The Packard Clipper Sportster is a 4 door saloon (sedan)-bodied road car with a front mounted engine supplying power to the rear wheels.
Powering the Packard Clipper Sportster is a side valve, 4.7 litre naturally aspirated 8 cylinder engine, with 2 valves per cylinder that provides power and torque figures of 150 bhp (152 PS/112 kW) at 4000 rpm and 353 N·m (260 lb·ft/36 kgm) at 2200 rpm respectively.
The engine transfers its power through to the wheels via a 3 speed manual gearbox.
The claimed weight at the kerb is 1762 kg.
Full specs
|
|
|||
| bodywork | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Body type | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Number of doors | 4 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 3100 mm | 122 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | |||
| Track/tread (rear) | |||
| Length | 5410 mm | 213 inches | |
| Width | 1981 mm | 78 inches | |
| Height | 1588 mm | 62.5 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 191 mm | 7.5 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.75 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1762 kg | 3885 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 77.3 litres | 17 [20.4] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Packard | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 8 | ||
| Capacity | 4.7 litre 4720 cc (288.032 cu in) |
||
| Bore × Stroke | 88.9 × 95.2 mm
3.5 × 3.75 in |
||
| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.93 | ||
| Valve gear | side valve (SV)
2 valves per cylinder 16 valves in total |
||
| maximum power output | 152 PS (150 bhp) (112 kW) at 4000 rpm |
||
| maximum torque | 353 Nm (260 ft·lb) (36 kgm) at 2200 rpm |
||
| Specific output | 23.7 kW/litre 32.2 ps/litre 31.8 bhp/litre 0.52 bhp/cu in |
||
| Specific torque |
74.79 Nm/litre
0.9 ft·lb/cu3 |
||
| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | |||
| compression ratio | 7.7:1 | ||
| Fuel system | 1 Ca carb | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 939.8 kPa (136.3 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 590 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | N | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | |||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | |||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 86.31 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 PS/kg 63.48 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.06 kW/kg 85.13 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 bhp/kg 0.04 bhp/lb |
||
| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 15.75 kg/kW 26.31 lb/bhp |
||
| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Drive wheels | rear wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | 13.10 m | ||
| Front suspension | I.CS. | ||
| Rear suspension | LA.SE. | ||
| Wheel size front | |||
| Wheel size rear | |||
| Tyres front | |||
| Tyres rear | |||
| Brakes F/R | Dr/Dr | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | 1106 cm2 | ||
| Gearbox | 3 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | 1 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.90 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 65461 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 39.2 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
|
1953 Packard Clipper Sportster added before December 1995. Last modified 2013-04-06. |
|||