The 520i is a rear wheel drive Paul Bracq designed saloon (sedan) road car with a front mounted engine, manufactured by BMW.
It forms part of BMW's E12 model range.
Its 4 cylinder, single overhead camshaft naturally aspirated powerplant has 2 valves per cylinder and a displacement of 2 litres. For this model it provides power and torque figures of 128 bhp (130 PS/95 kW) at 5800 rpm and 178 Nm (131 lbft/18.2 kgm) at 4500 rpm respectively.
The engine transmits power to the wheels compliments of a 3 speed automatic transmission.
Full specs
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| Carrosserie | |||
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| Carrosserie | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Nombre de portes | 4 | ||
| Designer | Paul Bracq | ||
| Dimensions et poids | |||
| Empattement | 2636 | 103.8 | |
| Voies AV | 1406 | 55.4 | |
| Voies AR | 1442 | 56.8 | |
| Longueur | 4620 | 181.9 | |
| Largeur | 1690 | 66.5 | |
| Hauteur | 1425 | 56.1 | |
| Garde au sol | 140 | 5.5 | |
| 1.75 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | |||
| Répartition poids AV | |||
| Réservoir à essence | 70 litres | 15.4 [18.5] UK [US] gal. | |
| Caractéristiques aérodynamique | |||
| Coefficient de pénétration | |||
| maître-couple | |||
| SCx | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Constructeur du moteur | BMW | ||
| Type moteur | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Cylindrée | 2 litre 1991 cc (121.498 cu in) |
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| Alésage × Course | 89 × 80 mm
3.5 × 3.15 in |
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| Rapport alésage / course | 1.11 | ||
| Distribution | single overhead camshaft (SOHC)
2 Soupapes par cylindre 8 Total vannes |
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| Puissance maximale (DIN) |
130 PS (128 bhp) (95 kW) à 5800 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale (DIN) |
178 Nm (131 ft·lb) (18.2 kgm) à 4500 tr/mn |
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| Specific output (DIN) |
47.9 kW/litre 65.2 ps/litre 64.3 bhp/litre 1.05 bhp/cu in |
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(DIN) |
89.4 Nm/litre
1.08 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Construction | |||
| Lubrification | Carter humide | ||
| Taux de compression | 9:1 | ||
| Carburant | Kugelfischer PL 04 fuel injection | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1123.5 kPa (162.9 psi) | ||
| Régime maximal | |||
| Nombre de paliers de vilebrequin | 5 | ||
| Refroidissement | Water | ||
| Cylindrée Unitaire | 497.75 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalyseur | N | ||
| Performances | |||
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| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Vitesse | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | |||
| Weight-to-power ratio | |||
| Consommation | |||
| Consommation | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
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| 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 | 4.300 | ||
| Turning circle | |||
| Suspension AV | I.MS.CS.ARB. | ||
| Suspension AR | I.TA.CS.ARB. | ||
| Roues AV | 5½J x 14 H2 | ||
| Roues AR | 5½J x 14 H2 | ||
| Pneumatiques AV | 175 HR 14 | ||
| Pneumatiques AR | 175 HR 14 | ||
| Freins AV/AR | Di/Dr-S | ||
| Diamètre des freins AV | 272 mm | ||
| Diamètre des freins AR | 250 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmission | 3 speed automatic | ||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | 1 | ||
| Rapport de pont | 3.90 | ||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 339515 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | |||
| E12 | |||
| RAC rating | 19.6 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1975 BMW 520i Automatic added 2013-06-18. Last modified 2020-02-02. |
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