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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| Carrosserie | |||
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| Carrosserie | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Nombre de portes | 4 | ||
| Designer | |||
| Dimensions et poids | |||
| Empattement | 3200 | 126 | |
| Voies AV | |||
| Voies AR | |||
| Longueur | 5105 | 201 | |
| Largeur | 1778 | 70 | |
| Hauteur | |||
| Garde au sol | 216 | 8.5 | |
| 1.6 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | 1525 kg | 3362 | |
| Répartition poids AV | |||
| Réservoir à essence | 86.4 litres | 19 [22.8] UK [US] gal. | |
| Caractéristiques aérodynamique | |||
| Coefficient de pénétration | |||
| maître-couple | |||
| SCx | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Constructeur du moteur | Henry Meadows Ltd | ||
| Type moteur | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 8 | ||
| Cylindrée | 3.9 litre 3860 cc (235.552 cu in) |
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| Alésage × Course | 85 × 85 mm
3.35 × 3.35 in |
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| Rapport alésage / course | 1 | ||
| Distribution | overhead valve (OHV)
2 Soupapes par cylindre 16 Total vannes |
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| Puissance maximale | 132 PS (130 bhp) (97 kW) à 4300 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale | |||
| Specific output | 25.1 kW/litre 34.1 ps/litre 33.7 bhp/litre 0.55 bhp/cu in |
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| Construction | |||
| Lubrification | |||
| Taux de compression | 6.25:1 | ||
| Carburant | 2 SU carbs | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | |||
| Régime maximal | |||
| Nombre de paliers de vilebrequin | 9 | ||
| Refroidissement | Water | ||
| Cylindrée Unitaire | 482.5 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalyseur | N | ||
| Performances | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | |||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Vitesse | |||
| 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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| Consommation | |||
| Consommation | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
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| US MPG | |||
| 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 | |||
| Turning circle | 9.80 m | ||
| Suspension AV | I.CS. | ||
| Suspension AR | LA.SE. | ||
| Roues AV | |||
| Roues AR | |||
| Pneumatiques AV | Dunlop 6.50 x 16 | ||
| Pneumatiques AR | Dunlop 6.50 x 176 | ||
| Freins AV/AR | Dr/Dr | ||
| Diamètre des freins AV | |||
| Diamètre des freins AR | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmission | 4 speed manual | ||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | 1 | ||
| Rapport de pont | 3.40 | ||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 58256 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | |||
| 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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