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 | ||
| Aantal portieren | 4 | ||
| Ontwerper | |||
| Afmetingen en gewicht | |||
| Wielbasis | 3048 | 120 | |
| Spoorbreedte voor | 1637 | 64.4 | |
| Spoorbreedte achter | 1608 | 63.3 | |
| Lengte | 5201 | 204.8 | |
| Breedte | 1930 | 76 | |
| Hoogte | 1590 | 62.6 | |
| Bodemvrijheid | 190 | 7.5 | |
| 1.71 | |||
| Gewicht | 1751 kg | 3860 | |
| Gewichtsverdeling | |||
| Benzinetank inhalt | 82 litres | 18 [21.7] UK [US] gal. | |
| Aërodynamica | |||
| Cw-waarde | |||
| Frontaal oppervlak | |||
| CdA | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Motor fabrikant | |||
| Motor nummer | |||
| Aantal cilinders | V 8 | ||
| Cilinderinhoud | 5 litre 4998 cc (304.997 cu in) |
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| Boring × Slag | 94.9 × 88.3 mm
3.74 × 3.48 in |
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| Boring/slag verhouding | 1.07 | ||
| Distributie | overhead valve (OHV)
2 Kleppen per cilinder 16 Totaal aantal kleppen |
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| Vermogen (DIN) |
147 PS (145 bhp) (108 kW) bij 3800 t/min |
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| Max. koppel (DIN) |
332 Nm (245 ft·lb) (33.9 kgm) bij 2400 t/min |
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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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| Motor constructie | |||
| Smering | |||
| Compressieverhouding | 8.4:1 | ||
| Brandstofsysteem | 1 Ro carb | ||
| 834.7 kPa (121.1 psi) | |||
| Maximum tpm | |||
| Aantal nokkenas lagers | 5 | ||
| Afkoeling | Water | ||
| Eenheidscylinderinhoud | 624.75 cc | ||
| Aanzuiging | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Katalysator | Y | ||
| Prestasies | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | |||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Max. snelheid | 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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| Verbruik | |||
| Benzineverbruik | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| CO2 Emissies | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| Onderstel | |||
| Motor plaatsing | front | ||
| Motor plaatsing | longitudinal | ||
| Aandrijving | rear wheel drive | ||
| Koppelverdeling | N/A | ||
| Stuurinrichting | |||
| Aantal omwentelingen stuurwiel | 3.460 | ||
| Draaicirkel | 13.20 m | ||
| Wielophanging voor | I.W.CS.ARB. | ||
| Wielophanging achter | LA.SE. | ||
| Velgmaat voor | |||
| Velgmaat achter | |||
| Bandenmaat voor | |||
| Bandenmaat agter | |||
| Bremmen voor/agter | VeDi/Di-S | ||
| Rem diameter voor | |||
| Rem diameter agter | |||
| Braked area | 2417 cm2 | ||
| Versnellingsbak | 3 speed automatic | ||
| Hoogste versnelling verhouding | 1 | ||
| Achteras verhouding | 2.72 | ||
| Algemeen | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 44594 | ||
| Totaal gebouwd | |||
| Bouwserie | |||
| 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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