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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| Carrosserie | |||
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| Carrosserie | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Nombre de portes | 4 | ||
| Designer | |||
| Dimensions et poids | |||
| Empattement | 3099 | 122 | |
| Voies AV | 1522 | 59.9 | |
| Voies AR | 1524 | 60 | |
| Longueur | 5363 | 211.1 | |
| Largeur | 1962 | 77.2 | |
| Hauteur | 1411 | 55.6 | |
| Garde au sol | |||
| 1.73 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | 1707 kg | 3763 | |
| Répartition poids AV | |||
| Réservoir à essence | |||
| Caractéristiques aérodynamique | |||
| Coefficient de pénétration | |||
| maître-couple | |||
| SCx | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Constructeur du moteur | AMC | ||
| Type moteur | |||
| Cylinders | V 8 | ||
| Cylindrée | 6.6 litre 6571 cc (400.987 cu in) |
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| Alésage × Course | 105.6 × 93.4 mm
4.16 × 3.68 in |
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| Rapport alésage / course | 1.13 | ||
| Distribution | overhead valve (OHV)
2 Soupapes par cylindre 16 Total vannes |
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| Puissance maximale (DIN) |
259 PS (255 bhp) (190 kW) à 4600 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale (DIN) |
468 Nm (345 ft·lb) (47.7 kgm) à 3300 tr/mn |
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| Specific output (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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| Construction | |||
| Lubrification | |||
| Taux de compression | 8.5:1 | ||
| Carburant | 1 AM carb | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 895 kPa (129.8 psi) | ||
| Régime maximal | |||
| Nombre de paliers de vilebrequin | 5 | ||
| Refroidissement | Water | ||
| Cylindrée Unitaire | 821.38 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalyseur | |||
| Performances | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | |||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Vitesse | 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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| 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 | |||
| Suspension AV | I.W.CS.ARB. | ||
| Suspension AR | LA.RA.CS. | ||
| Roues AV | |||
| Roues AR | |||
| Pneumatiques AV | |||
| Pneumatiques AR | |||
| Freins AV/AR | Dr/Dr-S | ||
| Diamètre des freins AV | |||
| Diamètre des freins AR | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmission | 3 speed automatic | ||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | 1 | ||
| Rapport de pont | 2.87 | ||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 49841 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | |||
| 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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