The Packard Custom Eight Touring Sedan is a 4 door saloon (sedan) style car with a front mounted engine supplying power to the rear wheels.
It is part of Packard's 22nd series of cars.
The 8 cylinder, side valve naturally aspirated powerplant has 2 valves per cylinder and a volume of 5.8 litres. In this application it produces power and torque figures of 160 bhp (162 PS/119 kW) at 3600 rpm and 382 Nm (282 lbft/39 kgm) at 2000 rpm respectively.
Power is supplied to the wheels through a 3 speed manual transmission.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Number of doors | 4 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 3226 mm | 127 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1526 mm | 60.1 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1543 mm | 60.7 inches | |
| Length | 5401 mm | 212.6 inches | |
| Width | 1968 mm | 77.5 inches | |
| Height | 1628 mm | 64.1 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 191 mm | 7.5 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.67 | ||
| Kerb weight | |||
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 75.8 litres | 16.7 [20] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
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| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Packard | ||
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| Cylinders | Straight 8 | ||
| Capacity | 5.8 litre 5834 cc (356.013 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 88.9 × 117.48 mm
3.5 × 4.63 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.76 | ||
| Valve gear | side valve (SV)
2 valves per cylinder 16 valves in total |
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| maximum power output | 162 PS (160 bhp) (119 kW) at 3600 rpm |
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| maximum torque | 382 Nm (282 ft·lb) (39 kgm) at 2000 rpm |
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| Specific output | 20.5 kW/litre 27.8 ps/litre 27.4 bhp/litre 0.45 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque |
65.48 Nm/litre
0.79 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 7:1 | ||
| Fuel system | 1 Carter carburettor | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 822.8 kPa (119.3 psi) | ||
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| crankshaft bearings | 9 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 729.25 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | N | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
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| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
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| Maximum speed | |||
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
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| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
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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 | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | I.CS. | ||
| Rear suspension | LA.SE. | ||
| Wheel size front | 6 x 15 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 6 x 15 | ||
| Tyres front | 15 x 7.00 | ||
| Tyres rear | 15 x 7.00 | ||
| Brakes F/R | Dr/Dr-LH | ||
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| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 3 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | 1 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.92 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 328196 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | 2252 | ||
| Model family | 22nd | ||
| RAC rating | 39.2 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1948 Packard Custom Eight Touring Sedan added 2013-04-06. Last modified 2020-02-02. |
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