The Chevrolet Caprice Classic Coupé is a coupé with 2 doors and a front mounted engine which transmits the power to the rear wheels.
The Caprice Classic Coupé forms part of Chevrolet's 1BN00 model series.
The 8 cylinder, overhead valve naturally aspirated engine has 2 valves per cylinder and a displacement of 5.7 litres. This unit musters power and torque figures of 160 bhp (162 PS/119 kW) at 3800 rpm and 352 Nm (260 lbft/35.9 kgm) at 2400 rpm respectively.
A 3 speed automatic 'box transfers the power to the driven wheels.
It weighs a quoted 1705 kg at the kerb.
Full specs
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Applicable to the Californian, USA domestic market(s). | ||
| Carrocería | |||
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| Carrocería | 4/5 seater fixed-head coupé | ||
| Número de puertas | 2 | ||
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| Dimensiones y pesos | |||
| Distancia entre ejes | 2945 | 115.9 | |
| Vía delantera | 1570 | 61.8 | |
| Vía trasera | 1544 | 60.8 | |
| Longitud | 5387 | 212.1 | |
| Ancho | 1930 | 76 | |
| Altura | 1405 | 55.3 | |
| Despeje del suelo | |||
| Relación Largo:Dist.entre ejes | 1.83 | ||
| Peso en vacío | 1705 kg | 3759 | |
| Distribución del peso (% adelante) | 55.7% front | ||
| Capacità serbatoio | 79.6 litres | 17.5 [21] UK [US] gal. | |
| Aerodinámica | |||
| Coeficiente de penetración | |||
| Superficie frontal | |||
| SCx | |||
| Tren motriz | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Fabricante del motor | Chevrolet | ||
| Código de motor | LM1 | ||
| Número de cilindros | V 8 in 90° vee | ||
| Cilindrada | 5.7 litre 5733 cc (349.849 cu in) |
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| Diámetro × Carrera | 101.6 × 88.4 mm
4 × 3.48 in |
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| Relación diámetro/carrera | 1.15 | ||
| Distribución | overhead valve (OHV)
2 válvulas por cilindro 16 Total de válvulas |
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| Potencia nominal (net) |
162 PS (160 bhp) (119 kW) a 3800 rpm |
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| Par motor máximo (net) |
352 Nm (260 ft·lb) (35.9 kgm) a 2400 rpm |
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| Potencia específica (net) |
20.8 kW/litre 28.3 ps/litre 27.9 bhp/litre 0.46 bhp/cu in |
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(net) |
61.4 Nm/litre
0.74 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Materiales de block / culata | cast iron block & head | ||
| Lubricación | Cárter húmedo | ||
| Relación de compresión | 8.2:1 | ||
| Alimentación | 1 Rochester 17058502 carburettor | ||
| 771.6 kPa (111.9 psi) | |||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| Casquillos de cigüeñal | 5 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| 716.63 cc | |||
| Aspiración | Normal | ||
| Compresor | N/A | ||
| intercooler | None | ||
| catalizador | Y | ||
| Rendimiento | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | |||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Velocidad máxima | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 95.15 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.1 PS/kg 69.98 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.07 kW/kg 93.84 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 bhp/kg 0.04 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 14.29 kg/kW 23.87 lb/bhp |
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| Consumos | |||
| Consumo de combustible | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| Emisiones de CO2 | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| Chasis | |||
| Ubicación del motor | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Tracción | rear wheel drive | ||
| Alimentación | N/A | ||
| Dirección, tipo | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | 3.160 | ||
| Turning circle | |||
| Suspensión delantera | |||
| Suspensión trasera | |||
| Ruedas delante | 6JJ x 15 | ||
| Ruedas detrás | 6JJ x 15 | ||
| Neumáticos delante | FR78-15 | ||
| Neumáticos detrás | FR78-15 | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/Dr-S | ||
| Front brake diameter | 279 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 241 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmisión | 3 speed automatic | ||
| Eje trasero desmultiplicación | 1 | ||
| Desmultiplicación grupo cónico | 2.41 | ||
| General | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 334543 | ||
| Unidades producidas | |||
| Model code | 1BN47 | ||
| 1BN00 | |||
| RAC rating | 51.2 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1978 Chevrolet Caprice Classic Coupé added 2013-04-25. Last modified 2020-02-02. |
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