The Fireflite Hardtop is a rear wheel drive saloon (sedan) road car with a front located engine, produced by De Soto.
It forms part of De Soto's Fireflite PS1 range of cars.
Its 8 cylinder, overhead valve naturally aspirated powerplant has 2 valves per cylinder and a volume of 6.3 litres. In this application it produces power and torque figures of 325 bhp (330 PS/242 kW) at 4600 rpm and 576.1 Nm (425 lbft/58.7 kgm) at 2800 rpm respectively.
This power is delivered to the wheels through a 3 speed automatic transmission.
Full specs
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| Carrocería | |||
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| Carrocería | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Número de puertas | 4 | ||
| diseñado por | |||
| Dimensiones y pesos | |||
| Distancia entre ejes | 3099 | 122 | |
| Vía delantera | 1549 | 61 | |
| Vía trasera | 1516 | 59.7 | |
| Longitud | 5471 | 215.4 | |
| Ancho | 2017 | 79.4 | |
| Altura | 1397 | 55 | |
| Despeje del suelo | |||
| Relación Largo:Dist.entre ejes | 1.77 | ||
| Peso en vacío | |||
| Distribución del peso (% adelante) | |||
| Capacità serbatoio | 87.1 litres | 19.2 [23] UK [US] gal. | |
| Aerodinámica | |||
| Coeficiente de penetración | |||
| Superficie frontal | |||
| SCx | |||
| Tren motriz | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Fabricante del motor | Chrysler | ||
| Código de motor | Power Pak | ||
| Número de cilindros | V 8 in 90° vee | ||
| Cilindrada | 6.3 litre 6286 cc (383.595 cu in) |
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| Diámetro × Carrera | 107.95 × 85.85 mm
4.25 × 3.38 in |
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| Relación diámetro/carrera | 1.26 | ||
| Distribución | overhead valve (OHV)
2 válvulas por cilindro 16 Total de válvulas |
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| Potencia nominal (gross) |
330 PS (325 bhp) (242 kW) a 4600 rpm |
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| Par motor máximo (gross) |
576.1 Nm (425 ft·lb) (58.7 kgm) a 2800 rpm |
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| Potencia específica (gross) |
38.6 kW/litre 52.4 ps/litre 51.7 bhp/litre 0.85 bhp/cu in |
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(gross) |
91.65 Nm/litre
1.11 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Materiales de block / culata | |||
| Lubricación | Cárter húmedo | ||
| Relación de compresión | 10:1 | ||
| Alimentación | 1 Stromberg WWC-3-188 carburettor | ||
| 1151.7 kPa (167 psi) | |||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| Casquillos de cigüeñal | 5 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| 785.75 cc | |||
| Aspiración | Normal | ||
| Compresor | N/A | ||
| intercooler | None | ||
| catalizador | N | ||
| Rendimiento | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | |||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Velocidad máxima | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | |||
| Weight-to-power ratio | |||
| Consumos | |||
| Consumo de combustible | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
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| Emisiones de CO2 | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| Chasis | |||
| Ubicación del motor | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Tracción | rear wheel drive | ||
| Alimentación | N/A | ||
| Dirección, tipo | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | 5.450 | ||
| Turning circle | |||
| Suspensión delantera | |||
| Suspensión trasera | |||
| Ruedas delante | 5½K x 13 | ||
| Ruedas detrás | 5½K x 14 | ||
| Neumáticos delante | 8.00-14 | ||
| Neumáticos detrás | 8.00-14 | ||
| Brakes F/R | Dr/Dr | ||
| Front brake diameter | 279 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 279 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmisión | 3 speed automatic | ||
| Eje trasero desmultiplicación | 1 | ||
| Desmultiplicación grupo cónico | 3.31 | ||
| General | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 759341 | ||
| Unidades producidas | |||
| Model code | L43 | ||
| Fireflite PS1 | |||
| RAC rating | 57.8 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1960 De Soto Fireflite Hardtop added 2022-08-16. Last modified 2022-08-16. |
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