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 | ||
| Aantal portieren | 4 | ||
| Ontwerper | |||
| Afmetingen en gewicht | |||
| Wielbasis | 2826 | 111.3 | |
| Spoorbreedte voor | 1491 | 58.7 | |
| Spoorbreedte achter | 1491 | 58.7 | |
| Lengte | 4989 | 196.4 | |
| Breedte | 1794 | 70.6 | |
| Hoogte | 1417 | 55.8 | |
| Bodemvrijheid | 153 | 6 | |
| 1.77 | |||
| Gewicht | 1623 kg | 3578 | |
| Gewichtsverdeling | |||
| Benzinetank inhalt | 80 litres | 17.6 [21.1] UK [US] gal. | |
| Aërodynamica | |||
| Cw-waarde | |||
| Frontaal oppervlak | |||
| CdA | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Motor fabrikant | GM | ||
| Motor nummer | |||
| Aantal cilinders | V 8 | ||
| Cilinderinhoud | 5 litre 4987 cc (304.325 cu in) |
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| Boring × Slag | 101.6 × 76.8 mm
4 × 3.02 in |
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| Boring/slag verhouding | 1.32 | ||
| Distributie | overhead valve (OHV)
2 Kleppen per cilinder 16 Totaal aantal kleppen |
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| Vermogen (DIN) |
225 PS (221.5 bhp) (165 kW) bij 4400 t/min |
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| Max. koppel (DIN) |
385 Nm (284 ft·lb) (39.3 kgm) bij 3600 t/min |
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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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| Motor constructie | |||
| Smering | Nat carter | ||
| Compressieverhouding | 8.4:1 | ||
| Brandstofsysteem | MPFI | ||
| 970.1 kPa (140.7 psi) | |||
| Maximum tpm | |||
| Aantal nokkenas lagers | |||
| Afkoeling | Water | ||
| Eenheidscylinderinhoud | 623.38 cc | ||
| Aanzuiging | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Katalysator | Y | ||
| Prestasies | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | |||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Max. snelheid | |||
| 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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| Verbruik | |||
| Benzineverbruik | 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 | ||
| CO2 Emissies | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| Onderstel | |||
| Motor plaatsing | front | ||
| Motor plaatsing | longitudinal | ||
| Aandrijving | rear wheel drive | ||
| Koppelverdeling | N/A | ||
| Stuurinrichting | |||
| Aantal omwentelingen stuurwiel | |||
| Draaicirkel | |||
| Wielophanging voor | |||
| Wielophanging achter | |||
| Velgmaat voor | 6½ x 15 | ||
| Velgmaat achter | 6½ x 15 | ||
| Bandenmaat voor | P205/65 R 15 94V | ||
| Bandenmaat agter | P205/65 R 15 94V | ||
| Bremmen voor/agter | VeDi/VeDi-S-ABS | ||
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| Rem diameter agter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Versnellingsbak | 4 speed automatic | ||
| Hoogste versnelling verhouding | 0.7 | ||
| Achteras verhouding | 3.08 | ||
| Algemeen | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 615428 | ||
| Totaal gebouwd | |||
| Bouwserie | |||
| Model familie | 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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