This vehicle has a 2 door coupé type body with a front located engine powering the rear wheels.
The Chevrolet Chevelle SS 396 is one of the 13800 range of cars from Chevrolet.
The 8 cylinder, overhead valve naturally aspirated engine has 2 valves per cylinder and a capacity of 6.5 litres. For this model it produces power and torque figures of 375 bhp (380 PS/280 kW) at 5600 rpm and 563 Nm (415 lbft/57.4 kgm) at 3600 rpm respectively.
This power is supplied to the wheels via a 3 speed manual gearbox.
Stated kerb weight is 1609 kg.
Full specs
|
|
|||
| bodywork | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Body type | 4/5 seater fixed-head coupé | ||
| Number of doors | 2 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2921 mm | 115 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1473 mm | 58 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1473 mm | 58 inches | |
| Length | 5004 mm | 197 inches | |
| Width | 1905 mm | 75 inches | |
| Height | 1318 mm | 51.9 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.71 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1609 kg | 3547 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 75.8 litres | 16.7 [20] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Chevrolet | ||
| Engine code | L78 | ||
| Cylinders | V 8 in 90° vee | ||
| Capacity | 6.5 litre 6490 cc (396.044 cu in) |
||
| Bore × Stroke | 104 × 95.5 mm
4.09 × 3.76 in |
||
| Bore/stroke ratio | 1.09 | ||
| Valve gear | overhead valve (OHV)
2 valves per cylinder 16 valves in total |
||
| maximum power output (gross) |
380 PS (375 bhp) (280 kW) at 5600 rpm |
||
| maximum torque (gross) |
563 Nm (415 ft·lb) (57.4 kgm) at 3600 rpm |
||
| Specific output (gross) |
43.1 kW/litre 58.6 ps/litre 57.8 bhp/litre 0.95 bhp/cu in |
||
| Specific torque (gross) |
86.75 Nm/litre
1.05 ft·lb/cu3 |
||
| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 11:1 | ||
| Fuel system | 1 Holley carburettor | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1090.1 kPa (158.1 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | 5 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 811.25 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | N | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | |||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | |||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 236.3 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.24 PS/kg 173.8 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.17 kW/kg 233.06 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.23 bhp/kg 0.1 bhp/lb |
||
| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 5.75 kg/kW 9.61 lb/bhp |
||
| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Drive wheels | rear wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | 3.480 | ||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | |||
| Rear suspension | |||
| Wheel size front | 6JK x 14 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 6JK x 14 | ||
| Tyres front | F70 x 14 | ||
| Tyres rear | F70 x 14 | ||
| Brakes F/R | Dr/Dr | ||
| Front brake diameter | 241 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 241 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 3 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | 1 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.55 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 734822 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | 13817 | ||
| Model family | 13800 | ||
| RAC rating | 53.6 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
|
1967 Chevrolet Chevelle SS 396 added 2021-09-12. Last modified 2022-01-02. |
|||