This automobile has a 4 door saloon (sedan) body style with a front mounted engine powering the rear wheels.
The 8 cylinder, overhead valve naturally aspirated engine has 2 valves per cylinder and a displacement of 4.9 litres. For this model it musters power and torque figures of 248 bhp (251 PS/185 kW) at 5000 rpm and 412 Nm (304 lbft/42 kgm) at 3500 rpm respectively.
The engine transmits power to the wheels via a 5 speed manual transmission.
Its claimed kerb weight is 1530 kg.
The Ford Falcon XR8 is said to be able to attain a maxiumum speed of 233 km/h, or 145 mph.
Full specs
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| Carrocería | |||
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| Carrocería | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Número de puertas | 4 | ||
| diseñado por | |||
| Dimensiones y pesos | |||
| Distancia entre ejes | 2793 | 110 | |
| Vía delantera | 1566 | 61.7 | |
| Vía trasera | 1547 | 60.9 | |
| Longitud | 4907 | 193.2 | |
| Ancho | 1870 | 73.6 | |
| Altura | 1437 | 56.6 | |
| Despeje del suelo | |||
| Relación Largo:Dist.entre ejes | 1.76 | ||
| Peso en vacío | 1530 kg | 3373 | |
| Distribución del peso (% adelante) | |||
| Capacità serbatoio | 68 litres | 15 [18] 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 | ||
| Cilindrada | 4.9 litre 4942 cc (301.579 cu in) |
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| Diámetro × Carrera | 101.6 × 76.2 mm
4 × 3 in |
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| Relación diámetro/carrera | 1.33 | ||
| Distribución | overhead valve (OHV)
2 válvulas por cilindro 16 Total de válvulas |
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| Potencia nominal | 251 PS (248 bhp) (185 kW) a 5000 rpm |
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| Par motor máximo | 412 Nm (304 ft·lb) (42 kgm) a 3500 rpm |
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| Potencia específica | 37.4 kW/litre 50.9 ps/litre 50.2 bhp/litre 0.82 bhp/cu in |
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83.37 Nm/litre
1.01 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Materiales de block / culata | |||
| Lubricación | |||
| Relación de compresión | 9.1:1 | ||
| Alimentación | EFi | ||
| 1047.6 kPa (151.9 psi) | |||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| Casquillos de cigüeñal | 5 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| 617.75 cc | |||
| Aspiración | Normal | ||
| Compresor | N/A | ||
| intercooler | None | ||
| catalizador | |||
| Rendimiento | |||
| 0-80km/h | 4.8 s | ||
| 0-60mph | |||
| 0-100km/h | 7.1 s | ||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | 15.15 s | ||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Velocidad máxima | 233 km/h (145 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 164.34 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.16 PS/kg 120.87 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.12 kW/kg 162.09 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.16 bhp/kg 0.07 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 8.27 kg/kW 13.82 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 | 10.90 m | ||
| Suspensión delantera | I.DW. | ||
| Suspensión trasera | I.DW. | ||
| Ruedas delante | |||
| Ruedas detrás | |||
| Neumáticos delante | |||
| Neumáticos detrás | |||
| Brakes F/R | |||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmisión | 5 speed manual | ||
| Eje trasero desmultiplicación | |||
| Desmultiplicación grupo cónico | 3.45 | ||
| General | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 86845 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 51.2 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1999 Ford Falcon XR8 added 2001-08-15. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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