The Buick Century Special Coupé is a rear wheel drive motor vehicle, with its engine mounted in the front, and a 2 door coupé body.
The power is produced by a naturally aspirated engine of 4.9 litre capacity. This unit features overhead valve valve gear, a 90 degree V 8 cylinder layout, and 2 valves per cylinder. It has an output of 140 bhp (142 PS/104 kW) of power at 3600 rpm, and maximum torque of 318 N·m (235 lb·ft/32.4 kgm) at 2000 rpm.
A 3 speed automatic transmission supplies the power to the driven wheels.
The claimed weight at the kerb is 1466 kg.
Maximum quoted speed is 160 km/h (99 mph).
Full specs
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| Carrosserie | |||
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| Carrosserie | 4/5 seater fixed-head coupé | ||
| Nombre de portes | 2 | ||
| Designer | |||
| Dimensions et poids | |||
| Empattement | 2746 | 108.1 | |
| Voies AV | 1486 | 58.5 | |
| Voies AR | 1468 | 57.8 | |
| Longueur | 4978 | 196 | |
| Largeur | 1834 | 72.2 | |
| Hauteur | 1374 | 54.1 | |
| Garde au sol | 155 | 6.1 | |
| 1.81 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | 1466 kg | 3232 | |
| Répartition poids AV | |||
| Réservoir à essence | 68.6 litres | 15.1 [18.1] UK [US] gal. | |
| Caractéristiques aérodynamique | |||
| Coefficient de pénétration | |||
| maître-couple | |||
| SCx | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Constructeur du moteur | GM | ||
| Type moteur | |||
| Cylinders | V 8 in 90° vee | ||
| Cylindrée | 4.9 litre 4942 cc (301.579 cu in) |
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| Alésage × Course | 101.6 × 76.2 mm
4 × 3 in |
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| Rapport alésage / course | 1.33 | ||
| Distribution | overhead valve (OHV)
2 Soupapes par cylindre 16 Total vannes |
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| Puissance maximale (DIN) |
142 PS (140 bhp) (104 kW) à 3600 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale (DIN) |
318 Nm (235 ft·lb) (32.4 kgm) à 2000 tr/mn |
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| Specific output (DIN) |
21.1 kW/litre 28.7 ps/litre 28.3 bhp/litre 0.46 bhp/cu in |
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(DIN) |
64.35 Nm/litre
0.78 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Construction | cast iron block & head | ||
| Lubrification | Carter humide | ||
| Taux de compression | 8.1:1 | ||
| Carburant | 1 Rochester 2ME carburettor | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 808.6 kPa (117.3 psi) | ||
| Régime maximal | |||
| Nombre de paliers de vilebrequin | 5 | ||
| Refroidissement | Water | ||
| Cylindrée Unitaire | 617.75 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalyseur | Y | ||
| Performances | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | |||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Vitesse | 160 km/h (99 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 96.83 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.1 PS/kg 71.21 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.07 kW/kg 95.5 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.1 bhp/kg 0.04 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 14.04 kg/kW 23.46 lb/bhp |
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| Consommation | |||
| Consommation | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| 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 | 6.140 | ||
| Turning circle | |||
| Suspension AV | I.W.CS.ARB. | ||
| Suspension AR | LA.RA.TA.CS. | ||
| Roues AV | |||
| Roues AR | |||
| Pneumatiques AV | P185/75 x 14 | ||
| Pneumatiques AR | P185/75 x 14 | ||
| Freins AV/AR | VeDi/Dr-S | ||
| Diamètre des freins AV | 267 mm | ||
| Diamètre des freins AR | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmission | 3 speed automatic | ||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | 1 | ||
| Rapport de pont | 2.29 | ||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 170203 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | |||
| RAC rating | 51.2 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1979 Buick Century Special Coupé added 2008-03-22. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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