Chevrolet Special Deluxe Town Sedan is a car that has a 4 door saloon (sedan) body style with a front mounted engine powering the rear wheels.
It's powered courtesy of a naturally aspirated engine of 3.5 litre capacity. This powerplant features overhead valve valve gear, 6 cylinder layout, and 2 valves per cylinder. It develops 85 bhp (86 PS/63 kW) of power at 3400 rpm, and maximum torque of 230 N·m (170 lb·ft/23.5 kgm) at 1200 rpm.
This power is supplied to the wheels through a 3 speed manual gearbox.
Claimed weight at the kerb is 1408 kg.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Number of doors | 4 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2870 mm | 113 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1464 mm | 57.6 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1499 mm | 59 inches | |
| Length | 4882 mm | 192.2 inches | |
| Width | 1849 mm | 72.8 inches | |
| Height | 1740 mm | 68.5 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.7 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1408 kg | 3104 lb | |
| Weight distribution | 51% front | ||
| fuel tank capacity | 68.2 litres | 15 [18] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
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| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Chevrolet | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 6 | ||
| Capacity | 3.5 litre 3548 cc (216.512 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 88.9 × 95.25 mm
3.5 × 3.75 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.93 | ||
| Valve gear | overhead valve (OHV)
2 valves per cylinder 12 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (gross) |
86 PS (85 bhp) (63 kW) at 3400 rpm |
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| maximum torque (gross) |
230 Nm (170 ft·lb) (23.5 kgm) at 1200 rpm |
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| Specific output (gross) |
17.9 kW/litre 24.3 ps/litre 24 bhp/litre 0.39 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (gross) |
64.83 Nm/litre
0.78 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 6.25:1 | ||
| Fuel system | 1 Carter W1-420S carburettor | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 814.6 kPa (118.2 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | 4 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 591.33 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 61.21 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.06 PS/kg 45.02 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.05 kW/kg 60.37 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.06 bhp/kg 0.03 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 22.21 kg/kW 37.1 lb/bhp |
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| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
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| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
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| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Drive wheels | rear wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | |||
| Rear suspension | |||
| Wheel size front | 4.00E x 16 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 4.00E x 16 | ||
| Tyres front | 6.00-16-4PLY | ||
| Tyres rear | 6.00-16-4PLY | ||
| Brakes F/R | Dr/Dr | ||
| Front brake diameter | 279 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 279 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 3 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | 1 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 4.11 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 291049 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | 2102 | ||
| RAC rating | 29.4 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1940 Chevrolet Special Deluxe Town Sedan added 2012-11-09. Last modified 2020-02-02. |
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