This automobile has a 2 door coupé type body with a front mounted engine supplying power to the rear wheels.
Powering the Buick Skylark Coupé is an overhead valve, 5.1 litre naturally aspirated 8 cylinder engine, with 2 valves per cylinder that provides power and torque figures of 130 bhp (132 PS/97 kW) at 3200 rpm and 332 N·m (245 lb·ft/33.9 kgm) at 2000 rpm respectively.
The engine drives the wheels via a 3 speed automatic set of gears.
The quoted kerb weight is 1560 kg.
It is claimed to manage a maxiumum speed of 170 km/h (106 mph).
Full specs
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| Carrosserie | |||
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| Carrosserie | 2+2 seater fixed-head coupé | ||
| Nombre de portes | 2 | ||
| Designer | |||
| Dimensions et poids | |||
| Empattement | 2820 | 111 | |
| Voies AV | 1500 | 59.1 | |
| Voies AR | 1520 | 59.8 | |
| Longueur | 5080 | 200 | |
| Largeur | 1850 | 72.8 | |
| Hauteur | 1330 | 52.4 | |
| Garde au sol | 132 | 5.2 | |
| 1.8 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | 1560 kg | 3439 | |
| Répartition poids AV | |||
| Réservoir à essence | 80 litres | 17.6 [21.1] UK [US] gal. | |
| Caractéristiques aérodynamique | |||
| Coefficient de pénétration | |||
| maître-couple | |||
| SCx | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Constructeur du moteur | GM | ||
| Type moteur | |||
| Cylinders | V 8 | ||
| Cylindrée | 5.1 litre 5055 cc (308.475 cu in) |
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| Alésage × Course | 96.52 × 86.36 mm
3.8 × 3.4 in |
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| Rapport alésage / course | 1.12 | ||
| Distribution | overhead valve (OHV)
2 Soupapes par cylindre 16 Total vannes |
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| Puissance maximale (DIN) |
132 PS (130 bhp) (97 kW) à 3200 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale (DIN) |
332 Nm (245 ft·lb) (33.9 kgm) à 2000 tr/mn |
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| Specific output (DIN) |
19.2 kW/litre 26.1 ps/litre 25.7 bhp/litre 0.42 bhp/cu in |
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(DIN) |
65.68 Nm/litre
0.79 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Construction | |||
| Lubrification | |||
| Taux de compression | 8.4:1 | ||
| Carburant | 1 Ro carb | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 825.3 kPa (119.7 psi) | ||
| Régime maximal | |||
| Nombre de paliers de vilebrequin | 5 | ||
| Refroidissement | Water | ||
| Cylindrée Unitaire | 631.88 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalyseur | Y | ||
| Performances | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | |||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Vitesse | 170 km/h (106 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 84.49 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.08 PS/kg 62.14 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.06 kW/kg 83.33 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.08 bhp/kg 0.04 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 16.09 kg/kW 26.88 lb/bhp |
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| Consommation | |||
| Consommation | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
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| US MPG | |||
| 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 | 5.000 | ||
| Turning circle | 12.70 m | ||
| Suspension AV | I.W.CS.ARB. | ||
| Suspension AR | RA.SE. | ||
| Roues AV | |||
| Roues AR | |||
| Pneumatiques AV | |||
| Pneumatiques AR | |||
| 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 | 44869 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | |||
| RAC rating | 46.2 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1979 Buick Skylark Coupé added 1995-12-11. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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