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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| Carrocería | |||
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| Carrocería | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Número de puertas | 4 | ||
| diseñado por | |||
| Dimensiones y pesos | |||
| Distancia entre ejes | 3200 | 126 | |
| Vía delantera | |||
| Vía trasera | |||
| Longitud | 5105 | 201 | |
| Ancho | 1778 | 70 | |
| Altura | |||
| Despeje del suelo | 216 | 8.5 | |
| Relación Largo:Dist.entre ejes | 1.6 | ||
| Peso en vacío | 1525 kg | 3362 | |
| Distribución del peso (% adelante) | |||
| Capacità serbatoio | 86.4 litres | 19 [22.8] UK [US] gal. | |
| Aerodinámica | |||
| Coeficiente de penetración | |||
| Superficie frontal | |||
| SCx | |||
| Tren motriz | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Fabricante del motor | Henry Meadows Ltd | ||
| Código de motor | |||
| Número de cilindros | Straight 8 | ||
| Cilindrada | 3.9 litre 3860 cc (235.552 cu in) |
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| Diámetro × Carrera | 85 × 85 mm
3.35 × 3.35 in |
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| Relación diámetro/carrera | 1 | ||
| Distribución | overhead valve (OHV)
2 válvulas por cilindro 16 Total de válvulas |
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| Potencia nominal | 132 PS (130 bhp) (97 kW) a 4300 rpm |
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| Par motor máximo | |||
| Potencia específica | 25.1 kW/litre 34.1 ps/litre 33.7 bhp/litre 0.55 bhp/cu in |
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| Materiales de block / culata | |||
| Lubricación | |||
| Relación de compresión | 6.25:1 | ||
| Alimentación | 2 SU carbs | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| Casquillos de cigüeñal | 9 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| 482.5 cc | |||
| Aspiración | Normal | ||
| Compresor | N/A | ||
| intercooler | None | ||
| catalizador | N | ||
| Rendimiento | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | |||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Velocidad máxima | |||
| 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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| Consumos | |||
| Consumo de combustible | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
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| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| Emisiones de CO2 | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
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| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| Chasis | |||
| Ubicación del motor | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Tracción | rear wheel drive | ||
| Alimentación | N/A | ||
| Dirección, tipo | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | 9.80 m | ||
| Suspensión delantera | I.CS. | ||
| Suspensión trasera | LA.SE. | ||
| Ruedas delante | |||
| Ruedas detrás | |||
| Neumáticos delante | Dunlop 6.50 x 16 | ||
| Neumáticos detrás | Dunlop 6.50 x 176 | ||
| Brakes F/R | Dr/Dr | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmisión | 4 speed manual | ||
| Eje trasero desmultiplicación | 1 | ||
| Desmultiplicación grupo cónico | 3.40 | ||
| General | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 58256 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| 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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