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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| Carrosserie | |||
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| Carrosserie | 2+2 seater fixed-head coupé | ||
| Nombre de portes | 2 | ||
| Designer | |||
| Dimensions et poids | |||
| Empattement | 2750 | 108.3 | |
| Voies AV | 1420 | 55.9 | |
| Voies AR | 1470 | 57.9 | |
| Longueur | 4350 | 171.3 | |
| Largeur | 1700 | 66.9 | |
| Hauteur | 1450 | 57.1 | |
| Garde au sol | 200 | 7.9 | |
| 1.58 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | 1200 kg | 2646 | |
| Répartition poids AV | |||
| Réservoir à essence | 90 litres | 19.8 [23.8] UK [US] gal. | |
| Caractéristiques aérodynamique | |||
| Coefficient de pénétration | |||
| maître-couple | |||
| SCx | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Constructeur du moteur | Mercury | ||
| Type moteur | |||
| Cylinders | V 8 in 90° vee | ||
| Cylindrée | 3.9 litre 3927 cc (239.64 cu in) |
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| Alésage × Course | 80.96 × 95.35 mm
3.19 × 3.75 in |
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| Rapport alésage / course | 0.85 | ||
| Distribution | side valve (SV)
2 Soupapes par cylindre 16 Total vannes |
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| Puissance maximale | 120 PS (118 bhp) (88 kW) à 4000 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale | 294 Nm (217 ft·lb) (30 kgm) à 2600 tr/mn |
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| Specific output | 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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| Construction | |||
| Lubrification | Carter humide | ||
| Taux de compression | 7.5:1 | ||
| Carburant | 2 Chandler-Grooves carburettors | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 940.8 kPa (136.5 psi) | ||
| Régime maximal | |||
| Nombre de paliers de vilebrequin | |||
| Refroidissement | Water | ||
| Cylindrée Unitaire | 490.88 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 | 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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| 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 | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Suspension AV | |||
| Suspension AR | |||
| Roues AV | |||
| Roues AR | |||
| Pneumatiques AV | 6.00-16 | ||
| Pneumatiques AR | 6.00-16 | ||
| Freins AV/AR | Dr/Dr | ||
| Diamètre des freins AV | |||
| Diamètre des freins AR | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmission | 3 speed manual | ||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | 1 | ||
| Rapport de pont | 4.11 | ||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 228327 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | |||
| 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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