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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| Carrosserie | |||
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| Carrosserie | 4/5 seater fixed-head coupé | ||
| Nombre de portes | 2 | ||
| Designer | Gordon Buehrig | ||
| Dimensions et poids | |||
| Empattement | 3200 | 126 | |
| Voies AV | 1486 | 58.5 | |
| Voies AR | 1524 | 60 | |
| Longueur | 5550 | 218.5 | |
| Largeur | 1970 | 77.6 | |
| Hauteur | 1422 | 56 | |
| Garde au sol | 205 | 8.1 | |
| 1.73 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | 2189 kg | 4826 | |
| Répartition poids AV | |||
| Réservoir à essence | 95 litres | 20.9 [25.1] UK [US] gal. | |
| Caractéristiques aérodynamique | |||
| Coefficient de pénétration | |||
| maître-couple | |||
| SCx | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Constructeur du moteur | Ford | ||
| Type moteur | |||
| Cylinders | V 8 in 90° vee | ||
| Cylindrée | 6 litre 6032 cc (368.095 cu in) |
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| Alésage × Course | 101.6 × 93 mm
4 × 3.66 in |
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| Rapport alésage / course | 1.09 | ||
| Distribution | overhead valve (OHV)
2 Soupapes par cylindre 16 Total vannes |
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| Puissance maximale | 289 PS (285 bhp) (213 kW) à 4600 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale | 544 Nm (401 ft·lb) (55.5 kgm) à 2800 tr/mn |
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| Specific output | 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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| Construction | |||
| Lubrification | Carter humide | ||
| Taux de compression | 9:1 | ||
| Carburant | 1 carburettor | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1133.3 kPa (164.4 psi) | ||
| Régime maximal | |||
| Nombre de paliers de vilebrequin | |||
| Refroidissement | Water | ||
| Cylindrée Unitaire | 754 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalyseur | N | ||
| Performances | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | |||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Vitesse | |||
| 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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| 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 | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Suspension AV | |||
| Suspension AR | |||
| Roues AV | |||
| Roues AR | |||
| Pneumatiques AV | 8.20-15 | ||
| Pneumatiques AR | 8.20-15 | ||
| Freins AV/AR | Dr/Dr-S | ||
| Diamètre des freins AV | |||
| Diamètre des freins AR | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmission | 3 speed automatic | ||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | 1 | ||
| Rapport de pont | 3.07 | ||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 171809 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | |||
| 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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