The 520 is a motor vehicle from BMW, with rear wheel drive, a front located engine and a Paul Bracq-styled 4 door saloon (sedan) body style.
The 520 is part of BMW's E12 range of cars.
Powering the BMW 520 is a single overhead camshaft, 2 litre naturally aspirated 6 cylinder engine, with 2 valves per cylinder that develops power and torque figures of 120.5 bhp (122 PS/90 kW) at 6000 rpm and 160 N·m (118 lb·ft/16.3 kgm) at 4000 rpm respectively.
A 3 speed automatic gearbox transfers the power to the driven wheels.
The quoted kerb weight is 1330 kg.
Maximum speed claimed is 174 km/h (108 mph).
Full specs
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| Carrosserie | |||
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| Carrosserie | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Aantal portieren | 4 | ||
| Ontwerper | Paul Bracq | ||
| Afmetingen en gewicht | |||
| Wielbasis | 2636 | 103.8 | |
| Spoorbreedte voor | 1422 | 56 | |
| Spoorbreedte achter | 1466 | 57.7 | |
| Lengte | 4620 | 181.9 | |
| Breedte | 1690 | 66.5 | |
| Hoogte | 1425 | 56.1 | |
| Bodemvrijheid | |||
| 1.75 | |||
| Gewicht | 1330 kg | 2932 | |
| Gewichtsverdeling | |||
| Benzinetank inhalt | 70 litres | 15.4 [18.5] UK [US] gal. | |
| Aërodynamica | |||
| Cw-waarde | |||
| Frontaal oppervlak | |||
| CdA | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Motor fabrikant | BMW | ||
| Motor nummer | |||
| Aantal cilinders | Straight 6 | ||
| Cilinderinhoud | 2 litre 1991 cc (121.498 cu in) |
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| Boring × Slag | 80 × 66 mm
3.15 × 2.6 in |
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| Boring/slag verhouding | 1.21 | ||
| Distributie | single overhead camshaft (SOHC)
2 Kleppen per cilinder 12 Totaal aantal kleppen |
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| Vermogen (DIN) |
122 PS (120.5 bhp) (90 kW) bij 6000 t/min |
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| Max. koppel (DIN) |
160 Nm (118 ft·lb) (16.3 kgm) bij 4000 t/min |
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| Specific output (DIN) |
45.1 kW/litre 61.4 ps/litre 60.5 bhp/litre 0.99 bhp/cu in |
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(DIN) |
80.36 Nm/litre
0.97 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Motor constructie | |||
| Smering | Nat carter | ||
| Compressieverhouding | 9.2:1 | ||
| Brandstofsysteem | 1 Solex 4A1 carburettor | ||
| 1009.9 kPa (146.5 psi) | |||
| Maximum tpm | |||
| Aantal nokkenas lagers | 7 | ||
| Afkoeling | Water | ||
| Eenheidscylinderinhoud | 331.83 cc | ||
| Aanzuiging | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Katalysator | N | ||
| Prestasies | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | |||
| 0-100km/h | 15.7 s | ||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | 36.9 s | ||
| Max. snelheid | 174 km/h (108 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 91.86 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 PS/kg 67.56 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.07 kW/kg 90.6 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 bhp/kg 0.04 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 14.8 kg/kW 24.72 lb/bhp |
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| Verbruik | |||
| Benzineverbruik | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| 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 | |||
| Wielophanging voor | |||
| Wielophanging achter | |||
| Velgmaat voor | 5½J x 14 H2 | ||
| Velgmaat achter | 5½J x 14 H2 | ||
| Bandenmaat voor | 175 R 14 88S | ||
| Bandenmaat agter | 175 R 14 88S | ||
| Bremmen voor/agter | Di/Dr-S | ||
| Rem diameter voor | 280 mm | ||
| Rem diameter agter | 250 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Versnellingsbak | 3 speed automatic | ||
| Hoogste versnelling verhouding | 1 | ||
| Achteras verhouding | 3.90 | ||
| Algemeen | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 271315 | ||
| Totaal gebouwd | |||
| Bouwserie | |||
| Model familie | E12 | ||
| RAC rating | 23.8 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1981 BMW 520 Automatic added 2012-05-22. Last modified 2020-02-02. |
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