The Caprice V8 is a motor vehicle from Holden, with rear wheel drive, a front located engine and a 4 door saloon (sedan) body style.
The Holden Caprice V8 is one of the WL range of cars from Holden.
Its engine is a naturally aspirated petrol, 5.7 litre, overhead valve 90 degree V 8 cylinder with 2 valves per cylinder. It produces 335 bhp (340 PS/250 kW) of power at 5600 rpm, and maximum torque of 470 N·m (347 lb·ft/47.9 kgm) at 4800 rpm.
The power is transmitted to the wheels via a 4 speed automatic gearbox.
Claimed kerb weight is 1772 kg.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Number of doors | 4 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2939 mm | 115.7 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1559 mm | 61.4 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1577 mm | 62.1 inches | |
| Length | 5193 mm | 204.4 inches | |
| Width | 1847 mm | 72.7 inches | |
| Height | 1444 mm | 56.9 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 113 mm | 4.4 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.77 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1772 kg | 3907 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 75 litres | 16.5 [19.8] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | GM | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | V 8 in 90° vee | ||
| Capacity | 5.7 litre 5665 cc (345.7 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 99 × 92 mm
3.9 × 3.62 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 1.08 | ||
| Valve gear | overhead valve (OHV)
2 valves per cylinder 16 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (ECE) |
340 PS (335 bhp) (250 kW) at 5600 rpm |
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| maximum torque (ECE) |
470 Nm (347 ft·lb) (47.9 kgm) at 4800 rpm |
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| Specific output (ECE) |
44.1 kW/litre 60 ps/litre 59.1 bhp/litre 0.97 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (ECE) |
82.97 Nm/litre
1 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 10.1:1 | ||
| Fuel system | SFI | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1042.6 kPa (151.2 psi) | ||
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| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 708.13 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | |||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | |||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 191.68 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.19 PS/kg 140.98 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.14 kW/kg 189.05 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.19 bhp/kg 0.08 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 7.09 kg/kW 11.85 lb/bhp |
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| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
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| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| 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 | |||
| Rear suspension | |||
| Wheel size front | 8 x 17 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 8 x 17 | ||
| Tyres front | 225/50 R 17 94V | ||
| Tyres rear | 225/50 R 17 94V | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/Di-S-ABS | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 4 speed automatic | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.7 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.07 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 243793 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| Model family | WL | ||
| RAC rating | 48.6 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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2004 Holden Caprice V8 added 2011-05-16. Last modified 2020-02-02. |
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