This car has a 4 door saloon body style with a front mounted engine powering the rear wheels.
Power is produced by an overhead valve, 3.9 litre naturally aspirated 6 cylinder powerplant, with 2 valves per cylinder that develops power and torque figures of 135 bhp (137 PS/101 kW) at 4000 rpm and 294 N·m (217 lb·ft/30 kgm) at 2000-2400 rpm respectively.
The engine supplies its power through to the wheels via a 3 speed manual transmission.
The Chevrolet Biscayne weighs a claimed 1706 kg at the kerb.
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 | 1706 kg | 3761 | |
| Gewichtsverdeling | 49.9% front | ||
| 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 | |||
| Aantal cilinders | Straight 6 | ||
| Cilinderinhoud | 3.9 litre 3855 cc (235.247 cu in) |
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| Boring × Slag | 90.4 × 100.1 mm
3.56 × 3.94 in |
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| Boring/slag verhouding | 0.9 | ||
| Distributie | overhead valve (OHV)
2 Kleppen per cilinder 12 Totaal aantal kleppen |
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| Vermogen (gross) |
137 PS (135 bhp) (101 kW) bij 4000 t/min |
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| Max. koppel (gross) |
294 Nm (217 ft·lb) (30 kgm) bij 2000-2400 t/min |
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| Specific output (gross) |
26.1 kW/litre 35.5 ps/litre 35 bhp/litre 0.57 bhp/cu in |
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(gross) |
76.26 Nm/litre
0.92 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Motor constructie | cast iron block & head | ||
| Smering | Nat carter | ||
| Compressieverhouding | 8.25:1 | ||
| Brandstofsysteem | 1 Rochester 7013003 carburettor | ||
| 958.4 kPa (139 psi) | |||
| Maximum tpm | |||
| Aantal nokkenas lagers | |||
| Afkoeling | Water | ||
| Eenheidscylinderinhoud | 642.5 cc | ||
| Aanzuiging | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Katalysator | N | ||
| Prestasies | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
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| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Max. snelheid | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 80.23 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.08 PS/kg 59.01 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.06 kW/kg 79.13 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.08 bhp/kg 0.04 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 16.95 kg/kW 28.31 lb/bhp |
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| Verbruik | |||
| Benzineverbruik | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
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| CO2 Emissies | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| 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 | 3.55 | ||
| Algemeen | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 404074 | ||
| Totaal gebouwd | |||
| Bouwserie | 11-1119 | ||
| RAC rating | 30.4 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1959 Chevrolet Biscayne added 2015-03-07. Last modified 2020-02-02. |
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