This automobile has a 4 door saloon type body with a front positioned engine driving through the rear wheels.
The Checker Marathon's engine is a naturally aspirated petrol, 5.7 litre, overhead valve 8 cylinder with 2 valves per cylinder. This powerplant produces 160 bhp (162 PS/119 kW) of power at 3800 rpm, and maximum torque of 352 N·m (260 lb·ft/35.9 kgm) at 2400 rpm.
The engine drives the wheels via a 3 speed automatic transmission.
Claimed weight at the kerb is 1753 kg.
Maximum claimed speed is 170 km/h or 106 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 | 3048 | 120 | |
| Vía delantera | 1637 | 64.4 | |
| Vía trasera | 1608 | 63.3 | |
| Longitud | 5201 | 204.8 | |
| Ancho | 1930 | 76 | |
| Altura | 1590 | 62.6 | |
| Despeje del suelo | 190 | 7.5 | |
| Relación Largo:Dist.entre ejes | 1.71 | ||
| Peso en vacío | 1753 kg | 3865 | |
| Distribución del peso (% adelante) | |||
| Capacità serbatoio | 82 litres | 18 [21.7] UK [US] gal. | |
| Aerodinámica | |||
| Coeficiente de penetración | |||
| Superficie frontal | |||
| SCx | |||
| Tren motriz | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Fabricante del motor | |||
| Código de motor | |||
| Número de cilindros | V 8 | ||
| Cilindrada | 5.7 litre 5736 cc (350.032 cu in) |
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| Diámetro × Carrera | 101.6 × 88.4 mm
4 × 3.48 in |
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| Relación diámetro/carrera | 1.15 | ||
| Distribución | overhead valve (OHV)
2 válvulas por cilindro 16 Total de válvulas |
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| Potencia nominal (DIN) |
162 PS (160 bhp) (119 kW) a 3800 rpm |
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| Par motor máximo (DIN) |
352 Nm (260 ft·lb) (35.9 kgm) a 2400 rpm |
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| Potencia específica (DIN) |
20.8 kW/litre 28.3 ps/litre 27.9 bhp/litre 0.46 bhp/cu in |
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(DIN) |
61.37 Nm/litre
0.74 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Materiales de block / culata | |||
| Lubricación | |||
| Relación de compresión | 8.2:1 | ||
| Alimentación | 1 Ro carb | ||
| 771.2 kPa (111.8 psi) | |||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| Casquillos de cigüeñal | 5 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| 717 cc | |||
| Aspiración | Normal | ||
| Compresor | N/A | ||
| intercooler | None | ||
| catalizador | Y | ||
| Rendimiento | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | |||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Velocidad máxima | 170 km/h (106 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 92.54 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 PS/kg 68.06 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.07 kW/kg 91.27 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 bhp/kg 0.04 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 14.69 kg/kW 24.54 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 | 3.460 | ||
| Turning circle | 13.20 m | ||
| Suspensión delantera | I.W.CS.ARB. | ||
| Suspensión trasera | LA.SE. | ||
| Ruedas delante | |||
| Ruedas detrás | |||
| Neumáticos delante | |||
| Neumáticos detrás | |||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/Di-S | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | 2417 cm2 | ||
| Transmisión | 3 speed automatic | ||
| Eje trasero desmultiplicación | 1 | ||
| Desmultiplicación grupo cónico | 2.72 | ||
| General | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 44583 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 51.2 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1979 Checker Marathon added 1997-04-28. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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