Packard Custom Eight 5.8 Automatic (162 hp)
Generation 1 · 1948–1950
General
- Car class
- F
- Steering wheel position
- Left
Body
- Number of doors
- 4
- Number of seats
- 5
- Body type
- Sedan
Dimensions
- Length
- 5401 mm
- Width
- 1968 mm
- Height
- 1634 mm
- Wheelbase
- 3226 mm
- Front track
- 1526 mm
- Rear track
- 1543 mm
- Curb weight
- 1949 kg
Engine
- Engine type
- Petrol
- Engine layout
- Front-wheel drive, longitudinal
- Engine capacity
- 5,833 cm³
- Boost type
- None
- Engine power
- 162 hp
- Max power (kW)
- 119 kW
- Max power RPM
- 3,600 rpm
- Maximum torque
- 380 Nm
- Max torque RPM
- 2,000 rpm
- Cylinder layout
- Inline
- Number of cylinders
- 8
- Valves per cylinder
- 2
- Aspiration
- Carburetor
- Compression ratio
- 7
- Bore
- 88.9 mm
- Stroke
- 117.5 mm
- Engine code
- 356
- Engine model
- Packard Inline Eight 356
- Valvetrain
- OHV
Transmission
- Gearbox type
- Automatic
- Number of gears
- 2
- Drive wheels
- Rear-wheel drive
Suspension & Brakes
- Front suspension
- Independent, Spring
- Rear suspension
- Dependent, leaf spring
- Front brakes
- Drum
- Rear brakes
- Drum
Fuel Economy
- Fuel tank capacity
- 76 L
- Fuel grade
- 80 octane
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