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 | ||
| Aantal portieren | 4 | ||
| Ontwerper | |||
| Afmetingen en gewicht | |||
| Wielbasis | 2832 | 111.5 | |
| Spoorbreedte voor | 1387 | 54.6 | |
| Spoorbreedte achter | 1375 | 54.1 | |
| Lengte | 4788 | 188.5 | |
| Breedte | 1676 | 66 | |
| Hoogte | 1524 | 60 | |
| Bodemvrijheid | |||
| 1.69 | |||
| Gewicht | 1511 kg | 3331 | |
| Gewichtsverdeling | |||
| Benzinetank inhalt | 83.3 litres | 18.3 [22] UK [US] gal. | |
| Aërodynamica | |||
| Cw-waarde | |||
| Frontaal oppervlak | |||
| CdA | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Motor fabrikant | |||
| Motor nummer | |||
| Aantal cilinders | V 8 | ||
| Cilinderinhoud | 5.4 litre 5358 cc (326.965 cu in) |
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| Boring × Slag | 101.6 × 82.6 mm
4 × 3.25 in |
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| Boring/slag verhouding | 1.23 | ||
| Distributie | overhead valve (OHV)
2 Kleppen per cilinder 16 Totaal aantal kleppen |
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| Vermogen (Gross) |
253 PS (250 bhp) (186 kW) bij 4700 t/min |
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| Max. koppel (Gross) |
461 Nm (340 ft·lb) (47 kgm) bij 2600 t/min |
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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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| Motor constructie | |||
| Smering | |||
| Compressieverhouding | 8.7:1 | ||
| Brandstofsysteem | 1 Ho carb | ||
| 1081.2 kPa (156.8 psi) | |||
| Maximum tpm | |||
| Aantal nokkenas lagers | |||
| Afkoeling | Water | ||
| Eenheidscylinderinhoud | 669.75 cc | ||
| Aanzuiging | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Katalysator | N | ||
| Prestasies | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | |||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Max. snelheid | |||
| 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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| Verbruik | |||
| Benzineverbruik | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
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| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| CO2 Emissies | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| Onderstel | |||
| Motor plaatsing | front | ||
| Motor plaatsing | longitudinal | ||
| Aandrijving | rear wheel drive | ||
| Koppelverdeling | N/A | ||
| Stuurinrichting | |||
| Aantal omwentelingen stuurwiel | |||
| Draaicirkel | 12.10 m | ||
| Wielophanging voor | I.CS. | ||
| Wielophanging achter | LA.SE. | ||
| Velgmaat voor | |||
| Velgmaat achter | |||
| Bandenmaat voor | |||
| Bandenmaat agter | |||
| Bremmen voor/agter | Dr/Dr | ||
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| Rem diameter agter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Versnellingsbak | 3 speed automatic | ||
| Hoogste versnelling verhouding | 1 | ||
| Achteras verhouding | 3.54 | ||
| Algemeen | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 52437 | ||
| Totaal gebouwd | |||
| Bouwserie | |||
| 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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