This car has a 2 door convertible/cabriolet body style with a front mounted engine powering the rear wheels.
The 6 cylinder, overhead valve naturally aspirated powerplant has 2 valves per cylinder and a capacity of 3 litres. It produces power and torque figures of 89 bhp (90 PS/66 kW) at 3800 rpm and 181 Nm (133 lbft/18.5 kgm) at 2300 rpm respectively.
This power is supplied to the wheels by means of a 4 speed manual gearbox.
Stated weight at the kerb is 1850 kg.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 2+2 seater convertible/cabriolet | ||
| Number of doors | 2 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 3300 mm | 129.9 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1370 mm | 53.9 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1460 mm | 57.5 inches | |
| Length | 5150 mm | 202.8 inches | |
| Width | 1720 mm | 67.7 inches | |
| Height | 1550 mm | 61 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 180 mm | 7.1 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.56 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1850 kg | 4079 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 90 litres | 19.8 [23.8] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
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| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Delage | ||
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| Cylinders | Straight 6 | ||
| Capacity | 3 litre 2988 cc (182.339 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 83.7 × 90.5 mm
3.3 × 3.56 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.92 | ||
| Valve gear | overhead valve (OHV)
2 valves per cylinder 12 valves in total |
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| maximum power output | 90 PS (89 bhp) (66 kW) at 3800 rpm |
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| maximum torque | 181 Nm (133 ft·lb) (18.5 kgm) at 2300 rpm |
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| Specific output | 22.2 kW/litre 30.2 ps/litre 29.8 bhp/litre 0.49 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque |
60.58 Nm/litre
0.73 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 7.5:1 | ||
| Fuel system | 1 Solex 40 AIP carburettor | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 761.2 kPa (110.4 psi) | ||
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| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 498 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 48.78 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.05 PS/kg 35.87 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.04 kW/kg 48.11 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.05 bhp/kg 0.02 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 27.88 kg/kW 46.56 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 | |||
| Wheel size rear | |||
| Tyres front | 6.50-17 | ||
| Tyres rear | 6.50-17 | ||
| Brakes F/R | Dr/Dr | ||
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| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 4 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | 1 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.90 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 228371 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 26.1 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1954 Delage 3-Litre Long added 2011-01-04. Last modified 2020-02-02. |
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