The Buick Skyhawk Wagon is a 5 door estate/station wagon style car with a front mounted engine supplying power to the front wheels.
It forms part of Buick's 4J series of cars.
Power is produced by a single overhead camshaft, 2 litre naturally aspirated 4 cylinder engine, with 2 valves per cylinder that provides power and torque figures of 96 bhp (97 PS/72 kW) at 4800 rpm and 160 N·m (118 lb·ft/16.3 kgm) at 3600 rpm respectively.
A 5 speed manual gearbox transfers the power to the wheels.
Stated kerb weight is 1125 kg.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater estate/station wagon | ||
| Number of doors | 5 | ||
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| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2570 mm | 101.2 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1412 mm | 55.6 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1402 mm | 55.2 inches | |
| Length | 4615 mm | 181.7 inches | |
| Width | 1651 mm | 65 inches | |
| Height | 1380 mm | 54.3 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.8 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1125 kg | 2480 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 51.5 litres | 11.3 [13.6] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
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| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | GM | ||
| Engine code | LT2 | ||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Capacity | 2 litre 1998 cc (121.925 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 86 × 86 mm
3.39 × 3.39 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 1 | ||
| Valve gear | single overhead camshaft (SOHC)
2 valves per cylinder 8 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (SAE net) |
97 PS (96 bhp) (72 kW) at 4800 rpm |
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| maximum torque (SAE net) |
160 Nm (118 ft·lb) (16.3 kgm) at 3600 rpm |
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| Specific output (SAE net) |
35.8 kW/litre 48.7 ps/litre 48 bhp/litre 0.79 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (SAE net) |
80.08 Nm/litre
0.97 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | cast iron block & head | ||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 8.8:1 | ||
| Fuel system | Rochester fuel injection | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1006.3 kPa (146 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | 5500 rpm | ||
| crankshaft bearings | 5 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 499.5 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | |||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | |||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 86.52 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 PS/kg 63.63 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.06 kW/kg 85.33 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 bhp/kg 0.04 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 15.72 kg/kW 26.25 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
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| km/litre | |||
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| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
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| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | transverse | ||
| Drive wheels | front wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | rack & pinion | ||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | |||
| Rear suspension | |||
| Wheel size front | 5½ x 13 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 5½ x 13 | ||
| Tyres front | 185 R 13 | ||
| Tyres rear | 185 R 13 | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/Dr-S | ||
| Front brake diameter | 247 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 5 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.74 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.45 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 290477 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | S35 JS8 | ||
| Model family | 4J | ||
| RAC rating | 18.3 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1988 Buick Skyhawk Wagon added 2012-11-03. Last modified 2020-02-02. |
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