Plymouth GTX - car classics

Plymouth GTX

Competing directly with the model Pontiac GTO, Plymouth presented a model GTX, in which you installed the engine with a spherical combustion chamber. This model to a greater extent was the subject of a luxury or a car for the pleasure of producing the impression of the engine, than fully racing car, but nevertheless car dominated as the circuit, and on the highway. The engine with a spherical combustion chamber, which appeared in 1964, was specially adjusted under the new camshaft and a lower compression ratio (10,25:1)to the car better acted for a small number of engine revolutions per minute, but there are still two chetyrehkamernyh the carburetor. Torsion Chrysler in front of the help batteries and the stabilizer of transverse stability. The brakes were intended for heavy-duty and were kolodochnymi, but as an option offered and 279 mm disc front. The automatic gearbox has changed steps to better match the power of the motor with a spherical combustion chamber, but for those who wish there was a mechanical version of the gearbox. In the cabin of the seats were with thick cushions, and dashboard hinted at the possibility of the machine speedometer, calculated to 241 km/h. Model GTX could be considered a high-speed, because with ease passed a quarter of a mile in 13 seconds (12 seconds on the racing tire).