This car has a 5 door estate/station wagon body style with a front located engine powering the rear wheels.
The Buick Century Special Station Wagon belongs to the 4A range of cars from Buick.
It's powered courtesy of a naturally aspirated engine of 5 litre capacity. This unit features overhead valve valve gear, a 90 degree V 8 cylinder layout, and 2 valves per cylinder. It produces 160 bhp (162 PS/119 kW) of power at 4000 rpm, and maximum torque of 387 N·m (285 lb·ft/39.5 kgm) at 2400 rpm.
A 3 speed automatic gearbox supplies the power to the driven wheels.
Full specs
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| Carrosserie | |||
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| Carrosserie | 4/5 seater estate/station wagon | ||
| Nombre de portes | 5 | ||
| Designer | |||
| Dimensions et poids | |||
| Empattement | 2746 | 108.1 | |
| Voies AV | 1486 | 58.5 | |
| Voies AR | 1468 | 57.8 | |
| Longueur | 4950 | 194.9 | |
| Largeur | 1834 | 72.2 | |
| Hauteur | 1384 | 54.5 | |
| Garde au sol | |||
| 1.8 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | |||
| Répartition poids AV | |||
| Réservoir à essence | |||
| Caractéristiques aérodynamique | |||
| Coefficient de pénétration | |||
| maître-couple | |||
| SCx | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Constructeur du moteur | GM | ||
| Type moteur | LG4 | ||
| Cylinders | V 8 in 90° vee | ||
| Cylindrée | 5 litre 5001 cc (305.18 cu in) |
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| Alésage × Course | 94.89 × 88.39 mm
3.74 × 3.48 in |
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| Rapport alésage / course | 1.07 | ||
| Distribution | overhead valve (OHV)
2 Soupapes par cylindre 16 Total vannes |
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| Puissance maximale (net) |
162 PS (160 bhp) (119 kW) à 4000 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale (net) |
387 Nm (285 ft·lb) (39.5 kgm) à 2400 tr/mn |
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| Specific output (net) |
23.9 kW/litre 32.4 ps/litre 32 bhp/litre 0.52 bhp/cu in |
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(net) |
77.38 Nm/litre
0.94 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Construction | cast iron block & head | ||
| Lubrification | Carter humide | ||
| Taux de compression | 8.5:1 | ||
| Carburant | 1 Rochester carburettor | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 972.4 kPa (141 psi) | ||
| Régime maximal | |||
| Nombre de paliers de vilebrequin | 5 | ||
| Refroidissement | Water | ||
| Cylindrée Unitaire | 625.13 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalyseur | Y | ||
| Performances | |||
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| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Vitesse | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | |||
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| Consommation | |||
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| Châssis | |||
| Emplacement de moteur | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Traction | rear wheel drive | ||
| Répartition du couple | N/A | ||
| Direction | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Suspension AV | |||
| Suspension AR | |||
| Roues AV | 6 x 14 | ||
| Roues AR | 6 x 14 | ||
| Pneumatiques AV | P195/75 R 14 | ||
| Pneumatiques AR | P195/75 R 14 | ||
| Freins AV/AR | VeDi/Dr-S | ||
| Diamètre des freins AV | |||
| Diamètre des freins AR | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmission | 3 speed automatic | ||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | 1 | ||
| Rapport de pont | 2.41 | ||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 718806 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | E35 | ||
| 4A | |||
| RAC rating | 44.7 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1978 Buick Century Special Station Wagon added 2021-01-28. Last modified 2021-01-28. |
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