Ford Laser 1500 Sport is an automobile that has a 5 door hatchback body style with a front located engine powering the front wheels.
Its 4 cylinder, single overhead camshaft naturally aspirated engine has 2 valves per cylinder and a volume of 1.5 litres. This unit develops power and torque figures of 76 bhp (77 PS/57 kW) at 5500 rpm and 117 Nm (86 lbft/11.9 kgm) at 3000 rpm respectively.
A 5 speed manual gearbox transfers the power to the driven wheels.
Claimed weight at the kerb is 892 kg.
The Ford Laser 1500 Sport is said to be able to attain a maxiumum speed of 160 km/h which is 99 mph.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater hatchback | ||
| Number of doors | 5 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2400 mm | 94.5 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1390 mm | 54.7 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1415 mm | 55.7 inches | |
| Length | 3990 mm | 157.1 inches | |
| Width | 1645 mm | 64.8 inches | |
| Height | 1390 mm | 54.7 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 152 mm | 6 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.66 | ||
| Kerb weight | 892 kg | 1967 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 57 litres | 12.5 [15.1] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Mazda | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Capacity | 1.5 litre 1490 cc (90.925 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 77 × 80 mm
3.03 × 3.15 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.96 | ||
| Valve gear | single overhead camshaft (SOHC)
2 valves per cylinder 8 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (ISO) |
77 PS (76 bhp) (57 kW) at 5500 rpm |
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| maximum torque (ISO) |
117 Nm (86 ft·lb) (11.9 kgm) at 3000 rpm |
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| Specific output (ISO) |
38 kW/litre 51.7 ps/litre 51 bhp/litre 0.84 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (ISO) |
78.52 Nm/litre
0.95 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 9:1 | ||
| Fuel system | 1 carburettor | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 986.8 kPa (143.1 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | 5 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 372.5 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | N | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | 9 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | |||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | 14.1 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | 36 s
@ 141 km/h |
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| Maximum speed | 160 km/h (99 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 86.39 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 PS/kg 63.53 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.06 kW/kg 85.2 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 bhp/kg 0.04 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 15.74 kg/kW 26.29 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
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| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
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| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | transverse | ||
| Drive wheels | front wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | rack & pinion | ||
| turns lock-to-lock | 3.600 | ||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | I.MS.CS. | ||
| Rear suspension | I.TrailLi.CS.ARB. | ||
| Wheel size front | 5J x 13 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 5J x 13 | ||
| Tyres front | 175/70 SR 13 | ||
| Tyres rear | 175/70 SR 13 | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/Dr-S | ||
| Front brake diameter | 238 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 200 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 5 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.78 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.85 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 156013 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 14.7 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1986 Ford Laser 1500 Sport added 2007-04-09. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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