The Nash-Healey is a motor vehicle from Healey, with rear wheel drive, a front located engine and a Pininfarina-styled 2 door roadster body style.
Power is supplied by an overhead valve, 3.8 litre naturally aspirated 6 cylinder engine, with 2 valves per cylinder that develops power and torque figures of 125 bhp (127 PS/93 kW) at 4000 rpm and 285 N·m (210 lb·ft/29.1 kgm) at 1600 rpm respectively.
The engine drives the wheels via a 3 speed manual with overdrive transmission.
Its quoted kerb weight is 1247 kg.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 2 seater roadster | ||
| Number of doors | 2 | ||
| Designer | Pininfarina | ||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2591 mm | 102 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1346 mm | 53 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1394 mm | 54.9 inches | |
| Length | 4337 mm | 170.7 inches | |
| Width | 1626 mm | 64 inches | |
| Height | 1236 mm | 48.7 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.67 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1247 kg | 2749 lb | |
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| fuel tank capacity | |||
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Nash | ||
| Engine code | Dual Jetfire | ||
| Cylinders | Straight 6 | ||
| Capacity | 3.8 litre 3845 cc (234.636 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 85.7 × 111.1 mm
3.37 × 4.37 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.77 | ||
| Valve gear | overhead valve (OHV)
2 valves per cylinder 12 valves in total |
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| maximum power output | 127 PS (125 bhp) (93 kW) at 4000 rpm |
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| maximum torque | 285 Nm (210 ft·lb) (29.1 kgm) at 1600 rpm |
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| Specific output | 24.2 kW/litre 33 ps/litre 32.5 bhp/litre 0.53 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque |
74.12 Nm/litre
0.9 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | cast iron block; aluminium head | ||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 8.1:1 | ||
| Fuel system | 2 SU carbs | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 931.4 kPa (135.1 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | 7 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 640.83 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | N | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | |||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | |||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
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| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 101.63 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.1 PS/kg 74.75 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.07 kW/kg 100.24 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.1 bhp/kg 0.04 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 13.38 kg/kW 22.35 lb/bhp |
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| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
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| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
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| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Drive wheels | rear wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | I.CS.ARB. | ||
| Rear suspension | LA.CS. | ||
| Wheel size front | |||
| Wheel size rear | |||
| Tyres front | 6.40-15 | ||
| Tyres rear | 6.40-15 | ||
| Brakes F/R | Dr/Dr-S | ||
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| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 3 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | |||
| Final drive ratio | |||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 142054 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 27.3 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1952 Healey Nash-Healey added 2006-05-29. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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