The Holden Caprice V8 is a 4 door saloon (sedan)-bodied car with a front located engine powering the rear wheels.
It forms part of Holden's VS model series.
Its 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.
The engine delivers its power through to the wheels via a 4 speed automatic transmission.
It weighs a claimed 1623 kg at the kerb.
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 | 2826 | 111.3 | |
| Voies AV | 1491 | 58.7 | |
| Voies AR | 1491 | 58.7 | |
| Longueur | 4989 | 196.4 | |
| Largeur | 1794 | 70.6 | |
| Hauteur | 1417 | 55.8 | |
| Garde au sol | 153 | 6 | |
| 1.77 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | 1623 kg | 3578 | |
| 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 | |||
| Cylinders | V 8 | ||
| 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 | |||
| 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 138.37 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.14 PS/kg 101.77 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.1 kW/kg 136.48 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.14 bhp/kg 0.06 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 9.83 kg/kW 16.41 lb/bhp |
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| Consommation | |||
| Consommation | 15.5/9.5 l/100km city/highway | ||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | 15.5/9.5 l/100km city/highway | ||
| km/litre | 6.5/10.5 km/l city/highway | ||
| UK MPG | 18.2/29.7 UK MPG city/highway | ||
| US MPG | 15.2/24.8 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 | 6½ x 15 | ||
| Roues AR | 6½ x 15 | ||
| Pneumatiques AV | P205/65 R 15 94V | ||
| Pneumatiques AR | P205/65 R 15 94V | ||
| Freins AV/AR | VeDi/VeDi-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 | 615428 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | |||
| VS | |||
| RAC rating | 51.2 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1995 Holden Caprice V8 added 2019-10-26. Last modified 2020-03-16. |
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