The Holden Calais V8 is a 4 door sedan/saloon style car with a front mounted engine driving through the rear wheels.
The 8 cylinder, overhead valve naturally aspirated engine has 2 valves per cylinder and a displacement of 5 litres. In this application it musters power and torque figures of 221.5 bhp (225 PS/165 kW) at 4400 rpm and 385 Nm (284 lbft/39.3 kgm) at 3600 rpm respectively.
This power is supplied to the wheels by means of a 4 speed automatic transmission.
The stated kerb weight is 1539 kg.
Full specs
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| Carrosserie | |||
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| Carrosserie | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Nombre de portes | 4 | ||
| Designer | |||
| Dimensions et poids | |||
| Empattement | 2736 | 107.7 | |
| Voies AV | 1491 | 58.7 | |
| Voies AR | 1491 | 58.7 | |
| Longueur | 4861 | 191.4 | |
| Largeur | 1794 | 70.6 | |
| Hauteur | 1403 | 55.2 | |
| Garde au sol | 143 | 5.6 | |
| 1.78 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | 1539 kg | 3393 | |
| Répartition poids AV | |||
| Réservoir à essence | 80 litres | 17.6 [21.1] UK [US] gal. | |
| Caractéristiques aérodynamique | |||
| Coefficient de pénétration | |||
| maître-couple | |||
| SCx | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Constructeur du moteur | GM | ||
| Type moteur | GMH 308 | ||
| Cylinders | V 8 in 90° vee | ||
| Cylindrée | 5 litre 4987 cc (304.325 cu in) |
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| Alésage × Course | 101.6 × 76.8 mm
4 × 3.02 in |
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| Rapport alésage / course | 1.32 | ||
| Distribution | overhead valve (OHV)
2 Soupapes par cylindre 16 Total vannes |
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| Puissance maximale (DIN) |
225 PS (221.5 bhp) (165 kW) à 4400 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale (DIN) |
385 Nm (284 ft·lb) (39.3 kgm) à 3600 tr/mn |
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| Specific output (DIN) |
33.1 kW/litre 45 ps/litre 44.4 bhp/litre 0.73 bhp/cu in |
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(DIN) |
77.2 Nm/litre
0.93 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Construction | |||
| Lubrification | Carter humide | ||
| Taux de compression | 8.4:1 | ||
| Carburant | MPFI | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 970.1 kPa (140.7 psi) | ||
| Régime maximal | |||
| Nombre de paliers de vilebrequin | 5 | ||
| Refroidissement | Water | ||
| Cylindrée Unitaire | 623.38 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalyseur | Y | ||
| Performances | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | |||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Vitesse | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 145.93 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.15 PS/kg 107.32 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.11 kW/kg 143.92 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.14 bhp/kg 0.06 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 9.32 kg/kW 15.56 lb/bhp |
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| Consommation | |||
| Consommation | 15.0/9.0 l/100km city/highway | ||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | 15.0/9.0 l/100km city/highway | ||
| km/litre | 6.7/11.1 km/l city/highway | ||
| UK MPG | 18.8/31.4 UK MPG city/highway | ||
| US MPG | 15.7/26.1 US MPG city/highway | ||
| 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 | 6.00 x 15 | ||
| Roues AR | 6.00 x 15 | ||
| Pneumatiques AV | P205/65 R 15 95H | ||
| Pneumatiques AR | P205/65 R 15 95H | ||
| Freins AV/AR | VeDi/Di-S-ABS | ||
| Diamètre des freins AV | |||
| Diamètre des freins AR | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmission | 4 speed automatic | ||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | 0.7 | ||
| Rapport de pont | 3.08 | ||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 514305 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | |||
| RAC rating | 51.2 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1995 Holden Calais V8 added 2017-04-01. Last modified 2020-03-16. |
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