The Buick Century Special Sedan is a rear wheel drive road car, with the motor placed in the front, and a 4 door saloon (sedan) body.
The power is produced by a naturally aspirated engine of 3.8 litre capacity. This unit features overhead valve valve gear, a 90 degree V 6 cylinder layout, and 2 valves per cylinder. It produces 115 bhp (117 PS/86 kW) of power at 3800 rpm, and maximum torque of 257 N·m (190 lb·ft/26.2 kgm) at 2000 rpm.
The power is transmitted to the wheels by means of a 3 speed automatic gearbox.
Its claimed kerb weight is 1430 kg.
The Buick Century Special Sedan is claimed to achieve a top speed of 150 km/h, or 93 mph.
Full specs
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| Carrocería | |||
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| Carrocería | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Número de puertas | 4 | ||
| diseñado por | |||
| 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 | 154 | 6.1 | |
| Relación Largo:Dist.entre ejes | 1.81 | ||
| Peso en vacío | 1430 kg | 3153 | |
| Distribución del peso (% adelante) | |||
| Capacità serbatoio | 68 litres | 15 [18] 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 3785 cc (230.975 cu in) |
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| Diámetro × Carrera | 96.5 × 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 (DIN) |
117 PS (115 bhp) (86 kW) a 3800 rpm |
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| Par motor máximo (DIN) |
257 Nm (190 ft·lb) (26.2 kgm) a 2000 rpm |
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| Potencia específica (DIN) |
22.7 kW/litre 30.8 ps/litre 30.4 bhp/litre 0.5 bhp/cu in |
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(DIN) |
67.9 Nm/litre
0.82 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 Rochester 2ME carburettor | ||
| 853.3 kPa (123.8 psi) | |||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| Casquillos de cigüeñal | 4 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| 630.83 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 | 150 km/h (93 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 81.54 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.08 PS/kg 59.97 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.06 kW/kg 80.42 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.08 bhp/kg 0.04 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 16.68 kg/kW 27.85 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 | 13.20 m | ||
| 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 | 2.73 | ||
| General | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 54934 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 34.6 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1979 Buick Century Special Sedan added 1995-12-11. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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