The Buick SportWagon is a 5 door estate/station wagon style automobile with a front mounted engine powering the rear wheels.
It forms part of Buick's 43436 series of cars.
The 8 cylinder, overhead valve naturally aspirated engine has 2 valves per cylinder and a volume of 5.7 litres. In this application it provides power and torque figures of 230 bhp (233 PS/172 kW) at 4200 rpm and 475 Nm (350 lbft/48.4 kgm) at 2400 rpm respectively.
This power is supplied to the wheels by means of a 3 speed automatic gearbox.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater estate/station wagon | ||
| Number of doors | 5 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2946 mm | 116 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1500 mm | 59.1 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1500 mm | 59.1 inches | |
| Length | 5403 mm | 212.7 inches | |
| Width | 1963 mm | 77.3 inches | |
| Height | 1392 mm | 54.8 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.83 | ||
| Kerb weight | |||
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 87 litres | 19.1 [23] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Buick | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | V 8 in 90° vee | ||
| Capacity | 5.7 litre 5722 cc (349.178 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 96.5 × 97.8 mm
3.8 × 3.85 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.99 | ||
| Valve gear | overhead valve (OHV)
2 valves per cylinder 16 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (SAE) |
233 PS (230 bhp) (172 kW) at 4200 rpm |
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| maximum torque (SAE) |
475 Nm (350 ft·lb) (48.4 kgm) at 2400 rpm |
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| Specific output (SAE) |
30 kW/litre 40.8 ps/litre 40.2 bhp/litre 0.66 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (SAE) |
83.01 Nm/litre
1 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 8.5:1 | ||
| Fuel system | 1 Rochester 2GV carburettor | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1043.2 kPa (151.3 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | 5 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 715.25 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | |||
| 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 | |||
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| UK MPG | |||
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| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Drive wheels | rear wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | |||
| Rear suspension | |||
| Wheel size front | |||
| Wheel size rear | |||
| Tyres front | H78 x 14 | ||
| Tyres rear | H78 x 14 | ||
| Brakes F/R | Di/Dr-S | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 3 speed automatic | ||
| Top gear ratio | 1 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.08 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 234091 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | |||
| Model family | 43436 | ||
| RAC rating | 46.2 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1971 Buick SportWagon Automatic added 2011-02-21. Last modified 2020-02-02. |
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