This automobile has a 4 door saloon (sedan) body style with a front mounted engine driving through the rear wheels.
The Volare Custom TorqueFlite forms part of Plymouth's HH family of cars.
Power is produced by an overhead valve, 3.7 litre naturally aspirated 6 cylinder motor, with 2 valves per cylinder that provides power and torque figures of 100 bhp (101 PS/75 kW) at 3600 rpm and 230 N·m (170 lb·ft/23.5 kgm) at 1600 rpm respectively.
A 3 speed automatic gearbox transfers the power to the driven wheels.
Stated kerb weight is 1488 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 | 2858 mm | 112.5 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1524 mm | 60 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1486 mm | 58.5 inches | |
| Length | 5118 mm | 201.5 inches | |
| Width | 1849 mm | 72.8 inches | |
| Height | 1392 mm | 54.8 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.79 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1488 kg | 3280 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 68.2 litres | 15 [18] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Chrysler | ||
| Engine code | E24 | ||
| Cylinders | Straight 6 | ||
| Capacity | 3.7 litre 3683 cc (224.75 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 86.4 × 104.7 mm
3.4 × 4.12 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.83 | ||
| Valve gear | overhead valve (OHV)
2 valves per cylinder 12 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (SAE net) |
101 PS (100 bhp) (75 kW) at 3600 rpm |
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| maximum torque (SAE net) |
230 Nm (170 ft·lb) (23.5 kgm) at 1600 rpm |
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| Specific output (SAE net) |
20.2 kW/litre 27.5 ps/litre 27.2 bhp/litre 0.44 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (SAE net) |
62.45 Nm/litre
0.75 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | cast iron block & head | ||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 8.4:1 | ||
| Fuel system | 1 carburettor | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 784.8 kPa (113.8 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | 4 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 613.83 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| 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 68.14 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.07 PS/kg 50.11 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.05 kW/kg 67.2 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.07 bhp/kg 0.03 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 19.95 kg/kW 33.33 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
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| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
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| 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 | |||
| Front suspension | |||
| Rear suspension | |||
| Wheel size front | 5.0J x 14 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 5.0J x 14 | ||
| Tyres front | D78 x 14 | ||
| Tyres rear | D78 x 14 | ||
| Brakes F/R | Dr/Dr | ||
| Front brake diameter | 254 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 229 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 3 speed automatic | ||
| Top gear ratio | 1 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 2.76 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 687555 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | 41 | ||
| Model family | HH | ||
| RAC rating | 27.8 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1976 Plymouth Volare Custom TorqueFlite added 2020-07-02. Last modified 2020-07-02. |
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