This car has a 4 door saloon (sedan) body style with a front located engine that delivers power to the rear wheels.
The Ford Aero Willys's engine is a naturally aspirated petrol, 3 litre, overhead valve 6 cylinder with 2 valves per cylinder. It has an output of 140 bhp (142 PS/104 kW) of power at 4600 rpm, and maximum torque of 220 N·m (162 lb·ft/22.4 kgm) at 2000 rpm.
This power is delivered to the wheels through a 4 speed manual gearbox.
It weighs a quoted 1480 kg at the kerb.
Top claimed speed is 146 km/h, which equates to 91 mph.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Number of doors | 4 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2738 mm | 107.8 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1478 mm | 58.2 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1470 mm | 57.9 inches | |
| Length | 4811 mm | 189.4 inches | |
| Width | 1839 mm | 72.4 inches | |
| Height | 1523 mm | 60 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 186 mm | 7.3 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.76 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1480 kg | 3263 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 66 litres | 14.5 [17.4] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Ford | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 6 | ||
| Capacity | 3 litre 3018 cc (184.17 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 79.4 × 101.6 mm
3.13 × 4 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.78 | ||
| Valve gear | overhead valve (OHV)
2 valves per cylinder 12 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (SAE) |
142 PS (140 bhp) (104 kW) at 4600 rpm |
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| maximum torque (SAE) |
220 Nm (162 ft·lb) (22.4 kgm) at 2000 rpm |
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| Specific output (SAE) |
34.6 kW/litre 47 ps/litre 46.4 bhp/litre 0.76 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (SAE) |
72.9 Nm/litre
0.88 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | cast iron block & heads | ||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 8:1 | ||
| Fuel system | 1 D.F. Vasconcelos carbs | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 916 kPa (132.9 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | 4 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 503 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | N | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | |||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | |||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | 146 km/h (91 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 95.91 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.1 PS/kg 70.54 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.07 kW/kg 94.59 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 bhp/kg 0.04 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 14.18 kg/kW 23.68 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
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| UK MPG | |||
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| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Drive wheels | rear wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | 4.300 | ||
| Turning circle | 12.50 m | ||
| Front suspension | |||
| Rear suspension | |||
| Wheel size front | 5 x 15 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 5 x 15 | ||
| Tyres front | 7.35 x 15 | ||
| Tyres rear | 7.35 x 15 | ||
| Brakes F/R | Dr/Dr | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | 1030 cm2 | ||
| Gearbox | 4 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | 1 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 4.09 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 100947 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 23.5 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1972 Ford Aero Willys added 2002-11-04. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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