The Ambassador Custom is a 4 door saloon style car with a front mounted engine supplying power to the rear wheels.
Powering the Ambassador Custom is an overhead valve, 5.4 litre naturally aspirated 8 cylinder motor, with 2 valves per cylinder that develops power and torque figures of 250 bhp (253 PS/186 kW) at 4700 rpm and 461 N·m (340 lb·ft/47 kgm) at 2600 rpm respectively.
The engine powers the wheels through a 3 speed automatic transmission.
The Ambassador Custom weighs a claimed 1511 kg at the kerb.
Full specs
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| Carrosserie | |||
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| Carrosserie | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Nombre de portes | 4 | ||
| Designer | |||
| Dimensions et poids | |||
| Empattement | 2832 | 111.5 | |
| Voies AV | 1387 | 54.6 | |
| Voies AR | 1375 | 54.1 | |
| Longueur | 4788 | 188.5 | |
| Largeur | 1676 | 66 | |
| Hauteur | 1524 | 60 | |
| Garde au sol | |||
| 1.69 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | 1511 kg | 3331 | |
| Répartition poids AV | |||
| Réservoir à essence | 83.3 litres | 18.3 [22] UK [US] gal. | |
| Caractéristiques aérodynamique | |||
| Coefficient de pénétration | |||
| maître-couple | |||
| SCx | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Constructeur du moteur | |||
| Type moteur | |||
| Cylinders | V 8 | ||
| Cylindrée | 5.4 litre 5358 cc (326.965 cu in) |
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| Alésage × Course | 101.6 × 82.6 mm
4 × 3.25 in |
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| Rapport alésage / course | 1.23 | ||
| Distribution | overhead valve (OHV)
2 Soupapes par cylindre 16 Total vannes |
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| Puissance maximale (Gross) |
253 PS (250 bhp) (186 kW) à 4700 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale (Gross) |
461 Nm (340 ft·lb) (47 kgm) à 2600 tr/mn |
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| Specific output (Gross) |
34.8 kW/litre 47.3 ps/litre 46.7 bhp/litre 0.76 bhp/cu in |
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(Gross) |
86.04 Nm/litre
1.04 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Construction | |||
| Lubrification | |||
| Taux de compression | 8.7:1 | ||
| Carburant | 1 Ho carb | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1081.2 kPa (156.8 psi) | ||
| Régime maximal | |||
| Nombre de paliers de vilebrequin | |||
| Refroidissement | Water | ||
| Cylindrée Unitaire | 669.75 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalyseur | N | ||
| Performances | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | |||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Vitesse | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 167.75 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.17 PS/kg 123.38 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.12 kW/kg 165.45 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.17 bhp/kg 0.07 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 8.11 kg/kW 13.54 lb/bhp |
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| Consommation | |||
| Consommation | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| Emissions de CO₂ | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| Châssis | |||
| Emplacement de moteur | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Traction | rear wheel drive | ||
| Répartition du couple | N/A | ||
| Direction | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | 12.10 m | ||
| Suspension AV | I.CS. | ||
| Suspension AR | LA.SE. | ||
| Roues AV | |||
| Roues AR | |||
| Pneumatiques AV | |||
| Pneumatiques AR | |||
| Freins AV/AR | Dr/Dr | ||
| Diamètre des freins AV | |||
| Diamètre des freins AR | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmission | 3 speed automatic | ||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | 1 | ||
| Rapport de pont | 3.54 | ||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 52437 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | |||
| RAC rating | 51.2 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1960 Ambassador Custom added before December 1995. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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