The Kingswood is a road car from Holden, with rear wheel drive, a front located engine and a 4 door saloon body style.
The Kingswood forms part of Holden's HG model series.
Its 6 cylinder, overhead valve naturally aspirated powerplant has 2 valves per cylinder and a displacement of 2.6 litres. In this application it provides power and torque figures of 108 bhp (110 PS/81 kW) at 4400 rpm and 198 Nm (146 lbft/20.2 kgm) at 2000 rpm respectively.
Power is delivered to the wheels via a 3 speed manual transmission.
It weighs a claimed 1286 kg at the kerb.
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 | 2819 mm | 111 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1476 mm | 58.1 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1476 mm | 58.1 inches | |
| Length | 4694 mm | 184.8 inches | |
| Width | 1824 mm | 71.8 inches | |
| Height | 1412 mm | 55.6 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 185 mm | 7.3 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.67 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1286 kg | 2835 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 75 litres | 16.5 [19.8] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
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| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | GM | ||
| Engine code | GMH 161 | ||
| Cylinders | Straight 6 | ||
| Capacity | 2.6 litre 2637 cc (160.92 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 85.7 × 76.2 mm
3.37 × 3 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 1.12 | ||
| Valve gear | overhead valve (OHV)
2 valves per cylinder 12 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (SAE) |
110 PS (108 bhp) (81 kW) at 4400 rpm |
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| maximum torque (SAE) |
198 Nm (146 ft·lb) (20.2 kgm) at 2000 rpm |
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| Specific output (SAE) |
30.5 kW/litre 41.5 ps/litre 41 bhp/litre 0.67 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (SAE) |
75.09 Nm/litre
0.91 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 8.2:1 | ||
| Fuel system | 1 Bendix-Stromberg carburettor | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 943.6 kPa (136.9 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | 7 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 439.5 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) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 85.15 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 PS/kg 62.62 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.06 kW/kg 83.98 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.08 bhp/kg 0.04 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 15.97 kg/kW 26.67 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 | |||
| Rear suspension | |||
| Wheel size front | 5.0JJ x 14 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 5.0JJ x 14 | ||
| Tyres front | 6.95 x 14 | ||
| Tyres rear | 6.95 x 14 | ||
| Brakes F/R | |||
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| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 3 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | 1 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.55 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 615142 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| Model family | HG | ||
| RAC rating | 27.3 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1970 Holden Kingswood added 2019-10-26. Last modified 2020-03-16. |
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