The Dodge Daytona is a front wheel drive road car, with the engine placed in the front, and a 2 door coupé body.
It forms part of Dodge's GVH range of cars.
The 4 cylinder, single overhead camshaft naturally aspirated engine has 2 valves per cylinder and a displacement of 2.5 litres. In this application it provides power and torque figures of 96 bhp (97 PS/72 kW) at 4400 rpm and 181 Nm (133 lbft/18.5 kgm) at 2800 rpm respectively.
This power is transmitted to the wheels via a 3 speed automatic gearbox.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 2+2 seater fixed-head coupé | ||
| Number of doors | 2 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2465 mm | 97 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1465 mm | 57.7 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1465 mm | 57.7 inches | |
| Length | 4552 mm | 179.2 inches | |
| Width | 1760 mm | 69.3 inches | |
| Height | 1275 mm | 50.2 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 110 mm | 4.3 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.85 | ||
| Kerb weight | |||
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 53 litres | 11.7 [14] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Chrysler | ||
| Engine code | Turbo I | ||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Capacity | 2.5 litre 2501 cc (152.62 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 87.5 × 104 mm
3.44 × 4.09 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.84 | ||
| Valve gear | single overhead camshaft (SOHC)
2 valves per cylinder 8 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (SAE net) |
97 PS (96 bhp) (72 kW) at 4400 rpm |
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| maximum torque (SAE net) |
181 Nm (133 ft·lb) (18.5 kgm) at 2800 rpm |
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| Specific output (SAE net) |
28.6 kW/litre 38.9 ps/litre 38.4 bhp/litre 0.63 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (SAE net) |
72.37 Nm/litre
0.87 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 8.9:1 | ||
| Fuel system | EFI | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 909.4 kPa (131.9 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | 5 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 625.25 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| 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 | |||
| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
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| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | transverse | ||
| Drive wheels | front wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | power assisted rack & pinion | ||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | |||
| Rear suspension | |||
| Wheel size front | 5½ x 14 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 5½ x 14 | ||
| Tyres front | 185/70 R 14 | ||
| Tyres rear | 185/70 R 14 | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/Dr-S | ||
| Front brake diameter | 256 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 3 speed automatic | ||
| Top gear ratio | 1 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.02 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 690767 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | 24 | ||
| Model family | GVH | ||
| RAC rating | 19.0 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1988 Dodge Daytona Automatic added 2020-07-09. Last modified 2020-07-11. |
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