This automobile has a 4 door saloon (sedan) type body with a front located engine delivering power to the rear wheels.
Powering the AMC Ambassador SST is an overhead valve, 5 litre naturally aspirated 8 cylinder engine, with 2 valves per cylinder that develops power and torque figures of 150 bhp (152 PS/112 kW) at 4200 rpm and 332 N·m (245 lb·ft/33.9 kgm) at 2500 rpm respectively.
A 3 speed automatic transmission delivers the power to the wheels.
Claimed weight at the kerb is 1636 kg.
Top claimed speed is 157 km/h (98 mph).
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 | 3099 | 122 | |
| Spoorbreedte voor | 1522 | 59.9 | |
| Spoorbreedte achter | 1524 | 60 | |
| Lengte | 5363 | 211.1 | |
| Breedte | 1962 | 77.2 | |
| Hoogte | 1411 | 55.6 | |
| Bodemvrijheid | |||
| 1.73 | |||
| Gewicht | 1636 kg | 3607 | |
| Gewichtsverdeling | |||
| Benzinetank inhalt | |||
| Aërodynamica | |||
| Cw-waarde | |||
| Frontaal oppervlak | |||
| CdA | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Motor fabrikant | AMC | ||
| Motor nummer | |||
| Aantal cilinders | V 8 | ||
| Cilinderinhoud | 5 litre 4981 cc (303.959 cu in) |
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| Boring × Slag | 95.25 × 87.38 mm
3.75 × 3.44 in |
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| Boring/slag verhouding | 1.09 | ||
| Distributie | overhead valve (OHV)
2 Kleppen per cilinder 16 Totaal aantal kleppen |
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| Vermogen (DIN) |
152 PS (150 bhp) (112 kW) bij 4200 t/min |
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| Max. koppel (DIN) |
332 Nm (245 ft·lb) (33.9 kgm) bij 2500 t/min |
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| Specific output (DIN) |
22.5 kW/litre 30.5 ps/litre 30.1 bhp/litre 0.49 bhp/cu in |
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(DIN) |
66.65 Nm/litre
0.81 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Motor constructie | |||
| Smering | |||
| Compressieverhouding | 8.4:1 | ||
| Brandstofsysteem | 1 AM carb | ||
| 837.6 kPa (121.5 psi) | |||
| Maximum tpm | |||
| Aantal nokkenas lagers | |||
| Afkoeling | Water | ||
| Eenheidscylinderinhoud | 622.63 cc | ||
| Aanzuiging | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Katalysator | |||
| Prestasies | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | |||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Max. snelheid | 157 km/h (98 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 92.96 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 PS/kg 68.37 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.07 kW/kg 91.69 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 bhp/kg 0.04 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 14.63 kg/kW 24.43 lb/bhp |
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| Verbruik | |||
| Benzineverbruik | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
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| 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 | |||
| Wielophanging voor | I.W.CS.ARB. | ||
| Wielophanging achter | LA.RA.CS. | ||
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| Velgmaat achter | |||
| Bandenmaat voor | |||
| Bandenmaat agter | |||
| Bremmen voor/agter | Dr/Dr-S | ||
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| Rem diameter agter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Versnellingsbak | 3 speed automatic | ||
| Hoogste versnelling verhouding | 1 | ||
| Achteras verhouding | 2.87 | ||
| Algemeen | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 49885 | ||
| Totaal gebouwd | |||
| Bouwserie | |||
| RAC rating | 45.0 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1972 AMC Ambassador SST added before December 1995. Last modified 2022-12-26. |
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