The 40 Special is a road car from Buick, with rear wheel drive, a front mounted engine and a sedan/saloon body style.
Its 4 litre engine is a naturally aspirated, overhead valve, 8 cylinder unit that has an output of 107 bhp (108 PS/80 kW) of power at 3400 rpm.
A 3 speed Wilson Preselect transmission transfers the power to the driven wheels.
Full specs
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| Carrosserie | |||
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| Carrosserie | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Nombre de portes | |||
| Designer | |||
| Dimensions et poids | |||
| Empattement | 3048 | 120 | |
| Voies AV | 1486 | 58.5 | |
| Voies AR | 1486 | 58.5 | |
| Longueur | 5080 | 200 | |
| Largeur | 1829 | 72 | |
| Hauteur | |||
| Garde au sol | 192 | 7.6 | |
| 1.67 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | |||
| Répartition poids AV | |||
| Réservoir à essence | |||
| Caractéristiques aérodynamique | |||
| Coefficient de pénétration | |||
| maître-couple | |||
| SCx | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Constructeur du moteur | Buick | ||
| Type moteur | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 8 | ||
| Cylindrée | 4 litre 4014 cc (244.949 cu in) |
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| Alésage × Course | 78.58 × 104.7 mm
3.09 × 4.12 in |
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| Rapport alésage / course | 0.75 | ||
| Distribution | overhead valve (OHV)
2 Soupapes par cylindre 16 Total vannes |
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| Puissance maximale | 108 PS (107 bhp) (80 kW) à 3400 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale | |||
| Specific output | 19.9 kW/litre 27 ps/litre 26.7 bhp/litre 0.44 bhp/cu in |
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| Construction | |||
| Lubrification | |||
| Taux de compression | |||
| Carburant | |||
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| Régime maximal | |||
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| Refroidissement | Water | ||
| Cylindrée Unitaire | 501.75 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalyseur | N | ||
| Performances | |||
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| 0-1000m | |||
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| Consommation | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
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| Emissions de CO₂ | |||
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| 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. | ||
| Suspension AR | LA.CS. | ||
| Roues AV | |||
| Roues AR | |||
| Pneumatiques AV | |||
| Pneumatiques AR | |||
| Freins AV/AR | |||
| Diamètre des freins AV | |||
| Diamètre des freins AR | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmission | 3 speed Wilson | ||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | 1 | ||
| Rapport de pont | 4.40 | ||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 54527 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | |||
| RAC rating | 30.6 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1939 Buick 40 Special added before December 1995. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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