Packard Eight Formal Sedan is an automobile that has a 4 door saloon (sedan) body style with a front located engine delivering power to the rear wheels.
The Packard Eight Formal Sedan is one of the 1401 model family from Packard.
It's powered courtesy of a naturally aspirated engine of 5.2 litre capacity. This unit features side valve valve gear, 8 cylinder layout, and 2 valves per cylinder. It develops 130 bhp (132 PS/97 kW) of power at 3200 rpm.
This power is delivered to the wheels via a 3 speed manual gearbox.
The stated weight at the kerb is 2282 kg.
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 | 3413 mm | 134.4 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1524 mm | 60 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1549 mm | 61 inches | |
| Length | 5399 mm | 212.6 inches | |
| Width | 1880 mm | 74 inches | |
| Height | 1797 mm | 70.7 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.58 | ||
| Kerb weight | 2282 kg | 5031 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 94.7 litres | 20.8 [25] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Packard | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 8 | ||
| Capacity | 5.2 litre 5235 cc (319.459 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 81 × 127 mm
3.19 × 5 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.64 | ||
| Valve gear | side valve (SV)
2 valves per cylinder 16 valves in total |
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| maximum power output | 132 PS (130 bhp) (97 kW) at 3200 rpm |
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| maximum torque | |||
| Specific output | 18.5 kW/litre 25.2 ps/litre 24.8 bhp/litre 0.41 bhp/cu in |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | |||
| compression ratio | 6.5:1 | ||
| Fuel system | 1 Packard Stromberg carburettor | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | |||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | 9 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 654.38 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 57.76 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.06 PS/kg 42.48 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.04 kW/kg 56.97 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.06 bhp/kg 0.03 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 23.54 kg/kW 39.32 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
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| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
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| VED band (UK) | |||
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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 | 5.000 | ||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | |||
| Rear suspension | |||
| Wheel size front | |||
| Wheel size rear | |||
| Tyres front | 7.00 x 17 | ||
| Tyres rear | 7.00 x 17 | ||
| Brakes F/R | Dr/Dr-S | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 3 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | 1 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 4.69 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 448283 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| Model family | 1401 | ||
| RAC rating | 32.5 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1935 Packard Eight Formal Sedan added 2015-12-30. Last modified 2020-03-16. |
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