Checker Marathon is a car that has a 4 door saloon (sedan) type body with a front mounted engine powering the rear wheels.
It is powered by a naturally aspirated engine of 5 litre capacity. This unit features overhead valve valve gear, 8 cylinder layout, and 2 valves per cylinder. It develops 145 bhp (147 PS/108 kW) of power at 3800 rpm, and maximum torque of 332 N·m (245 lb·ft/33.9 kgm) at 2400 rpm.
The engine drives the wheels via a 3 speed automatic gearbox.
Its claimed kerb weight is 1751 kg.
Its maximum speed stated is 165 km/h or 103 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 | 1751 kg | 3860 | |
| 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 litre 4998 cc (304.997 cu in) |
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| Diámetro × Carrera | 94.9 × 88.3 mm
3.74 × 3.48 in |
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| Relación diámetro/carrera | 1.07 | ||
| Distribución | overhead valve (OHV)
2 válvulas por cilindro 16 Total de válvulas |
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| Potencia nominal (DIN) |
147 PS (145 bhp) (108 kW) a 3800 rpm |
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| Par motor máximo (DIN) |
332 Nm (245 ft·lb) (33.9 kgm) a 2400 rpm |
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| Potencia específica (DIN) |
21.6 kW/litre 29.4 ps/litre 29 bhp/litre 0.48 bhp/cu in |
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(DIN) |
66.43 Nm/litre
0.8 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Materiales de block / culata | |||
| Lubricación | |||
| Relación de compresión | 8.4:1 | ||
| Alimentación | 1 Ro carb | ||
| 834.7 kPa (121.1 psi) | |||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| Casquillos de cigüeñal | 5 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| 624.75 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 | 165 km/h (103 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 83.96 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.08 PS/kg 61.75 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.06 kW/kg 82.81 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.08 bhp/kg 0.04 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 16.19 kg/kW 27.05 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 | 44594 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 44.7 | ||
| 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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