The Skylark Limited Coupé is a road car from Buick, with front wheel drive, a front mounted engine and a 2 door coupé body style.
It forms part of Buick's 4X family of cars.
It's powered courtesy of a naturally aspirated engine of 2.5 litre capacity. This unit features overhead valve valve gear, 4 cylinder layout, and 2 valves per cylinder. It has an output of 84 bhp (85 PS/63 kW) of power at 4000 rpm, and maximum torque of 170 N·m (125 lb·ft/17.3 kgm) at 2400 rpm.
Power is supplied to the wheels by means of a 4 speed manual gearbox.
Full specs
|
|
|||
| bodywork | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Body type | 4/5 seater fixed-head coupé | ||
| Number of doors | 2 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2664 mm | 104.9 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1491 mm | 58.7 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1445 mm | 56.9 inches | |
| Length | 4600 mm | 181.1 inches | |
| Width | 1755 mm | 69.1 inches | |
| Height | 1359 mm | 53.5 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.73 | ||
| Kerb weight | |||
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 53 litres | 11.7 [14] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Buick | ||
| Engine code | LW9 | ||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Capacity | 2.5 litre 2476 cc (151.095 cu in) |
||
| Bore × Stroke | 101.7 × 76.2 mm
4 × 3 in |
||
| Bore/stroke ratio | 1.33 | ||
| Valve gear | overhead valve (OHV)
2 valves per cylinder 8 valves in total |
||
| maximum power output | 85 PS (84 bhp) (63 kW) at 4000 rpm |
||
| maximum torque | 170 Nm (125 ft·lb) (17.3 kgm) at 2400 rpm |
||
| Specific output | 25.3 kW/litre 34.4 ps/litre 33.9 bhp/litre 0.56 bhp/cu in |
||
| Specific torque |
68.66 Nm/litre
0.83 ft·lb/cu3 |
||
| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 8.2:1 | ||
| Fuel system | 1 Rochester carburettor | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 862.8 kPa (125.1 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | 5 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 619 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 | |||
| Weight-to-power ratio | |||
| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| 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 | 3.500 | ||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | |||
| Rear suspension | |||
| Wheel size front | 5 x 13 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 5 x 13 | ||
| Tyres front | P185/80 R 13 | ||
| Tyres rear | P185/80 R 13 | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/Dr | ||
| Front brake diameter | 247 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 4 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.81 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.32 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 695970 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | C37 | ||
| Model family | 4X | ||
| RAC rating | 25.7 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
|
1981 Buick Skylark Limited Coupé added 2020-07-26. Last modified 2020-07-26. |
|||