This car has a 2 door coupé type body with a front located engine delivering power to the rear wheels.
The Gatford Gatso Aero Coupé's engine is a naturally aspirated petrol, 3.9 litre, side valve 90 degree V 8 cylinder with 2 valves per cylinder. In this application it develops 118 bhp (120 PS/88 kW) of power at 4000 rpm, and maximum torque of 294 N·m (217 lb·ft/30 kgm) at 2600 rpm.
Power is transferred to the wheels via a 3 speed manual gearbox.
Stated weight at the kerb is 1200 kg.
Maximum speed claimed is 165 km/h or 103 mph.
Full specs
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| Carrocería | |||
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| Carrocería | 2+2 seater fixed-head coupé | ||
| Número de puertas | 2 | ||
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| Dimensiones y pesos | |||
| Distancia entre ejes | 2750 | 108.3 | |
| Vía delantera | 1420 | 55.9 | |
| Vía trasera | 1470 | 57.9 | |
| Longitud | 4350 | 171.3 | |
| Ancho | 1700 | 66.9 | |
| Altura | 1450 | 57.1 | |
| Despeje del suelo | 200 | 7.9 | |
| Relación Largo:Dist.entre ejes | 1.58 | ||
| Peso en vacío | 1200 kg | 2646 | |
| Distribución del peso (% adelante) | |||
| Capacità serbatoio | 90 litres | 19.8 [23.8] UK [US] gal. | |
| Aerodinámica | |||
| Coeficiente de penetración | |||
| Superficie frontal | |||
| SCx | |||
| Tren motriz | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Fabricante del motor | Mercury | ||
| Código de motor | |||
| Número de cilindros | V 8 in 90° vee | ||
| Cilindrada | 3.9 litre 3927 cc (239.64 cu in) |
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| Diámetro × Carrera | 80.96 × 95.35 mm
3.19 × 3.75 in |
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| Relación diámetro/carrera | 0.85 | ||
| Distribución | side valve (SV)
2 válvulas por cilindro 16 Total de válvulas |
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| Potencia nominal | 120 PS (118 bhp) (88 kW) a 4000 rpm |
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| Par motor máximo | 294 Nm (217 ft·lb) (30 kgm) a 2600 rpm |
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| Potencia específica | 22.4 kW/litre 30.5 ps/litre 30 bhp/litre 0.49 bhp/cu in |
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74.87 Nm/litre
0.9 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Materiales de block / culata | |||
| Lubricación | Cárter húmedo | ||
| Relación de compresión | 7.5:1 | ||
| Alimentación | 2 Chandler-Grooves carburettors | ||
| 940.8 kPa (136.5 psi) | |||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| Casquillos de cigüeñal | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| 490.88 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 | 165 km/h (103 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 99.7 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.1 PS/kg 73.33 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.07 kW/kg 98.33 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.1 bhp/kg 0.04 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 13.64 kg/kW 22.78 lb/bhp |
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| Consumos | |||
| Consumo de combustible | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| 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 | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Suspensión delantera | |||
| Suspensión trasera | |||
| Ruedas delante | |||
| Ruedas detrás | |||
| Neumáticos delante | 6.00-16 | ||
| Neumáticos detrás | 6.00-16 | ||
| Brakes F/R | Dr/Dr | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmisión | 3 speed manual | ||
| Eje trasero desmultiplicación | 1 | ||
| Desmultiplicación grupo cónico | 4.11 | ||
| General | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 228327 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 32.5 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1948 Gatford Gatso Aero Coupé added 2011-01-04. Last modified 2020-02-02. |
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