The Electra 225 is an automobile from Buick, with rear wheel drive, a front mounted engine and a saloon body style.
Its 8 cylinder, overhead valve naturally aspirated powerplant has 2 valves per cylinder and a displacement of 7.5 litres. In this application it musters power and torque figures of 370 bhp (375 PS/276 kW) at 4600 rpm and 691 Nm (510 lbft/70.5 kgm) at 2800 rpm respectively.
The engine delivers its power through to the wheels by means of a 3 speed automatic transmission.
The stated weight at the kerb is 2064 kg.
Top quoted speed is 201 km/h (125 mph).
Full specs
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| Carrosserie | |||
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| Carrosserie | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Nombre de portes | |||
| Designer | |||
| Dimensions et poids | |||
| Empattement | 3226 | 127 | |
| Voies AV | 1607 | 63.3 | |
| Voies AR | 1600 | 63 | |
| Longueur | 5734 | 225.7 | |
| Largeur | 2032 | 80 | |
| Hauteur | 1397 | 55 | |
| Garde au sol | |||
| 1.78 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | 2064 kg | 4550 | |
| Répartition poids AV | |||
| Réservoir à essence | 95.5 litres | 21 [25.2] UK [US] gal. | |
| Caractéristiques aérodynamique | |||
| Coefficient de pénétration | |||
| maître-couple | |||
| SCx | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Constructeur du moteur | GM | ||
| Type moteur | |||
| Cylinders | V 8 | ||
| Cylindrée | 7.5 litre 7458 cc (455.115 cu in) |
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| Alésage × Course | 109.5 × 99 mm
4.31 × 3.9 in |
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| Rapport alésage / course | 1.11 | ||
| Distribution | overhead valve (OHV)
2 Soupapes par cylindre 16 Total vannes |
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| Puissance maximale (Gross) |
375 PS (370 bhp) (276 kW) à 4600 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale (Gross) |
691 Nm (510 ft·lb) (70.5 kgm) à 2800 tr/mn |
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| Specific output (Gross) |
37 kW/litre 50.3 ps/litre 49.6 bhp/litre 0.81 bhp/cu in |
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(Gross) |
92.65 Nm/litre
1.12 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Construction | |||
| Lubrification | |||
| Taux de compression | 10.25:1 | ||
| Carburant | 1 Ro carb | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1164.3 kPa (168.9 psi) | ||
| Régime maximal | |||
| Nombre de paliers de vilebrequin | 5 | ||
| Refroidissement | Water | ||
| Cylindrée Unitaire | 932.25 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalyseur | |||
| Performances | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | |||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Vitesse | 201 km/h (125 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 181.76 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.18 PS/kg 133.68 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.13 kW/kg 179.26 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.18 bhp/kg 0.08 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 7.48 kg/kW 12.5 lb/bhp |
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| Consommation | |||
| Consommation | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
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| 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 | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Suspension AV | I.CS. | ||
| Suspension AR | LA.CS. | ||
| Roues AV | |||
| Roues AR | |||
| Pneumatiques AV | |||
| Pneumatiques AR | |||
| Freins AV/AR | Dr/Dr | ||
| Diamètre des freins AV | |||
| Diamètre des freins AR | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmission | 3 speed automatic | ||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | 1 | ||
| Rapport de pont | 2.56 | ||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 45089 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | |||
| RAC rating | 59.5 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1970 Buick Electra 225 added before December 1995. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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