This car has a 4 door saloon (sedan) body style with a front positioned engine delivering power to the rear wheels.
The Chevrolet Bel Air PowerGlide is one of the 2400 range of cars from Chevrolet.
Its 8 cylinder, overhead valve naturally aspirated powerplant has 2 valves per cylinder and a capacity of 4.3 litres. This unit develops power and torque figures of 225 bhp (228 PS/168 kW) at 5200 rpm and 366 Nm (270 lbft/37.3 kgm) at 3600 rpm respectively.
A 2 speed automatic transmission transmits the power to the driven wheels.
Full specs
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| Carrosserie | |||
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| Carrosserie | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Nombre de portes | 4 | ||
| Designer | |||
| Dimensions et poids | |||
| Empattement | 2921 | 115 | |
| Voies AV | 1473 | 58 | |
| Voies AR | 1492 | 58.7 | |
| Longueur | 5017 | 197.5 | |
| Largeur | 1854 | 73 | |
| Hauteur | 1575 | 62 | |
| Garde au sol | |||
| 1.72 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | |||
| Répartition poids AV | |||
| Réservoir à essence | 60.6 litres | 13.3 [16] UK [US] gal. | |
| Caractéristiques aérodynamique | |||
| Coefficient de pénétration | |||
| maître-couple | |||
| SCx | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Constructeur du moteur | GM | ||
| Type moteur | |||
| Cylinders | V 8 in 90° vee | ||
| Cylindrée | 4.3 litre 4344 cc (265.087 cu in) |
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| Alésage × Course | 95.25 × 76.2 mm
3.75 × 3 in |
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| Rapport alésage / course | 1.25 | ||
| Distribution | overhead valve (OHV)
2 Soupapes par cylindre 16 Total vannes |
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| Puissance maximale (Gross) |
228 PS (225 bhp) (168 kW) à 5200 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale (Gross) |
366 Nm (270 ft·lb) (37.3 kgm) à 3600 tr/mn |
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| Specific output (Gross) |
38.6 kW/litre 52.5 ps/litre 51.8 bhp/litre 0.85 bhp/cu in |
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(Gross) |
84.25 Nm/litre
1.02 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Construction | |||
| Lubrification | Carter humide | ||
| Taux de compression | 9.25:1 | ||
| Carburant | 2 Carter WGF8 carburettors | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1058.8 kPa (153.6 psi) | ||
| Régime maximal | |||
| Nombre de paliers de vilebrequin | 5 | ||
| Refroidissement | Water | ||
| Cylindrée Unitaire | 543 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalyseur | N | ||
| Performances | |||
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| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Vitesse | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | |||
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| Consommation | |||
| Consommation | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
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| Emissions de CO₂ | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
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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 | 5.400 | ||
| Turning circle | |||
| Suspension AV | I.CS. | ||
| Suspension AR | LA.SE. | ||
| Roues AV | 5K x 15 | ||
| Roues AR | 5K x 15 | ||
| Pneumatiques AV | 6.70-15-4 | ||
| Pneumatiques AR | 6.70-15-14 | ||
| Freins AV/AR | Dr/Dr | ||
| Diamètre des freins AV | 279 mm | ||
| Diamètre des freins AR | 279 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmission | 2 speed automatic | ||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | 1 | ||
| Rapport de pont | 3.55 | ||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 257345 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | 2403; 56-1019D | ||
| 2400 | |||
| RAC rating | 45.0 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1956 Chevrolet Bel Air PowerGlide added 2011-10-21. Last modified 2020-02-02. |
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