The Buick Special is a 4 door sedan/saloon-bodied road car with a front positioned engine powering the rear wheels.
Power is supplied by an overhead valve, 3.5 litre naturally aspirated 8 cylinder motor, with 2 valves per cylinder that produces power and torque figures of 150 bhp (152 PS/112 kW) at 4400 rpm and 298 N·m (220 lb·ft/30.4 kgm) at 2400 rpm respectively.
A 3 speed automatic gearbox delivers the power to the driven wheels.
With a stated weight at the kerb of 1247 kg, the Buick Special can dispense with the 0-60 mph sprint in 11.2 seconds and the standing-start quarter mile in 17.7 seconds.
Maximum speed claimed is 169 km/h, which is 105 mph.
Full specs
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| Carrocería | |||
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| Carrocería | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Número de puertas | 4 | ||
| diseñado por | |||
| Dimensiones y pesos | |||
| Distancia entre ejes | 2845 | 112 | |
| Vía delantera | 1422 | 56 | |
| Vía trasera | 1422 | 56 | |
| Longitud | 4785 | 188.4 | |
| Ancho | 1811 | 71.3 | |
| Altura | 1334 | 52.5 | |
| Despeje del suelo | |||
| Relación Largo:Dist.entre ejes | 1.68 | ||
| Peso en vacío | 1247 kg | 2749 | |
| Distribución del peso (% adelante) | 53% front | ||
| Capacità serbatoio | 59.1 litres | 13 [15.6] UK [US] gal. | |
| Aerodinámica | |||
| Coeficiente de penetración | |||
| Superficie frontal | |||
| SCx | |||
| Tren motriz | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Fabricante del motor | Buick | ||
| Código de motor | |||
| Número de cilindros | V 8 | ||
| Cilindrada | 3.5 litre 3531 cc (215.475 cu in) |
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| Diámetro × Carrera | 88.9 × 71.1 mm
3.5 × 2.8 in |
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| Relación diámetro/carrera | 1.25 | ||
| Distribución | overhead valve (OHV)
2 válvulas por cilindro 16 Total de válvulas |
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| Potencia nominal | 152 PS (150 bhp) (112 kW) a 4400 rpm |
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| Par motor máximo | 298 Nm (220 ft·lb) (30.4 kgm) a 2400 rpm |
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| Potencia específica | 31.7 kW/litre 43.1 ps/litre 42.5 bhp/litre 0.7 bhp/cu in |
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84.4 Nm/litre
1.02 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Materiales de block / culata | |||
| Lubricación | |||
| Relación de compresión | 8.8:1 | ||
| Alimentación | 1 Ro carb | ||
| 1060.5 kPa (153.8 psi) | |||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| Casquillos de cigüeñal | 5 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| 441.38 cc | |||
| Aspiración | Normal | ||
| Compresor | N/A | ||
| intercooler | None | ||
| catalizador | N | ||
| Rendimiento | |||
| 0-80km/h | 8.5 s | ||
| 0-60mph | 11.2 s | ||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | 17.7 s
@ 73 mph |
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| 0-1000m | |||
| Velocidad máxima | 169 km/h (105 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 121.96 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.12 PS/kg 89.7 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 kW/kg 120.29 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.12 bhp/kg 0.05 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 11.15 kg/kW 18.62 lb/bhp |
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| Consumos | |||
| Consumo de combustible | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| Emisiones de CO2 | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| Chasis | |||
| Ubicación del motor | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Tracción | rear wheel drive | ||
| Alimentación | N/A | ||
| Dirección, tipo | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | 6.200 | ||
| Turning circle | 11.30 m | ||
| Suspensión delantera | I.CS. | ||
| Suspensión trasera | LA.CS. | ||
| Ruedas delante | |||
| Ruedas detrás | |||
| Neumáticos delante | 6.50-13 | ||
| Neumáticos detrás | 6.50-13 | ||
| Brakes F/R | Dr/Dr | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | 1445 cm2 | ||
| Transmisión | 3 speed automatic | ||
| Eje trasero desmultiplicación | 1 | ||
| Desmultiplicación grupo cónico | 3.36 | ||
| General | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 112497 | ||
| Unidades producidas | 18339 | ||
| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 39.2 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1960 Buick Special (1961) added 2003-08-05. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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