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 | ||
| Aantal portieren | 4 | ||
| Ontwerper | |||
| Afmetingen en gewicht | |||
| Wielbasis | 3200 | 126 | |
| Spoorbreedte voor | |||
| Spoorbreedte achter | |||
| Lengte | 5105 | 201 | |
| Breedte | 1778 | 70 | |
| Hoogte | |||
| Bodemvrijheid | 216 | 8.5 | |
| 1.6 | |||
| Gewicht | 1525 kg | 3362 | |
| Gewichtsverdeling | |||
| Benzinetank inhalt | 86.4 litres | 19 [22.8] UK [US] gal. | |
| Aërodynamica | |||
| Cw-waarde | |||
| Frontaal oppervlak | |||
| CdA | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Motor fabrikant | Henry Meadows Ltd | ||
| Motor nummer | |||
| Aantal cilinders | Straight 8 | ||
| Cilinderinhoud | 3.9 litre 3860 cc (235.552 cu in) |
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| Boring × Slag | 85 × 85 mm
3.35 × 3.35 in |
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| Boring/slag verhouding | 1 | ||
| Distributie | overhead valve (OHV)
2 Kleppen per cilinder 16 Totaal aantal kleppen |
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| Vermogen | 132 PS (130 bhp) (97 kW) bij 4300 t/min |
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| Max. koppel | |||
| Specific output | 25.1 kW/litre 34.1 ps/litre 33.7 bhp/litre 0.55 bhp/cu in |
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| Motor constructie | |||
| Smering | |||
| Compressieverhouding | 6.25:1 | ||
| Brandstofsysteem | 2 SU carbs | ||
| Maximum tpm | |||
| Aantal nokkenas lagers | 9 | ||
| Afkoeling | Water | ||
| Eenheidscylinderinhoud | 482.5 cc | ||
| Aanzuiging | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Katalysator | N | ||
| Prestasies | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | |||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Max. snelheid | |||
| 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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| Verbruik | |||
| Benzineverbruik | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
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| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| CO2 Emissies | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| Onderstel | |||
| Motor plaatsing | front | ||
| Motor plaatsing | longitudinal | ||
| Aandrijving | rear wheel drive | ||
| Koppelverdeling | N/A | ||
| Stuurinrichting | |||
| Aantal omwentelingen stuurwiel | |||
| Draaicirkel | 9.80 m | ||
| Wielophanging voor | I.CS. | ||
| Wielophanging achter | LA.SE. | ||
| Velgmaat voor | |||
| Velgmaat achter | |||
| Bandenmaat voor | Dunlop 6.50 x 16 | ||
| Bandenmaat agter | Dunlop 6.50 x 176 | ||
| Bremmen voor/agter | Dr/Dr | ||
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| Rem diameter agter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Versnellingsbak | 4 speed manual | ||
| Hoogste versnelling verhouding | 1 | ||
| Achteras verhouding | 3.40 | ||
| Algemeen | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 58256 | ||
| Totaal gebouwd | |||
| Bouwserie | |||
| 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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