Chevrolet Nomad is a car that has a 2 door off-road vehicle body style with a front mounted engine powering the rear wheels.
Its 4 cylinder, overhead valve naturally aspirated engine has 2 valves per cylinder and a capacity of 2.5 litres. In this application it develops power and torque figures of 87 bhp (88 PS/65 kW) at 4300 rpm and 174 Nm (128 lbft/17.7 kgm) at 2300 rpm respectively.
A 4 speed manual gearbox transfers the power to the wheels.
Its stated kerb weight is 1020 kg.
It is said to be able to achieve a maxiumum speed of 129 km/h or 80 mph.
Full specs
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Applicable to the South African domestic market(s). | ||
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| Body type | 3 seater off-road vehicle | ||
| Number of doors | 2 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2083 mm | 82 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1315 mm | 51.8 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1311 mm | 51.6 inches | |
| Length | 3476 mm | 136.9 inches | |
| Width | 1571 mm | 61.9 inches | |
| Height | 1532 mm | 60.3 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 190 mm | 7.5 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.67 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1020 kg | 2249 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 60 litres | 13.2 [15.9] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Chevrolet | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Capacity | 2.5 litre 2511 cc (153.231 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 98.4 × 82.55 mm
3.87 × 3.25 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 1.19 | ||
| Valve gear | overhead valve (OHV)
2 valves per cylinder 8 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (net) |
88 PS (87 bhp) (65 kW) at 4300 rpm |
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| maximum torque (net) |
174 Nm (128 ft·lb) (17.7 kgm) at 2300 rpm |
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| Specific output (net) |
25.8 kW/litre 35.1 ps/litre 34.6 bhp/litre 0.57 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (net) |
69.3 Nm/litre
0.84 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 8.5:1 | ||
| Fuel system | 1 Rochester Monojet carburettor | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 870.8 kPa (126.3 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | 5 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 627.75 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | N | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | 9.8 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | |||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | 17.2 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | 38.6 s | ||
| Maximum speed | 129 km/h (80 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 86.48 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 PS/kg 63.6 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.06 kW/kg 85.29 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 bhp/kg 0.04 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 15.72 kg/kW 26.26 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
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| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
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| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Drive wheels | rear wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | rack & pinion | ||
| turns lock-to-lock | 3.200 | ||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | |||
| Rear suspension | |||
| Wheel size front | 5J x 14 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 5J x 14 | ||
| Tyres front | 175 SR 14 | ||
| Tyres rear | 175 SR 14 | ||
| Brakes F/R | Di/Dr-S | ||
| Front brake diameter | 254 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 229 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 4 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | 1 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 4.00 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 288211 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 24.0 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1976 Chevrolet Nomad added 2012-10-28. Last modified 2020-02-02. |
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