Overview
376 S
1955
This is the very first sports car with a six-cylinder in-line engine, although another three-litre 306 engine was also been built but never used in competition. Actually, all of the six-cylinder in-line engines were really extrapolations of the four-cylinders, sharing the same bore and stroke with a piston displacement of about one and a half times the size of the latter. Here the 37 of the 376 refers to the piston displacement (divided by 100), while the 6 refers to the number of cylinders.
Specifications
V6 Engine
| Type | front, longitudinal, in-line six |
| Bore/stroke | 94 x 90 mm |
| Unitary displacement | 624.58 cc |
| Total displacement | 3747.48 cc |
| Compression ratio | 8 : 1 |
| Maximum power | 206 kW (280 hp) at 6200 rpm |
| Power per litre | 75 hp/l |
| Maximum torque | - |
| Valve actuation | twin overhead camshaft, two valves per cylinder |
| Fuel feed | three Weber 58 DCOA/3 carburettors |
| Ignition | twin spark plugs per cylinder, two coils |
| Lubrication | dry sump |
| Clutch | multi-plate |
| Frame | tubular steel |
| Front suspension | independent, unequal-length wishbones, coil springs, hydraulic shock absorbers, anti-roll bar |
| Rear suspension | de Dion, twin radius arms, transverse leaf spring, hydraulic shock absorbers |
| Brakes | drums |
| Transmission | 5-speed + reverse |
| Steering | worm and sector |
| Fuel tank | capacity 150 litres |
| Front tyres | 5.50 x 16 |
| Rear tyres | 7.00 x 16 |
| Type | two-seater, spider |
| Length | - |
| Width | - |
| Height | - |
| Wheelbase | 2400 mm |
| Front track | 1316 mm |
| Rear track | 1284 mm |
| Weight | 850 kg (dry) |
| Top speed | - |
| Acceleration 0-100 km/h | - |
| 0-400 m | - |
| 0-1000 m | - |