Daimler Straight Eight Saloon is an automobile that has a 4 door saloon (sedan) body style styled by Hooper with a front mounted engine powering the rear wheels.
The Daimler Straight Eight Saloon's engine is a naturally aspirated petrol, 5.5 litre, overhead valve 8 cylinder with 2 valves per cylinder. This unit develops 150 bhp (152 PS/112 kW) of power at 3600 rpm, and maximum torque of 342 N·m (252 lb·ft/34.9 kgm) at 1200 rpm.
Quoted kerb weight is 2680 kg.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 7/8 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Number of doors | 4 | ||
| Designer | Hooper | ||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 3738 mm | 147.2 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1524 mm | 60 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1600 mm | 63 inches | |
| Length | 5537 mm | 218 inches | |
| Width | 1880 mm | 74 inches | |
| Height | 1829 mm | 72 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.48 | ||
| Kerb weight | 2680 kg | 5908 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 | Daimler | ||
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| Cylinders | Straight 8 | ||
| Capacity | 5.5 litre 5460 cc (333.19 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 85.09 × 120.02 mm
3.35 × 4.73 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.71 | ||
| Valve gear | overhead valve (OHV)
2 valves per cylinder 16 valves in total |
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| maximum power output | 152 PS (150 bhp) (112 kW) at 3600 rpm |
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| maximum torque | 342 Nm (252 ft·lb) (34.9 kgm) at 1200 rpm |
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| Specific output | 20.5 kW/litre 27.9 ps/litre 27.5 bhp/litre 0.45 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque |
62.64 Nm/litre
0.76 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 6.3:1 | ||
| Fuel system | 2 SU carbs | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 787.1 kPa (114.2 psi) | ||
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| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 682.5 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 56.75 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.06 PS/kg 41.74 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.04 kW/kg 55.97 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.06 bhp/kg 0.02 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 23.96 kg/kW 40.02 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
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| km/litre | |||
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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 | |||
| Wheel size rear | |||
| Tyres front | 8.00 x 17 | ||
| Tyres rear | 8.00 x 17 | ||
| Brakes F/R | Dr/Dr-S | ||
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| Gearbox | |||
| Top gear ratio | |||
| Final drive ratio | |||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 336127 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 35.9 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1950 Daimler Straight Eight Saloon added 2013-05-06. Last modified 2020-02-02. |
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