The HK500 is a rear wheel drive coupé road car with a front located engine, from Facel Vega.
It is powered by a naturally aspirated engine of 5.9 litre capacity. This powerplant features overhead valve valve gear, 8 cylinder layout, and 2 valves per cylinder. It produces 360 bhp (365 PS/268 kW) of power at 5200 rpm, and maximum torque of 543 N·m (400 lb·ft/55.4 kgm) at 3600 rpm.
The engine powers the wheels via a 3 speed automatic transmission.
The quoted kerb weight is 1854 kg.
Full specs
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| Carrosserie | |||
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| Carrosserie | 2+2 seater fixed-head coupé | ||
| Nombre de portes | 2 | ||
| Designer | |||
| Dimensions et poids | |||
| Empattement | 2670 | 105.1 | |
| Voies AV | 1422 | 56 | |
| Voies AR | 1448 | 57 | |
| Longueur | 4600 | 181.1 | |
| Largeur | 1778 | 70 | |
| Hauteur | 1320 | 52 | |
| Garde au sol | 178 | 7 | |
| 1.72 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | 1854 kg | 4087 | |
| Répartition poids AV | |||
| Réservoir à essence | 100 litres | 22 [26.4] UK [US] gal. | |
| Caractéristiques aérodynamique | |||
| Coefficient de pénétration | |||
| maître-couple | |||
| SCx | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Constructeur du moteur | Chrysler | ||
| Type moteur | |||
| Cylinders | V 8 | ||
| Cylindrée | 5.9 litre 5905 cc (360.345 cu in) |
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| Alésage × Course | 104.6 × 85.9 mm
4.12 × 3.38 in |
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| Rapport alésage / course | 1.22 | ||
| Distribution | overhead valve (OHV)
2 Soupapes par cylindre 16 Total vannes |
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| Puissance maximale (Gross) |
365 PS (360 bhp) (268 kW) à 5200 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale (Gross) |
543 Nm (400 ft·lb) (55.4 kgm) à 3600 tr/mn |
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| Specific output (Gross) |
45.5 kW/litre 61.8 ps/litre 61 bhp/litre 1 bhp/cu in |
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(Gross) |
91.96 Nm/litre
1.11 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Construction | |||
| Lubrification | |||
| Taux de compression | 10:1 | ||
| Carburant | 2 St carbs | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1155.6 kPa (167.6 psi) | ||
| Régime maximal | |||
| Nombre de paliers de vilebrequin | 5 | ||
| Refroidissement | Water | ||
| Cylindrée Unitaire | 738.13 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalyseur | N | ||
| Performances | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | |||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Vitesse | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 196.87 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.2 PS/kg 144.8 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.14 kW/kg 194.17 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.19 bhp/kg 0.09 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 6.91 kg/kW 11.54 lb/bhp |
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| Consommation | |||
| Consommation | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
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| UK MPG | |||
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| Emissions de CO₂ | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| Châssis | |||
| Emplacement de moteur | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Traction | rear wheel drive | ||
| Répartition du couple | N/A | ||
| Direction | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | 4.000 | ||
| Turning circle | 11.00 m | ||
| Suspension AV | I.CS. | ||
| Suspension AR | LA.SE. | ||
| Roues AV | |||
| Roues AR | |||
| Pneumatiques AV | |||
| Pneumatiques AR | |||
| Freins AV/AR | Dr/Dr-S | ||
| Diamètre des freins AV | |||
| Diamètre des freins AR | |||
| Braked area | 3690 cm2 | ||
| Transmission | 3 speed automatic | ||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | 1 | ||
| Rapport de pont | 3.31 | ||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 46860 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | |||
| RAC rating | 54.3 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1958 Facel Vega HK500 added before December 1995. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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