The Buick Century Special Hardtop Coupé is a rear wheel drive road car, with its powerplant placed in the front, and a 2 door coupé bodyshell.
The Buick Century Special Hardtop Coupé is one of the 4A model family from Buick.
The 6 cylinder, overhead valve naturally aspirated engine has 2 valves per cylinder and a volume of 3.8 litres. It provides power and torque figures of 110 bhp (112 PS/82 kW) at 4000 rpm and 237 Nm (175 lbft/24.2 kgm) at 2000 rpm respectively.
The engine transmits power to the wheels by means of a 3 speed manual transmission.
It weighs a claimed 1700 kg at the kerb.
Full specs
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| Carrocería | |||
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| Carrocería | 4/5 seater fixed-head coupé | ||
| Número de puertas | 2 | ||
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| Dimensiones y pesos | |||
| Distancia entre ejes | 2845 | 112 | |
| Vía delantera | 1562 | 61.5 | |
| Vía trasera | 1542 | 60.7 | |
| Longitud | 5321 | 209.5 | |
| Ancho | 2007 | 79 | |
| Altura | 1359 | 53.5 | |
| Despeje del suelo | |||
| Relación Largo:Dist.entre ejes | 1.87 | ||
| Peso en vacío | 1700 kg | 3748 | |
| Distribución del peso (% adelante) | |||
| Capacità serbatoio | 83 litres | 18.3 [21.9] UK [US] gal. | |
| Aerodinámica | |||
| Coeficiente de penetración | |||
| Superficie frontal | |||
| SCx | |||
| Tren motriz | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Fabricante del motor | GM | ||
| Código de motor | |||
| Número de cilindros | V 6 in 90° vee | ||
| Cilindrada | 3.8 litre 3791 cc (231.341 cu in) |
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| Diámetro × Carrera | 96.52 × 86.36 mm
3.8 × 3.4 in |
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| Relación diámetro/carrera | 1.12 | ||
| Distribución | overhead valve (OHV)
2 válvulas por cilindro 12 Total de válvulas |
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| Potencia nominal (net) |
112 PS (110 bhp) (82 kW) a 4000 rpm |
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| Par motor máximo (net) |
237 Nm (175 ft·lb) (24.2 kgm) a 2000 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) |
62.52 Nm/litre
0.76 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Materiales de block / culata | cast iron block & head | ||
| Lubricación | Cárter húmedo | ||
| Relación de compresión | 8:1 | ||
| Alimentación | 1 Rochestrer carburettor | ||
| 785.6 kPa (113.9 psi) | |||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| Casquillos de cigüeñal | 4 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| 631.83 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 | Higher is better 65.61 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.07 PS/kg 48.25 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.05 kW/kg 64.71 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.06 bhp/kg 0.03 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 20.72 kg/kW 34.62 lb/bhp |
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| Consumos | |||
| Consumo de combustible | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| 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 15 | ||
| Ruedas detrás | 6 x 15 | ||
| Neumáticos delante | GR78-15 | ||
| Neumáticos detrás | GR78-15 | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/Dr | ||
| Front brake diameter | 279 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmisión | 3 speed manual | ||
| Eje trasero desmultiplicación | 1 | ||
| Desmultiplicación grupo cónico | 2.73 | ||
| General | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 339878 | ||
| Unidades producidas | |||
| Model code | E37 | ||
| 4A | |||
| RAC rating | 34.7 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1975 Buick Century Special Hardtop Coupé added 2013-06-22. Last modified 2020-02-02. |
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