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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| Carrosserie | |||
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| Carrosserie | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Nombre de portes | 4 | ||
| Designer | |||
| Dimensions et poids | |||
| Empattement | 2845 | 112 | |
| Voies AV | 1422 | 56 | |
| Voies AR | 1422 | 56 | |
| Longueur | 4785 | 188.4 | |
| Largeur | 1811 | 71.3 | |
| Hauteur | 1334 | 52.5 | |
| Garde au sol | |||
| 1.68 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | 1247 kg | 2749 | |
| Répartition poids AV | 53% front | ||
| Réservoir à essence | 59.1 litres | 13 [15.6] UK [US] gal. | |
| Caractéristiques aérodynamique | |||
| Coefficient de pénétration | |||
| maître-couple | |||
| SCx | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Constructeur du moteur | Buick | ||
| Type moteur | |||
| Cylinders | V 8 | ||
| Cylindrée | 3.5 litre 3531 cc (215.475 cu in) |
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| Alésage × Course | 88.9 × 71.1 mm
3.5 × 2.8 in |
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| Rapport alésage / course | 1.25 | ||
| Distribution | overhead valve (OHV)
2 Soupapes par cylindre 16 Total vannes |
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| Puissance maximale | 152 PS (150 bhp) (112 kW) à 4400 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale | 298 Nm (220 ft·lb) (30.4 kgm) à 2400 tr/mn |
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| Specific output | 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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| Construction | |||
| Lubrification | |||
| Taux de compression | 8.8:1 | ||
| Carburant | 1 Ro carb | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1060.5 kPa (153.8 psi) | ||
| Régime maximal | |||
| Nombre de paliers de vilebrequin | 5 | ||
| Refroidissement | Water | ||
| Cylindrée Unitaire | 441.38 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalyseur | N | ||
| Performances | |||
| 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 | |||
| Vitesse | 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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| Consommation | |||
| Consommation | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
| 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 | 6.200 | ||
| Turning circle | 11.30 m | ||
| Suspension AV | I.CS. | ||
| Suspension AR | LA.CS. | ||
| Roues AV | |||
| Roues AR | |||
| Pneumatiques AV | 6.50-13 | ||
| Pneumatiques AR | 6.50-13 | ||
| Freins AV/AR | Dr/Dr | ||
| Diamètre des freins AV | |||
| Diamètre des freins AR | |||
| Braked area | 1445 cm2 | ||
| Transmission | 3 speed automatic | ||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | 1 | ||
| Rapport de pont | 3.36 | ||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 112497 | ||
| Production total | 18339 | ||
| Type mines | |||
| 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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