The Imperial LeBaron Hardtop is a 4 door saloon (sedan)-bodied car with a front positioned engine powering the rear wheels.
It forms part of Imperial's GY-M family of cars.
The 8 cylinder, overhead valve naturally aspirated engine has 2 valves per cylinder and a capacity of 7.2 litres. In this application it develops power and torque figures of 230 bhp (233 PS/172 kW) at 4000 rpm and 474 Nm (350 lbft/48.3 kgm) at 3200 rpm respectively.
The engine transmits power to the wheels via a 3 speed automatic transmission.
The claimed kerb weight is 2257 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 | 3226 | 127 | |
| Voies AV | 1585 | 62.4 | |
| Voies AR | 1575 | 62 | |
| Longueur | 5834 | 229.7 | |
| Largeur | 2009 | 79.1 | |
| Hauteur | 1425 | 56.1 | |
| Garde au sol | |||
| 1.81 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | 2257 kg | 4976 | |
| Répartition poids AV | |||
| Réservoir à essence | 87.1 litres | 19.2 [23] UK [US] gal. | |
| Caractéristiques aérodynamique | |||
| Coefficient de pénétration | |||
| maître-couple | |||
| SCx | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Constructeur du moteur | Chrysler | ||
| Type moteur | |||
| Cylinders | V 8 in 90° vee | ||
| Cylindrée | 7.2 litre 7206 cc (439.737 cu in) |
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| Alésage × Course | 109.73 × 95.25 mm
4.32 × 3.75 in |
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| Rapport alésage / course | 1.15 | ||
| Distribution | overhead valve (OHV)
2 Soupapes par cylindre 16 Total vannes |
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| Puissance maximale (net) |
233 PS (230 bhp) (172 kW) à 4000 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale (net) |
474 Nm (350 ft·lb) (48.3 kgm) à 3200 tr/mn |
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| Specific output (net) |
23.8 kW/litre 32.4 ps/litre 31.9 bhp/litre 0.52 bhp/cu in |
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(net) |
65.78 Nm/litre
0.8 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Construction | cast iron block & head | ||
| Lubrification | Carter humide | ||
| Taux de compression | 8.8:1 | ||
| Carburant | 1 carburettor | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 826.6 kPa (119.9 psi) | ||
| Régime maximal | |||
| Nombre de paliers de vilebrequin | 5 | ||
| Refroidissement | Water | ||
| Cylindrée Unitaire | 900.75 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalyseur | |||
| Performances | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | |||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Vitesse | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 103.32 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.1 PS/kg 75.99 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.08 kW/kg 101.91 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.1 bhp/kg 0.05 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 13.16 kg/kW 21.98 lb/bhp |
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| Consommation | |||
| Consommation | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
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| 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 | 3.500 | ||
| Turning circle | |||
| Suspension AV | |||
| Suspension AR | |||
| Roues AV | |||
| Roues AR | |||
| Pneumatiques AV | L84 x 15 | ||
| Pneumatiques AR | L84 x 15 | ||
| Freins AV/AR | VeDi/Dr-S | ||
| Diamètre des freins AV | 298 mm | ||
| Diamètre des freins AR | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmission | 3 speed automatic | ||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | 1 | ||
| Rapport de pont | 2.94 | ||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 348436 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | YM43 | ||
| GY-M | |||
| RAC rating | 59.7 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1971 Imperial LeBaron Hardtop added 2013-07-22. Last modified 2020-02-02. |
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