This car has a 5 door estate/station wagon body style with a front located engine powering the rear wheels.
It forms part of De Soto's LS3-H range of cars.
The 8 cylinder, overhead valve naturally aspirated engine has 2 valves per cylinder and a capacity of 5.9 litres. This unit produces power and torque figures of 305 bhp (309 PS/227 kW) at 4600 rpm and 542 Nm (400 lbft/55.3 kgm) at 2800 rpm respectively.
The engine delivers its power through to the wheels via a 3 speed automatic 'box.
Full specs
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| Carrosserie | |||
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| Carrosserie | 8/9 seater estate/station wagon | ||
| Aantal portieren | 5 | ||
| Ontwerper | |||
| Afmetingen en gewicht | |||
| Wielbasis | 3200 | 126 | |
| Spoorbreedte voor | 1546 | 60.9 | |
| Spoorbreedte achter | 1518 | 59.8 | |
| Lengte | 5593 | 220.2 | |
| Breedte | 1989 | 78.3 | |
| Hoogte | 1448 | 57 | |
| Bodemvrijheid | |||
| 1.75 | |||
| Gewicht | |||
| Gewichtsverdeling | |||
| Benzinetank inhalt | 87 litres | 19.1 [23] UK [US] gal. | |
| Aërodynamica | |||
| Cw-waarde | |||
| Frontaal oppervlak | |||
| CdA | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Motor fabrikant | De Soto | ||
| Motor nummer | |||
| Aantal cilinders | V 8 in 90° vee | ||
| Cilinderinhoud | 5.9 litre 5907 cc (360.467 cu in) |
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| Boring × Slag | 104.65 × 85.85 mm
4.12 × 3.38 in |
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| Boring/slag verhouding | 1.22 | ||
| Distributie | overhead valve (OHV)
2 Kleppen per cilinder 16 Totaal aantal kleppen |
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| Vermogen (gross) |
309 PS (305 bhp) (227 kW) bij 4600 t/min |
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| Max. koppel (gross) |
542 Nm (400 ft·lb) (55.3 kgm) bij 2800 t/min |
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| Specific output (gross) |
38.5 kW/litre 52.4 ps/litre 51.6 bhp/litre 0.85 bhp/cu in |
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(gross) |
91.76 Nm/litre
1.11 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Motor constructie | |||
| Smering | Nat carter | ||
| Compressieverhouding | 10:1 | ||
| Brandstofsysteem | 1 Carter carburettor | ||
| 1153 kPa (167.2 psi) | |||
| Maximum tpm | |||
| Aantal nokkenas lagers | 5 | ||
| Afkoeling | Water | ||
| Eenheidscylinderinhoud | 738.38 cc | ||
| Aanzuiging | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Katalysator | N | ||
| Prestasies | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | |||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Max. snelheid | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | |||
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| Verbruik | |||
| Benzineverbruik | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
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| CO2 Emissies | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| Onderstel | |||
| Motor plaatsing | front | ||
| Motor plaatsing | longitudinal | ||
| Aandrijving | rear wheel drive | ||
| Koppelverdeling | N/A | ||
| Stuurinrichting | |||
| Aantal omwentelingen stuurwiel | |||
| Draaicirkel | |||
| Wielophanging voor | |||
| Wielophanging achter | |||
| Velgmaat voor | |||
| Velgmaat achter | |||
| Bandenmaat voor | 8.50-14 | ||
| Bandenmaat agter | 8.50-14 | ||
| Bremmen voor/agter | Dr/Dr | ||
| Rem diameter voor | |||
| Rem diameter agter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Versnellingsbak | 3 speed automatic | ||
| Hoogste versnelling verhouding | 1 | ||
| Achteras verhouding | 3.15 | ||
| Algemeen | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 659087 | ||
| Totaal gebouwd | |||
| Bouwserie | |||
| Model familie | LS3-H | ||
| RAC rating | 54.3 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1958 De Soto Fireflite Explorer added 2020-03-31. Last modified 2020-03-31. |
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