The AMC Ambassador SST is a saloon (sedan) with 4 doors and a front mounted engine which transmits the power through the rear wheels.
The 8 cylinder, overhead valve naturally aspirated engine has 2 valves per cylinder and a capacity of 6.6 litres. For this model it musters power and torque figures of 255 bhp (259 PS/190 kW) at 4600 rpm and 468 Nm (345 lbft/47.7 kgm) at 3300 rpm respectively.
The engine drives the wheels through a 3 speed automatic gearbox.
The claimed weight at the kerb is 1707 kg.
Maximum speed stated is 175 km/h, which is 109 mph.
Full specs
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| Carrocería | |||
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| Carrocería | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Número de puertas | 4 | ||
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| Dimensiones y pesos | |||
| Distancia entre ejes | 3099 | 122 | |
| Vía delantera | 1522 | 59.9 | |
| Vía trasera | 1524 | 60 | |
| Longitud | 5363 | 211.1 | |
| Ancho | 1962 | 77.2 | |
| Altura | 1411 | 55.6 | |
| Despeje del suelo | |||
| Relación Largo:Dist.entre ejes | 1.73 | ||
| Peso en vacío | 1707 kg | 3763 | |
| Distribución del peso (% adelante) | |||
| Capacità serbatoio | |||
| Aerodinámica | |||
| Coeficiente de penetración | |||
| Superficie frontal | |||
| SCx | |||
| Tren motriz | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Fabricante del motor | AMC | ||
| Código de motor | |||
| Número de cilindros | V 8 | ||
| Cilindrada | 6.6 litre 6571 cc (400.987 cu in) |
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| Diámetro × Carrera | 105.6 × 93.4 mm
4.16 × 3.68 in |
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| Relación diámetro/carrera | 1.13 | ||
| Distribución | overhead valve (OHV)
2 válvulas por cilindro 16 Total de válvulas |
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| Potencia nominal (DIN) |
259 PS (255 bhp) (190 kW) a 4600 rpm |
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| Par motor máximo (DIN) |
468 Nm (345 ft·lb) (47.7 kgm) a 3300 rpm |
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| Potencia específica (DIN) |
28.9 kW/litre 39.3 ps/litre 38.8 bhp/litre 0.64 bhp/cu in |
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(DIN) |
71.22 Nm/litre
0.86 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Materiales de block / culata | |||
| Lubricación | |||
| Relación de compresión | 8.5:1 | ||
| Alimentación | 1 AM carb | ||
| 895 kPa (129.8 psi) | |||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| Casquillos de cigüeñal | 5 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| 821.38 cc | |||
| Aspiración | Normal | ||
| Compresor | N/A | ||
| intercooler | None | ||
| catalizador | |||
| Rendimiento | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | |||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Velocidad máxima | 175 km/h (109 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 151.46 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.15 PS/kg 111.4 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.11 kW/kg 149.38 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.15 bhp/kg 0.07 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 8.98 kg/kW 14.99 lb/bhp |
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| Consumos | |||
| Consumo de combustible | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| Emisiones de CO2 | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| Chasis | |||
| Ubicación del motor | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Tracción | rear wheel drive | ||
| Alimentación | N/A | ||
| Dirección, tipo | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Suspensión delantera | I.W.CS.ARB. | ||
| Suspensión trasera | LA.RA.CS. | ||
| Ruedas delante | |||
| Ruedas detrás | |||
| Neumáticos delante | |||
| Neumáticos detrás | |||
| Brakes F/R | Dr/Dr-S | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmisión | 3 speed automatic | ||
| Eje trasero desmultiplicación | 1 | ||
| Desmultiplicación grupo cónico | 2.87 | ||
| General | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 49841 | ||
| Unidades producidas | |||
| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 55.3 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1972 AMC Ambassador SST added before December 1995. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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