This car has a 4 door saloon (sedan) body style with a front mounted engine supplying power to the rear wheels.
Powering the Ford Cortina 1600 Ghia is a single overhead camshaft, 1.6 litre naturally aspirated 4 cylinder motor, with 2 valves per cylinder that develops power and torque figures of 90 bhp (91 PS/67 kW) at 5700 rpm and 122 N·m (90 lb·ft/12.4 kgm) at 4000 rpm respectively.
This power is transmitted to the wheels by means of a 4 speed manual gearbox.
Quoted kerb weight is 1035 kg.
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 | 2580 mm | 101.6 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1445 mm | 56.9 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1420 mm | 55.9 inches | |
| Length | 4380 mm | 172.4 inches | |
| Width | 1700 mm | 66.9 inches | |
| Height | 1361 mm | 53.6 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.7 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1035 kg | 2282 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 54.1 litres | 11.9 [14.3] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Ford | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Capacity | 1.6 litre 1593 cc (97.211 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 87.65 × 66 mm
3.45 × 2.6 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 1.33 | ||
| Valve gear | single overhead camshaft (SOHC)
2 valves per cylinder 8 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (DIN) |
91 PS (90 bhp) (67 kW) at 5700 rpm |
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| maximum torque (DIN) |
122 Nm (90 ft·lb) (12.4 kgm) at 4000 rpm |
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| Specific output (DIN) |
42.1 kW/litre 57.3 ps/litre 56.5 bhp/litre 0.93 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (DIN) |
76.59 Nm/litre
0.93 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | |||
| compression ratio | 9.2:1 | ||
| Fuel system | 1 We carb | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 962.4 kPa (139.6 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 398.25 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 | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 88.17 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 PS/kg 64.84 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.06 kW/kg 86.96 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 bhp/kg 0.04 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 15.42 kg/kW 25.76 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
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| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
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| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Drive wheels | rear wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | rack & pinion | ||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | I.W.CS. | ||
| Rear suspension | LA.STA.CS. | ||
| Wheel size front | |||
| Wheel size rear | |||
| Tyres front | |||
| Tyres rear | |||
| Brakes F/R | Di/Dr-S | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 4 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | 1 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.89 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 66297 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 19.1 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1976 Ford Cortina 1600 Ghia added before December 1995. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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