.6 L) 1,578 cc (1.6 L) |
Cylinder bore | 61.4 mm (2.42 in) 65 mm (2.56 in) 67.7 mm (2.67 in) 68 mm (2.68 in) 70 mm (2.76 in) 71.5 mm (2.81 in) 71.9 mm (2.83 in) 73 mm (2.87 in) 74 mm (2.91 in) 74.5 mm (2.93 in) 75.3 mm (2.96 in) 75.7 mm (2.98 in) 75.8 mm (2.98 in) 76 mm (2.99 in) 77 mm (3.03 in) |
Piston stroke | 72 mm (2.83 in) 77 mm (3.03 in) 79 mm (3.11 in) 82 mm (3.23 in) 83.5 mm (3.29 in) 83.6 mm (3.29 in) 84 mm (3.31 in) 87 mm (3.43 in) |
Cylinder block material | Cast Iron |
Cylinder head material | Aluminium |
Valvetrain | OHV 2 valves x cyl. |
RPM range | |
Idle speed | 850 |
Max. engine speed | 6250 |
Combustion | |
Turbocharger | In some versions |
Fuel system | Single or dual Solex carburettor Fuel injection |
Fuel type | Petrol |
Cooling system | Water-cooled |
Output | |
Power output | 40–385 bhp (30–287 kW; 41–390 PS) |
Torque output | 90–123 N⋅m; 67–90 lbf⋅ft (9.2–12.5 kg⋅m) (1.2 L) |
Chronology | |
Predecessor | Billancourt engine |
Successor | Energy engine D-Type engine |
The C-type is a water-cooled design, with a wet linered cast iron block with five main bearings and a single, chain-driven cam-in-block mounted high on the side that drives two overhead valves per cylinder in an aluminum cylinder head via short pushrods and rocker arms.