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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| Carrosserie | |||
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| Carrosserie | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Nombre de portes | 4 | ||
| Designer | |||
| Dimensions et poids | |||
| Empattement | 2793 | 110 | |
| Voies AV | 1566 | 61.7 | |
| Voies AR | 1547 | 60.9 | |
| Longueur | 4907 | 193.2 | |
| Largeur | 1870 | 73.6 | |
| Hauteur | 1437 | 56.6 | |
| Garde au sol | |||
| 1.76 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | 1530 kg | 3373 | |
| Répartition poids AV | |||
| Réservoir à essence | 68 litres | 15 [18] UK [US] gal. | |
| Caractéristiques aérodynamique | |||
| Coefficient de pénétration | |||
| maître-couple | |||
| SCx | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Constructeur du moteur | Ford | ||
| Type moteur | |||
| Cylinders | V 8 | ||
| Cylindrée | 4.9 litre 4942 cc (301.579 cu in) |
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| Alésage × Course | 101.6 × 76.2 mm
4 × 3 in |
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| Rapport alésage / course | 1.33 | ||
| Distribution | overhead valve (OHV)
2 Soupapes par cylindre 16 Total vannes |
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| Puissance maximale | 251 PS (248 bhp) (185 kW) à 5000 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale | 412 Nm (304 ft·lb) (42 kgm) à 3500 tr/mn |
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| Specific output | 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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| Construction | |||
| Lubrification | |||
| Taux de compression | 9.1:1 | ||
| Carburant | EFi | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1047.6 kPa (151.9 psi) | ||
| Régime maximal | |||
| Nombre de paliers de vilebrequin | 5 | ||
| Refroidissement | Water | ||
| Cylindrée Unitaire | 617.75 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalyseur | |||
| Performances | |||
| 0-80km/h | 4.8 s | ||
| 0-60mph | |||
| 0-100km/h | 7.1 s | ||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | 15.15 s | ||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Vitesse | 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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| Consommation | |||
| Consommation | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
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| 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 | 10.90 m | ||
| Suspension AV | I.DW. | ||
| Suspension AR | I.DW. | ||
| Roues AV | |||
| Roues AR | |||
| Pneumatiques AV | |||
| Pneumatiques AR | |||
| Freins AV/AR | |||
| Diamètre des freins AV | |||
| Diamètre des freins AR | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmission | 5 speed manual | ||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | |||
| Rapport de pont | 3.45 | ||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 86845 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | |||
| 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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