Engines

Two different engines are used in DAF passenger cars, which have been further developed. It started with the in-house developed 2-cylinder boxer engine in the A-body DAF 600, 750, Daffodil (Daf 30, 31 and 32), 33 and later in the B-body Daf 44 and 46. The important news in the Daf 55, a 4-cylinder water-cooled Renault Cléon-Fonte in-line engine, was purchased from Renault, as the name implies. This engine was used in the Daf 55, Daf 66, Volvo 66 and Volvo 343.

DAF air-cooled 2-cylinder boxer engine

DAF developed the 2-cylinder 4-stroke boxer engine in-house and this engine debuted from 1959 in the Daf 600 up to and including 1976 in the Daf 46.

 

Type of engine Boxer
Number of cylinders 2
Number of vales 4
Cooling Air-cooled (forced air cooling)
 
  Daf 600 Daf 46
Bore x stroke 76 mm x 65 mm 85,5 mm x 73,5 mm
Capacity 590 cm3 844 cm3
Power 22 SAE hp at 4000 rotations/minute 40 SAE pk at 4500 rotations/minute
Compression ratio 7.1:1 7.5:1
Fuel system 1 Solex carburator 1 Solex carburator
Maximum speed 90 km/hour 123 km/hour

 

Variants of this engine are applied in:

Daf 600
Daf 750
Daffodil (Daf 30, 31 en 32)
Daf 33
Daf 44
Daf Pony
Kalmar Tjorven / Kalmar KVD440 / KVD441 / DAF - KALMAR / Kalmar-Daf
Daf 46

Renault Cléon-Fonte water cooled 4-cylinder in-line engine

DAF purchased the water-cooled 4-cylinder in-line engine for the Daf 55 and Daf 66 from the French car group Renault. It is a water-cooled 4-cylinder in-line engine known as Renault Cléon-Fonte, Sierra or C-type. This engine had a long breath: produced from 1962 to 2004, an impressive career of 42 years! Volvo also obtained this engine for the Volvo 66 and 340 series (343, 345, 340) from Renault. You will also find the Cléon-Fonte in 'own house' in the Alpine A110, Renault 4, R5, R6, R7, R8/R10, R9/R11, R12, R15, R18, R19, R21, Estafette, Traffic 1, Express , Floride/Caravelle, Fuego, Twingo, Clio 1, and the Dacia 1300/1310.

Engine type In-line engine  
Number of cylinders 4  
Number of valves 8  
Cooling Water cooled  
     
  Standard Daf 55 Daf 66 1100 Marathon Daf 66 1300 Marathon Daf 66YA
Bore x stroke 70 mm x 72 mm 70 mm x 72 mm 73 mm x 77 mm 70 mm x 72 mm
Capacity 1108 cm3 1108 cm3 1298 cm3 1108 cm3
Power 50 hp at 5000 rotations/minute 60 hp at 5000 rotations/minute 57 hp (DIN) at 5200 rotations/minute 50 hp at 5000 rotations/minute
Compression ratio 8.5:1 8.5:1 8.5:1 8.5:1
Fuel system 1 Solex carburator 1 Solex carburator 1 Solex carburator 1 Solex carburator
Maximum speed 136 km/hour 145 km/hour 145 km/hour 115 km/hour

 

Variants of this engine are applied in:

Daf 55 (1100 cc) / Daf 55 Marathon (1100 cc)
Daf 66 (1100 cc) / Daf 66 1100 Marathon / Daf 66 1300 Marathon
Volvo 66 DL / Volvo 66 GL
Volvo 343/345
Volvo 340