The Mk II is a rear wheel drive Gordon Buehrig designed coupé motor car with a front mounted engine, from Continental.
It's powered courtesy of a naturally aspirated engine of 6 litre capacity. This unit features overhead valve valve gear, a 90 degree V 8 cylinder layout, and 2 valves per cylinder. It produces 285 bhp (289 PS/213 kW) of power at 4600 rpm, and maximum torque of 544 N·m (401 lb·ft/55.5 kgm) at 2800 rpm.
The engine delivers its power through to the wheels by means of a 3 speed automatic gearbox.
Stated kerb weight is 2189 kg.
Full specs
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| Carrocería | |||
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| Carrocería | 4/5 seater fixed-head coupé | ||
| Número de puertas | 2 | ||
| diseñado por | Gordon Buehrig | ||
| Dimensiones y pesos | |||
| Distancia entre ejes | 3200 | 126 | |
| Vía delantera | 1486 | 58.5 | |
| Vía trasera | 1524 | 60 | |
| Longitud | 5550 | 218.5 | |
| Ancho | 1970 | 77.6 | |
| Altura | 1422 | 56 | |
| Despeje del suelo | 205 | 8.1 | |
| Relación Largo:Dist.entre ejes | 1.73 | ||
| Peso en vacío | 2189 kg | 4826 | |
| Distribución del peso (% adelante) | |||
| Capacità serbatoio | 95 litres | 20.9 [25.1] UK [US] gal. | |
| Aerodinámica | |||
| Coeficiente de penetración | |||
| Superficie frontal | |||
| SCx | |||
| Tren motriz | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Fabricante del motor | Ford | ||
| Código de motor | |||
| Número de cilindros | V 8 in 90° vee | ||
| Cilindrada | 6 litre 6032 cc (368.095 cu in) |
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| Diámetro × Carrera | 101.6 × 93 mm
4 × 3.66 in |
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| Relación diámetro/carrera | 1.09 | ||
| Distribución | overhead valve (OHV)
2 válvulas por cilindro 16 Total de válvulas |
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| Potencia nominal | 289 PS (285 bhp) (213 kW) a 4600 rpm |
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| Par motor máximo | 544 Nm (401 ft·lb) (55.5 kgm) a 2800 rpm |
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| Potencia específica | 35.2 kW/litre 47.9 ps/litre 47.2 bhp/litre 0.77 bhp/cu in |
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90.19 Nm/litre
1.09 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Materiales de block / culata | |||
| Lubricación | Cárter húmedo | ||
| Relación de compresión | 9:1 | ||
| Alimentación | 1 carburettor | ||
| 1133.3 kPa (164.4 psi) | |||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| Casquillos de cigüeñal | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| 754 cc | |||
| Aspiración | Normal | ||
| Compresor | N/A | ||
| intercooler | None | ||
| catalizador | N | ||
| Rendimiento | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | |||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Velocidad máxima | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 132.01 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.13 PS/kg 97.09 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.1 kW/kg 130.2 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.13 bhp/kg 0.06 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 10.3 kg/kW 17.2 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 | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Suspensión delantera | |||
| Suspensión trasera | |||
| Ruedas delante | |||
| Ruedas detrás | |||
| Neumáticos delante | 8.20-15 | ||
| Neumáticos detrás | 8.20-15 | ||
| Brakes F/R | Dr/Dr-S | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmisión | 3 speed automatic | ||
| Eje trasero desmultiplicación | 1 | ||
| Desmultiplicación grupo cónico | 3.07 | ||
| General | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 171809 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 51.2 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1956 Continental Mk II added 2008-03-29. Last modified 2022-06-16. |
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