This vehicle has a 4 door saloon (sedan) type body with a front located engine powering the rear wheels.
The Buick Century Special belongs to the 4A model family from Buick.
Its 5 litre engine is a naturally aspirated, overhead valve, 8 cylinder that develops 145 bhp (147 PS/108 kW) of power at 3800 rpm, and maximum torque of 333 N·m (246 lb·ft/34 kgm) at 2400 rpm.
A 3 speed automatic gearbox supplies the power to the driven wheels.
Full specs
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| Carrocería | |||
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| Carrocería | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Número de puertas | 4 | ||
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| Dimensiones y pesos | |||
| Distancia entre ejes | 2746 | 108.1 | |
| Vía delantera | 1486 | 58.5 | |
| Vía trasera | 1468 | 57.8 | |
| Longitud | 4968 | 195.6 | |
| Ancho | 1834 | 72.2 | |
| Altura | 1377 | 54.2 | |
| Despeje del suelo | |||
| Relación Largo:Dist.entre ejes | 1.81 | ||
| Peso en vacío | |||
| Distribución del peso (% adelante) | |||
| Capacità serbatoio | 68.5 litres | 15.1 [18.1] UK [US] gal. | |
| Aerodinámica | |||
| Coeficiente de penetración | |||
| Superficie frontal | |||
| SCx | |||
| Tren motriz | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Fabricante del motor | GM | ||
| Código de motor | LG3 | ||
| Número de cilindros | V 8 in 90° vee | ||
| Cilindrada | 5 litre 5001 cc (305.18 cu in) |
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| Diámetro × Carrera | 94.89 × 88.39 mm
3.74 × 3.48 in |
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| Relación diámetro/carrera | 1.07 | ||
| Distribución | overhead valve (OHV)
2 válvulas por cilindro 16 Total de válvulas |
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| Potencia nominal (net) |
147 PS (145 bhp) (108 kW) a 3800 rpm |
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| Par motor máximo (net) |
333 Nm (246 ft·lb) (34 kgm) a 2400 rpm |
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| Potencia específica (net) |
21.6 kW/litre 29.4 ps/litre 29 bhp/litre 0.48 bhp/cu in |
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(net) |
66.59 Nm/litre
0.8 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Materiales de block / culata | cast iron block & head | ||
| Lubricación | Cárter húmedo | ||
| Relación de compresión | 8.5:1 | ||
| Alimentación | 1 Rochester carburettor | ||
| 836.8 kPa (121.4 psi) | |||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| Casquillos de cigüeñal | 5 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| 625.13 cc | |||
| Aspiración | Normal | ||
| Compresor | N/A | ||
| intercooler | None | ||
| catalizador | Y | ||
| Rendimiento | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | |||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Velocidad máxima | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | |||
| Weight-to-power ratio | |||
| Consumos | |||
| Consumo de combustible | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
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| Emisiones de CO2 | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| Chasis | |||
| Ubicación del motor | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Tracción | rear wheel drive | ||
| Alimentación | N/A | ||
| Dirección, tipo | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Suspensión delantera | |||
| Suspensión trasera | |||
| Ruedas delante | 6 x 14 | ||
| Ruedas detrás | 6 x 14 | ||
| Neumáticos delante | P185/75 R 14 | ||
| Neumáticos detrás | P185/75 R 14 | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/Dr | ||
| Front brake diameter | 279 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmisión | 3 speed automatic | ||
| Eje trasero desmultiplicación | 1 | ||
| Desmultiplicación grupo cónico | 2.29 | ||
| General | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 719257 | ||
| Unidades producidas | |||
| Model code | E09 | ||
| 4A | |||
| RAC rating | 44.7 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1978 Buick Century Special added 2021-01-24. Last modified 2021-01-24. |
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