The De Soto Airflow Six Coupé is a 2 door coupé style car with a front mounted engine powering the rear wheels.
The De Soto Airflow Six Coupé is one of the SE model family from De Soto.
Its 6 cylinder, side valve naturally aspirated engine has 2 valves per cylinder and a capacity of 4 litres. It provides power and torque figures of 100 bhp (101 PS/75 kW) at 3400 rpm and 251 Nm (185 lbft/25.6 kgm) at 1200 rpm respectively.
A 3 speed manual 'box transmits the power to the wheels.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater fixed-head coupé | ||
| Number of doors | 2 | ||
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| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2934 mm | 115.5 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | |||
| Track/tread (rear) | |||
| Length | |||
| Width | 1784 mm | 70.2 inches | |
| Height | 1683 mm | 66.3 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 216 mm | 8.5 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | |||
| Kerb weight | |||
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 60.6 litres | 13.3 [16] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
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| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Chrysler | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 6 | ||
| Capacity | 4 litre 3956 cc (241.41 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 85.7 × 114.3 mm
3.37 × 4.5 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.75 | ||
| Valve gear | side valve (SV)
2 valves per cylinder 12 valves in total |
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| maximum power output | 101 PS (100 bhp) (75 kW) at 3400 rpm |
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| maximum torque | 251 Nm (185 ft·lb) (25.6 kgm) at 1200 rpm |
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| Specific output | 18.8 kW/litre 25.6 ps/litre 25.3 bhp/litre 0.41 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque |
63.45 Nm/litre
0.77 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 6.2:1 | ||
| Fuel system | 1 Ball & Ball E6BI carburettor | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 797.3 kPa (115.6 psi) | ||
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| crankshaft bearings | 4 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 659.33 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 | |||
| Weight-to-power ratio | |||
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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 | 4½ x 16 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 4½ x 16 | ||
| Tyres front | 6.50 x 16 | ||
| Tyres rear | 6.50 x 16 | ||
| Brakes F/R | Dr/Dr | ||
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| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 3 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | 1 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 4.11 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 545468 | ||
| Production total | 11713 | ||
| Model code | |||
| Model family | SE | ||
| RAC rating | 27.3 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1934 De Soto Airflow Six Coupé added 2018-02-23. Last modified 2020-03-16. |
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