This car has a 4 door saloon (sedan) type body with a front mounted engine powering the rear wheels.
It is part of Chevrolet's 1BL00 range of cars.
Its engine is a naturally aspirated petrol, 5 litre, overhead valve 90 degree V 8 cylinder with 2 valves per cylinder. This powerplant develops 135 bhp (137 PS/101 kW) of power at 3800 rpm, and maximum torque of 325 N·m (240 lb·ft/33.1 kgm) at 2000 rpm.
The power is transferred to the wheels by means of a 3 speed automatic gearbox.
Full specs
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Applicable to the Californian, USA domestic market(s). | ||
| Carrosserie | |||
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| Carrosserie | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Nombre de portes | 4 | ||
| Designer | |||
| Dimensions et poids | |||
| Empattement | 2945 | 115.9 | |
| Voies AV | 1570 | 61.8 | |
| Voies AR | 1544 | 60.8 | |
| Longueur | 5387 | 212.1 | |
| Largeur | 1930 | 76 | |
| Hauteur | 1422 | 56 | |
| Garde au sol | 147 | 5.8 | |
| 1.83 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | |||
| Répartition poids AV | |||
| Réservoir à essence | 79.6 litres | 17.5 [21] UK [US] gal. | |
| Caractéristiques aérodynamique | |||
| Coefficient de pénétration | |||
| maître-couple | |||
| SCx | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Constructeur du moteur | Chevrolet | ||
| Type moteur | LG3 | ||
| Cylinders | V 8 in 90° vee | ||
| Cylindrée | 5 litre 5001 cc (305.18 cu in) |
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| Alésage × Course | 94.89 × 88.4 mm
3.74 × 3.48 in |
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| Rapport alésage / course | 1.07 | ||
| Distribution | overhead valve (OHV)
2 Soupapes par cylindre 16 Total vannes |
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| Puissance maximale (net) |
137 PS (135 bhp) (101 kW) à 3800 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale (net) |
325 Nm (240 ft·lb) (33.1 kgm) à 2000 tr/mn |
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| Specific output (net) |
20.1 kW/litre 27.4 ps/litre 27 bhp/litre 0.44 bhp/cu in |
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(net) |
64.99 Nm/litre
0.79 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Construction | cast iron block & head | ||
| Lubrification | Carter humide | ||
| Taux de compression | 8.4:1 | ||
| Carburant | 1 Rochester 17058408 carburettor | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 816.7 kPa (118.4 psi) | ||
| Régime maximal | |||
| Nombre de paliers de vilebrequin | 5 | ||
| Refroidissement | Water | ||
| Cylindrée Unitaire | 625.13 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalyseur | Y | ||
| Performances | |||
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| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Vitesse | |||
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| Consommation | |||
| Consommation | |||
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| Châssis | |||
| Emplacement de moteur | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Traction | rear wheel drive | ||
| Répartition du couple | N/A | ||
| Direction | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | 3.160 | ||
| Turning circle | |||
| Suspension AV | |||
| Suspension AR | |||
| Roues AV | 6JJ x 15 | ||
| Roues AR | 6JJ x 15 | ||
| Pneumatiques AV | FR78-15 | ||
| Pneumatiques AR | FR78-15 | ||
| Freins AV/AR | VeDi/Dr-S | ||
| Diamètre des freins AV | 279 mm | ||
| Diamètre des freins AR | 241 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmission | 3 speed automatic | ||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | 1 | ||
| Rapport de pont | 2.41 | ||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 334400 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | 1BL69 | ||
| 1BL00 | |||
| RAC rating | 44.7 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1978 Chevrolet Impala added 2013-04-25. Last modified 2020-02-02. |
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