The Jensen Straight 8 is a 4 door saloon (sedan) style road car with a front positioned engine powering the rear wheels.
The Jensen Straight 8's engine is a naturally aspirated petrol, 3.9 litre, overhead valve 8 cylinder with 2 valves per cylinder. This unit produces 130 bhp (132 PS/97 kW) of power at 4300 rpm.
A 4 speed manual gearbox supplies the power to the driven wheels.
Quoted weight at the kerb is 1525 kg.
Full specs
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| Karosserie | |||
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| Karosserie | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Anzahl türen | 4 | ||
| Entwerfer | |||
| Maße und Gewicht | |||
| Radstand | 3200 | 126 Zoll | |
| Spurweite vorn | |||
| Spurweite hinten | |||
| Länge | 5105 | 201 Zoll | |
| Breite | 1778 | 70 Zoll | |
| Höhe | |||
| Bodenfreiheit | 216 | 8.5 Zoll | |
| 1.6 | |||
| Leergewicht | 1525 kg | 3362 Pfund | |
| Gewichtsverteilung (vorn) | |||
| Tankinhalt | 86.4 litres | 19 [22.8] UK [US] gal. | |
| Aerodynamik | |||
| Luftwiderstandsbeiwert | |||
| Stirnfläche | |||
| CdA | |||
| Motorisierung | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Motor Hersteller | Henry Meadows Ltd | ||
| Motor-Typ | |||
| Anzahl zylinders | Straight 8 | ||
| Hubraum | 3.9 litre 3860 cc (235.552 cu in) |
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| Bohrung × Hub | 85 × 85 mm
3.35 × 3.35 in |
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| Bohrung/Hub Verhältnis | 1 | ||
| Verteilung | overhead valve (OHV)
2 Ventile pro Zylinder 16 Insgesamt Ventile |
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| Leistung | 132 PS (130 bhp) (97 kW) bei 4300 U/min |
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| Max. Drehmoment | |||
| spezifisches Leistung | 25.1 kW/litre 34.1 ps/litre 33.7 bhp/litre 0.55 bhp/cu in |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Schmierung | |||
| Verdichtungsverhältnis | 6.25:1 | ||
| Vergasser/Einspritzung | 2 SU carbs | ||
| effektiver Mitteldruck | |||
| Höchstdrezahl | |||
| Anzahl der Kurbelwellenlager | 9 | ||
| Abkühlen | Water | ||
| Einheitszylinderinhalt | 482.5 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Kompressor-typ | N/A | ||
| Ladeluftkühler | None | ||
| Katalysator | N | ||
| Fahrleistungen | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | |||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Vmax/Höchstgeschwindigkeit | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 86.43 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 PS/kg 63.57 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.06 kW/kg 85.25 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 bhp/kg 0.04 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 15.73 kg/kW 26.28 lb/bhp |
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| Verbrauch | |||
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| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
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| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
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| Fahrgestell | |||
| Motor Platzierung | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Antrieb | rear wheel drive | ||
| Drehmomentverteilung | N/A | ||
| Lenkungtyp | |||
| Lenkradumdrehungen | |||
| Wendekruis | 9.80 m | ||
| Radaufhängen vorn | I.CS. | ||
| Radaufhängen hintern | LA.SE. | ||
| Rädergröße vorn | |||
| Rädergröße hintern | |||
| Reifen vorn | Dunlop 6.50 x 16 | ||
| Reifen hintern | Dunlop 6.50 x 176 | ||
| Bremsen vorn/hintern | Dr/Dr | ||
| Bremse Durchmesser vorn | |||
| Bremse Durchmesser hintern | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Getriebe | 4 gang Schaltgetriebe | ||
| Hinterachse | 1 | ||
| Hinterachse Übersetzungen | 3.40 | ||
| Allgemein | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 58256 | ||
| Production total | |||
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| RAC rating | 35.8 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1948 Jensen Straight 8 added before December 1995. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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