This automobile has a 4 door saloon body style with a front positioned engine supplying power to the rear wheels.
The Caprice Classic forms part of Chevrolet's 1BN00 series.
Its 8 cylinder, overhead valve naturally aspirated engine has 2 valves per cylinder and a displacement of 5.7 litres. For this model it provides power and torque figures of 170 bhp (172 PS/127 kW) at 3800 rpm and 366 Nm (270 lbft/37.3 kgm) at 2400 rpm respectively.
The engine drives the wheels via a 3 speed automatic set of gears.
Claimed weight at the kerb is 1784 kg.
Full specs
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| Carrosserie | |||
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| Carrosserie | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Aantal portieren | 4 | ||
| Ontwerper | |||
| Afmetingen en gewicht | |||
| Wielbasis | 2945 | 115.9 | |
| Spoorbreedte voor | 1570 | 61.8 | |
| Spoorbreedte achter | 1544 | 60.8 | |
| Lengte | 5387 | 212.1 | |
| Breedte | 1930 | 76 | |
| Hoogte | 1422 | 56 | |
| Bodemvrijheid | 147 | 5.8 | |
| 1.83 | |||
| Gewicht | 1784 kg | 3933 | |
| Gewichtsverdeling | 55.9% front | ||
| Benzinetank inhalt | 79.6 litres | 17.5 [21] UK [US] gal. | |
| Aërodynamica | |||
| Cw-waarde | |||
| Frontaal oppervlak | |||
| CdA | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Motor fabrikant | Chevrolet | ||
| Motor nummer | LM1 | ||
| Aantal cilinders | V 8 in 90° vee | ||
| Cilinderinhoud | 5.7 litre 5733 cc (349.849 cu in) |
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| Boring × Slag | 101.6 × 88.4 mm
4 × 3.48 in |
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| Boring/slag verhouding | 1.15 | ||
| Distributie | overhead valve (OHV)
2 Kleppen per cilinder 16 Totaal aantal kleppen |
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| Vermogen (net) |
172 PS (170 bhp) (127 kW) bij 3800 t/min |
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| Max. koppel (net) |
366 Nm (270 ft·lb) (37.3 kgm) bij 2400 t/min |
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| Specific output (net) |
22.1 kW/litre 30.1 ps/litre 29.7 bhp/litre 0.49 bhp/cu in |
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(net) |
63.84 Nm/litre
0.77 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Motor constructie | cast iron block & head | ||
| Smering | Nat carter | ||
| Compressieverhouding | 8.2:1 | ||
| Brandstofsysteem | 1 Rochester 17058202 carburettor | ||
| 802.2 kPa (116.4 psi) | |||
| Maximum tpm | |||
| Aantal nokkenas lagers | 5 | ||
| Afkoeling | Water | ||
| Eenheidscylinderinhoud | 716.63 cc | ||
| Aanzuiging | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Katalysator | Y | ||
| Prestasies | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | |||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Max. snelheid | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 96.62 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.1 PS/kg 71.06 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.07 kW/kg 95.29 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.1 bhp/kg 0.04 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 14.07 kg/kW 23.51 lb/bhp |
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| Verbruik | |||
| Benzineverbruik | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
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| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| 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 | 3.160 | ||
| Draaicirkel | |||
| Wielophanging voor | |||
| Wielophanging achter | |||
| Velgmaat voor | 6JJ x 15 | ||
| Velgmaat achter | 6JJ x 15 | ||
| Bandenmaat voor | FR78-15 | ||
| Bandenmaat agter | FR78-15 | ||
| Bremmen voor/agter | VeDi/Dr-S | ||
| Rem diameter voor | 279 mm | ||
| Rem diameter agter | 241 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Versnellingsbak | 3 speed automatic | ||
| Hoogste versnelling verhouding | 1 | ||
| Achteras verhouding | 2.41 | ||
| Algemeen | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 334345 | ||
| Totaal gebouwd | |||
| Bouwserie | 1BN69 | ||
| Model familie | 1BN00 | ||
| RAC rating | 51.2 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1978 Chevrolet Caprice Classic added 2013-04-24. Last modified 2020-02-02. |
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