The Buick Century Special Sedan is a saloon (sedan) with 4 doors and a front mounted engine which delivers its power through the rear wheels.
Power is produced by an overhead valve, 4.9 litre naturally aspirated 8 cylinder engine, with 2 valves per cylinder that produces power and torque figures of 150 bhp (152 PS/112 kW) at 4000 rpm and 325 N·m (240 lb·ft/33.1 kgm) at 2000 rpm respectively.
A 3 speed automatic 'box supplies the power to the wheels.
It weighs a stated 1483 kg at the kerb.
Maximum stated speed is 165 km/h, which equates to 103 mph.
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 | 4978 | 196 | |
| Ancho | 1834 | 72.2 | |
| Altura | 1397 | 55 | |
| Despeje del suelo | 155 | 6.1 | |
| Relación Largo:Dist.entre ejes | 1.81 | ||
| Peso en vacío | 1483 kg | 3269 | |
| Distribución del peso (% adelante) | |||
| Capacità serbatoio | 68.6 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 | |||
| Número de cilindros | V 8 in 90° vee | ||
| Cilindrada | 4.9 litre 4942 cc (301.579 cu in) |
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| Diámetro × Carrera | 101.6 × 76.2 mm
4 × 3 in |
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| Relación diámetro/carrera | 1.33 | ||
| Distribución | overhead valve (OHV)
2 válvulas por cilindro 16 Total de válvulas |
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| Potencia nominal (DIN) |
152 PS (150 bhp) (112 kW) a 4000 rpm |
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| Par motor máximo (DIN) |
325 Nm (240 ft·lb) (33.1 kgm) a 2000 rpm |
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| Potencia específica (DIN) |
22.6 kW/litre 30.8 ps/litre 30.4 bhp/litre 0.5 bhp/cu in |
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(DIN) |
65.76 Nm/litre
0.79 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Materiales de block / culata | cast iron block & head | ||
| Lubricación | Cárter húmedo | ||
| Relación de compresión | 8.1:1 | ||
| Alimentación | 1 Rochester M4MC carburettor | ||
| 826.4 kPa (119.9 psi) | |||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| Casquillos de cigüeñal | 5 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| 617.75 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 | 165 km/h (103 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 102.55 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.1 PS/kg 75.42 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.08 kW/kg 101.15 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.1 bhp/kg 0.05 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 13.26 kg/kW 22.15 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 | 6.140 | ||
| Turning circle | |||
| Suspensión delantera | I.W.CS.ARB. | ||
| Suspensión trasera | LA.RA.TA.CS. | ||
| Ruedas delante | |||
| Ruedas detrás | |||
| Neumáticos delante | P185/75 x 14 | ||
| Neumáticos detrás | P185/75 x 14 | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/Dr-S | ||
| Front brake diameter | 267 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmisión | 3 speed automatic | ||
| Eje trasero desmultiplicación | 1 | ||
| Desmultiplicación grupo cónico | 2.29 | ||
| General | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 170247 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 51.2 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1979 Buick Century Special Sedan added 2008-03-22. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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