The Bentley 3-Litre is a saloon (sedan) style road car with a front positioned engine powering the rear wheels.
It's powered courtesy of a naturally aspirated engine of 3 litre capacity. This unit features single overhead camshaft valve gear, 4 cylinder layout, and 4 valves per cylinder. It develops 70 bhp (71 PS/52 kW) of power at 3500 rpm.
The engine drives the wheels via a 4 speed manual set of gears.
It weighs a claimed 1778 kg at the kerb.
Top quoted speed is 129 km/h, or 80 mph.
Full specs
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| Carrosserie | |||
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| Carrosserie | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Nombre de portes | |||
| Designer | |||
| Dimensions et poids | |||
| Empattement | 3048 | 120 | |
| Voies AV | 1422 | 56 | |
| Voies AR | 1422 | 56 | |
| Longueur | 4343 | 171 | |
| Largeur | 1740 | 68.5 | |
| Hauteur | |||
| Garde au sol | |||
| 1.42 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | 1778 kg | 3920 | |
| Répartition poids AV | |||
| Réservoir à essence | |||
| Caractéristiques aérodynamique | |||
| Coefficient de pénétration | |||
| maître-couple | |||
| SCx | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Constructeur du moteur | Bentley | ||
| Type moteur | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Cylindrée | 3 litre 2996 cc (182.827 cu in) |
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| Alésage × Course | 80 × 149 mm
3.15 × 5.87 in |
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| Rapport alésage / course | 0.54 | ||
| Distribution | single overhead camshaft (SOHC)
4 Soupapes par cylindre 16 Total vannes |
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| Puissance maximale | 71 PS (70 bhp) (52 kW) à 3500 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale | |||
| Specific output | 17.4 kW/litre 23.7 ps/litre 23.4 bhp/litre 0.38 bhp/cu in |
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| Construction | |||
| Lubrification | |||
| Taux de compression | 4.3:1 | ||
| Carburant | 2 SU carbs | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | |||
| Régime maximal | |||
| Nombre de paliers de vilebrequin | 5 | ||
| Refroidissement | Water | ||
| Cylindrée Unitaire | 749 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalyseur | N | ||
| Performances | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | |||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Vitesse | 129 km/h (80 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 39.92 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.04 PS/kg 29.36 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.03 kW/kg 39.37 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.04 bhp/kg 0.02 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 34.06 kg/kW 56.9 lb/bhp |
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| Consommation | |||
| Consommation | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
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| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
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| 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 | |||
| Suspension AR | |||
| Roues AV | |||
| Roues AR | |||
| Pneumatiques AV | |||
| Pneumatiques AR | |||
| Freins AV/AR | |||
| Diamètre des freins AV | |||
| Diamètre des freins AR | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmission | 4 speed manual | ||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | 1 | ||
| Rapport de pont | 3.78 | ||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 55187 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | |||
| RAC rating | 15.9 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1921 Bentley 3-Litre added before December 1995. Last modified 2023-04-10. |
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