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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| Carrosserie | |||
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| Carrosserie | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Nombre de portes | 4 | ||
| Designer | |||
| Dimensions et poids | |||
| Empattement | 3048 | 120 | |
| Voies AV | 1637 | 64.4 | |
| Voies AR | 1608 | 63.3 | |
| Longueur | 5201 | 204.8 | |
| Largeur | 1930 | 76 | |
| Hauteur | 1590 | 62.6 | |
| Garde au sol | 190 | 7.5 | |
| 1.71 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | 1751 kg | 3860 | |
| Répartition poids AV | |||
| Réservoir à essence | 82 litres | 18 [21.7] UK [US] gal. | |
| Caractéristiques aérodynamique | |||
| Coefficient de pénétration | |||
| maître-couple | |||
| SCx | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Constructeur du moteur | |||
| Type moteur | |||
| Cylinders | V 8 | ||
| Cylindrée | 5 litre 4998 cc (304.997 cu in) |
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| Alésage × Course | 94.9 × 88.3 mm
3.74 × 3.48 in |
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| Rapport alésage / course | 1.07 | ||
| Distribution | overhead valve (OHV)
2 Soupapes par cylindre 16 Total vannes |
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| Puissance maximale (DIN) |
147 PS (145 bhp) (108 kW) à 3800 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale (DIN) |
332 Nm (245 ft·lb) (33.9 kgm) à 2400 tr/mn |
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| Specific output (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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| Construction | |||
| Lubrification | |||
| Taux de compression | 8.4:1 | ||
| Carburant | 1 Ro carb | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 834.7 kPa (121.1 psi) | ||
| Régime maximal | |||
| Nombre de paliers de vilebrequin | 5 | ||
| Refroidissement | Water | ||
| Cylindrée Unitaire | 624.75 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalyseur | Y | ||
| Performances | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | |||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Vitesse | 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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| 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 | 3.460 | ||
| Turning circle | 13.20 m | ||
| Suspension AV | I.W.CS.ARB. | ||
| Suspension AR | LA.SE. | ||
| Roues AV | |||
| Roues AR | |||
| Pneumatiques AV | |||
| Pneumatiques AR | |||
| Freins AV/AR | VeDi/Di-S | ||
| Diamètre des freins AV | |||
| Diamètre des freins AR | |||
| Braked area | 2417 cm2 | ||
| Transmission | 3 speed automatic | ||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | 1 | ||
| Rapport de pont | 2.72 | ||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 44594 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | |||
| 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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