Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Luxury Sedan Hardtop is an automobile that has a 4 door saloon (sedan) type body with a front mounted engine powering the rear wheels.
The Ninety-Eight Luxury Sedan Hardtop is part of Oldsmobile's 38600 family of cars.
Its 8 cylinder, overhead valve naturally aspirated engine has 2 valves per cylinder and a displacement of 7.4 litres. It musters power and torque figures of 365 bhp (370 PS/272 kW) at 4600 rpm and 691 Nm (510 lbft/70.5 kgm) at 3000 rpm respectively.
The engine transmits power to the wheels via a 3 speed automatic transmission.
Its stated weight at the kerb is 2057 kg.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Number of doors | 4 | ||
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| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 3226 mm | 127 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1588 mm | 62.5 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1600 mm | 63 inches | |
| Length | 5720 mm | 225.2 inches | |
| Width | 2032 mm | 80 inches | |
| Height | 1417 mm | 55.8 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 157 mm | 6.2 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.77 | ||
| Kerb weight | 2057 kg | 4535 lb | |
| Weight distribution | 53.2% front | ||
| fuel tank capacity | 94.7 litres | 20.8 [25] UK [US] gal. | |
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| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | GM | ||
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| Cylinders | V 8 in 90° vee | ||
| Capacity | 7.4 litre 7447 cc (454.444 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 104.78 × 107.95 mm
4.13 × 4.25 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.97 | ||
| Valve gear | overhead valve (OHV)
2 valves per cylinder 16 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (gross) |
370 PS (365 bhp) (272 kW) at 4600 rpm |
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| maximum torque (gross) |
691 Nm (510 ft·lb) (70.5 kgm) at 3000 rpm |
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| Specific output (gross) |
36.5 kW/litre 49.7 ps/litre 49 bhp/litre 0.8 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (gross) |
92.79 Nm/litre
1.12 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 10.25:1 | ||
| Fuel system | 1 Rochester 4MC carburettor | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1166 kPa (169.1 psi) | ||
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| crankshaft bearings | 5 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 930.88 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | N | ||
| performance | |||
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| Acceleration 0-60mph | |||
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| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
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| Maximum speed | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 179.91 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.18 PS/kg 132.32 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.13 kW/kg 177.44 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.18 bhp/kg 0.08 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 7.56 kg/kW 12.62 lb/bhp |
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| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Drive wheels | rear wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | 3.800 | ||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | |||
| Rear suspension | |||
| Wheel size front | 6JK x 15 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 6JK x 15 | ||
| Tyres front | J78 x 15 | ||
| Tyres rear | J78 x 15 | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/Dr-S | ||
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| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 3 speed automatic | ||
| Top gear ratio | 1 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 2.56 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 678062 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | 38639 | ||
| Model family | 38600 | ||
| RAC rating | 54.5 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1970 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Luxury Sedan Hardtop added 2020-06-14. Last modified 2020-06-14. |
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