The Gladiator is a car from Gaylord, with rear wheel drive, a front located engine and a Brooks Stevens-styled 2 door convertible/cabriolet body style.
The Gladiator is part of Gaylord's pre-production prototype family of cars.
It is powered by a naturally aspirated engine of 6 litre capacity. This powerplant features overhead valve valve gear, a 90 degree V 8 cylinder layout, and 2 valves per cylinder. It develops 305 bhp (309 PS/227 kW) of power at 4700 rpm, and maximum torque of 543 N·m (400 lb·ft/55.4 kgm) at 3200 rpm.
Power is transmitted to the wheels through a 4 speed automatic gearbox.
The Gaylord Gladiator weighs a claimed 1808 kg at the kerb.
Full specs
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| Carrosserie | |||
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| Carrosserie | 2+2 seater convertible/cabriolet | ||
| Nombre de portes | 2 | ||
| Designer | Brooks Stevens | ||
| Dimensions et poids | |||
| Empattement | 2540 | 100 | |
| Voies AV | 1364 | 53.7 | |
| Voies AR | 1410 | 55.5 | |
| Longueur | 4572 | 180 | |
| Largeur | 1740 | 68.5 | |
| Hauteur | 1372 | 54 | |
| Garde au sol | |||
| 1.8 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | 1808 kg | 3986 | |
| Répartition poids AV | 45% front | ||
| Réservoir à essence | 94.7 litres | 20.8 [25] UK [US] gal. | |
| Caractéristiques aérodynamique | |||
| Coefficient de pénétration | |||
| maître-couple | |||
| SCx | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Constructeur du moteur | |||
| Type moteur | |||
| Cylinders | V 8 in 90° vee | ||
| Cylindrée | 6 litre 5980 cc (364.922 cu in) |
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| Alésage × Course | 101.6 × 92.2 mm
4 × 3.63 in |
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| Rapport alésage / course | 1.1 | ||
| Distribution | overhead valve (OHV)
2 Soupapes par cylindre 16 Total vannes |
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| Puissance maximale (gross) |
309 PS (305 bhp) (227 kW) à 4700 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale (gross) |
543 Nm (400 ft·lb) (55.4 kgm) à 3200 tr/mn |
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| Specific output (gross) |
38 kW/litre 51.7 ps/litre 51 bhp/litre 0.84 bhp/cu in |
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(gross) |
90.8 Nm/litre
1.1 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Construction | |||
| Lubrification | Carter humide | ||
| Taux de compression | 10:1 | ||
| Carburant | 2 Carter carburettors | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1141.1 kPa (165.5 psi) | ||
| Régime maximal | |||
| Nombre de paliers de vilebrequin | 5 | ||
| Refroidissement | Water | ||
| Cylindrée Unitaire | 747.5 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 171.04 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.17 PS/kg 125.8 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.13 kW/kg 168.69 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.17 bhp/kg 0.08 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 7.95 kg/kW 13.28 lb/bhp |
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| Consommation | |||
| Consommation | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
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| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| 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 | 3.750 | ||
| Turning circle | |||
| Suspension AV | |||
| Suspension AR | |||
| Roues AV | 6.00 x 15 | ||
| Roues AR | 6.00 x 15 | ||
| Pneumatiques AV | 7.10 x 15 | ||
| Pneumatiques AR | 7.10 x 15 | ||
| Freins AV/AR | Dr/Dr | ||
| Diamètre des freins AV | 305 mm | ||
| Diamètre des freins AR | 305 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmission | 4 speed automatic | ||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | 1 | ||
| Rapport de pont | 3.07 | ||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 649627 | ||
| Production total | 1 | ||
| Type mines | |||
| pre-production prototype | |||
| RAC rating | 51.2 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1956 Gaylord Gladiator added 2020-03-05. Last modified 2020-03-16. |
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