The Chevrolet Bel Air is a 4 door saloon (sedan)-bodied road car with a front mounted engine powering the rear wheels.
Power is supplied by an overhead valve, 5.7 litre naturally aspirated 8 cylinder motor, with 2 valves per cylinder that develops power and torque figures of 320 bhp (324 PS/239 kW) at 5600 rpm and 485 N·m (358 lb·ft/49.5 kgm) at 3600 rpm respectively.
The engine powers the wheels via a 3 speed manual gearbox.
Full specs
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| Carrosserie | |||
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| Carrosserie | 5/6 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Aantal portieren | 4 | ||
| Ontwerper | |||
| Afmetingen en gewicht | |||
| Wielbasis | 3023 | 119 | |
| Spoorbreedte voor | 1532 | 60.3 | |
| Spoorbreedte achter | 1506 | 59.3 | |
| Lengte | 5357 | 210.9 | |
| Breedte | 2029 | 79.9 | |
| Hoogte | 1476 | 58.1 | |
| Bodemvrijheid | 152 | 6 | |
| 1.77 | |||
| Gewicht | |||
| Gewichtsverdeling | |||
| Benzinetank inhalt | 75.8 litres | 16.7 [20] UK [US] gal. | |
| Aërodynamica | |||
| Cw-waarde | |||
| Frontaal oppervlak | |||
| CdA | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Motor fabrikant | Chevrolet | ||
| Motor nummer | Turbo-Thrust Special | ||
| Aantal cilinders | V 8 in 90° vee | ||
| Cilinderinhoud | 5.7 litre 5697 cc (347.652 cu in) |
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| Boring × Slag | 104.8 × 82.55 mm
4.13 × 3.25 in |
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| Boring/slag verhouding | 1.27 | ||
| Distributie | overhead valve (OHV)
2 Kleppen per cilinder 16 Totaal aantal kleppen |
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| Vermogen (gross) |
324 PS (320 bhp) (239 kW) bij 5600 t/min |
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| Max. koppel (gross) |
485 Nm (358 ft·lb) (49.5 kgm) bij 3600 t/min |
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| Specific output (gross) |
41.9 kW/litre 57 ps/litre 56.2 bhp/litre 0.92 bhp/cu in |
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(gross) |
85.13 Nm/litre
1.03 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Motor constructie | cast iron block & head | ||
| Smering | Nat carter | ||
| Compressieverhouding | 11.25:1 | ||
| Brandstofsysteem | |||
| 1069.8 kPa (155.2 psi) | |||
| Maximum tpm | |||
| Aantal nokkenas lagers | |||
| Afkoeling | Water | ||
| Eenheidscylinderinhoud | 712.13 cc | ||
| Aanzuiging | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Katalysator | N | ||
| Prestasies | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
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| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Max. snelheid | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | |||
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| Verbruik | |||
| Benzineverbruik | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
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| CO2 Emissies | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
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| Onderstel | |||
| Motor plaatsing | front | ||
| Motor plaatsing | longitudinal | ||
| Aandrijving | rear wheel drive | ||
| Koppelverdeling | N/A | ||
| Stuurinrichting | |||
| Aantal omwentelingen stuurwiel | |||
| Draaicirkel | |||
| Wielophanging voor | |||
| Wielophanging achter | |||
| Velgmaat voor | 5J x 14 | ||
| Velgmaat achter | 5J x 14 | ||
| Bandenmaat voor | 7.50 x 14 | ||
| Bandenmaat agter | 7.50 x 14 | ||
| Bremmen voor/agter | Dr/Dr | ||
| Rem diameter voor | 279 mm | ||
| Rem diameter agter | 279 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Versnellingsbak | 3 speed manual | ||
| Hoogste versnelling verhouding | 1 | ||
| Achteras verhouding | 3.36 | ||
| Algemeen | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 403370 | ||
| Totaal gebouwd | |||
| Bouwserie | 11-1619 | ||
| RAC rating | 54.5 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1959 Chevrolet Bel Air added 2015-03-07. Last modified 2020-02-02. |
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