The Kaiser Darrin is a 2 door convertible/cabriolet-bodied road car designed by Howard Darrin with a front mounted engine supplying power to the rear wheels.
The 6 cylinder, side valve naturally aspirated engine has 2 valves per cylinder and a volume of 2.6 litres. It musters power and torque figures of 90 bhp (91 PS/67 kW) at 4200 rpm and 183 Nm (135 lbft/18.7 kgm) at 1600 rpm respectively.
A 4 speed manual gearbox delivers the power to the wheels.
Full specs
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| Carrosserie | |||
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| Carrosserie | 2 seater convertible/cabriolet | ||
| Nombre de portes | 2 | ||
| Designer | Howard Darrin | ||
| Dimensions et poids | |||
| Empattement | 2540 | 100 | |
| Voies AV | 1372 | 54 | |
| Voies AR | 1372 | 54 | |
| Longueur | 4676 | 184.1 | |
| Largeur | 1716 | 67.6 | |
| Hauteur | 1291 | 50.8 | |
| Garde au sol | 178 | 7 | |
| 1.84 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | |||
| Répartition poids AV | |||
| Réservoir à essence | 49.2 litres | 10.8 [13] UK [US] gal. | |
| Caractéristiques aérodynamique | |||
| Coefficient de pénétration | |||
| maître-couple | |||
| SCx | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Constructeur du moteur | Willys | ||
| Type moteur | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 6 | ||
| Cylindrée | 2.6 litre 2641 cc (161.164 cu in) |
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| Alésage × Course | 79.4 × 88.9 mm
3.13 × 3.5 in |
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| Rapport alésage / course | 0.89 | ||
| Distribution | side valve (SV)
2 Soupapes par cylindre 12 Total vannes |
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| Puissance maximale | 91 PS (90 bhp) (67 kW) à 4200 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale | 183 Nm (135 ft·lb) (18.7 kgm) à 1600 tr/mn |
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| Specific output | 25.4 kW/litre 34.6 ps/litre 34.1 bhp/litre 0.56 bhp/cu in |
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69.29 Nm/litre
0.84 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Construction | |||
| Lubrification | Carter humide | ||
| Taux de compression | 7.6:1 | ||
| Carburant | 1 Carter YF carburettor | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 870.7 kPa (126.3 psi) | ||
| Régime maximal | |||
| Nombre de paliers de vilebrequin | 4 | ||
| Refroidissement | Water | ||
| Cylindrée Unitaire | 440.17 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 | |||
| Weight-to-power ratio | |||
| Consommation | |||
| Consommation | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
| 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 | |||
| Suspension AV | |||
| Suspension AR | |||
| Roues AV | |||
| Roues AR | |||
| Pneumatiques AV | 5.90 x 15 | ||
| Pneumatiques AR | 5.90 x 15 | ||
| 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 | 4.10 | ||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 529023 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | KF161 | ||
| RAC rating | 23.5 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1953 Kaiser Darrin (1954) added 2017-09-10. Last modified 2020-03-16. |
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