The Chevrolet Bel Air Powerglide is a 4 door saloon (sedan)-bodied road car with a front mounted engine powering the rear wheels.
Its 8 cylinder, overhead valve naturally aspirated engine has 2 valves per cylinder and a volume of 4.6 litres. In this application it develops power and torque figures of 250 bhp (253 PS/186 kW) at 5000 rpm and 414 Nm (305 lbft/42.2 kgm) at 3800 rpm respectively.
The power is delivered to the wheels via a 2 speed automatic transmission.
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