The Ford Taurus L V6 is a front wheel drive car, with the engine placed in the front, and a 4 door saloon (sedan) bodyshell.
The 6 cylinder, overhead valve naturally aspirated powerplant has 2 valves per cylinder and a capacity of 3 litres. In this application it musters power and torque figures of 138 bhp (140 PS/103 kW) at 4800 rpm and 217 Nm (160 lbft/22.1 kgm) at 3000 rpm respectively.
A 4 speed automatic 'box transfers the power to the driven wheels.
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 | 2692 | 106 | |
| Voies AV | 1565 | 61.6 | |
| Voies AR | 1537 | 60.5 | |
| Longueur | 4785 | 188.4 | |
| Largeur | 1793 | 70.6 | |
| Hauteur | 1379 | 54.3 | |
| Garde au sol | 130 | 5.1 | |
| 1.78 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | |||
| Répartition poids AV | |||
| Réservoir à essence | |||
| Caractéristiques aérodynamique | |||
| Coefficient de pénétration | |||
| maître-couple | |||
| SCx | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Constructeur du moteur | Ford | ||
| Type moteur | |||
| Cylinders | V 6 in 60° vee | ||
| Cylindrée | 3 litre 2979 cc (181.79 cu in) |
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| Alésage × Course | 88.9 × 80 mm
3.5 × 3.15 in |
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| Rapport alésage / course | 1.11 | ||
| Distribution | overhead valve (OHV)
2 Soupapes par cylindre 12 Total vannes |
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| Puissance maximale (SAE net) |
140 PS (138 bhp) (103 kW) à 4800 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale (SAE net) |
217 Nm (160 ft·lb) (22.1 kgm) à 3000 tr/mn |
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| Specific output (SAE net) |
34.5 kW/litre 47 ps/litre 46.3 bhp/litre 0.76 bhp/cu in |
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(SAE net) |
72.84 Nm/litre
0.88 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Construction | |||
| Lubrification | Carter humide | ||
| Taux de compression | 9.3:1 | ||
| Carburant | fuel injection | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 915.4 kPa (132.8 psi) | ||
| Régime maximal | |||
| Nombre de paliers de vilebrequin | 4 | ||
| Refroidissement | Water | ||
| Cylindrée Unitaire | 496.5 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalyseur | Y | ||
| Performances | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | |||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Vitesse | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | |||
| Weight-to-power ratio | |||
| Consommation | |||
| Consommation | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| Emissions de CO₂ | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| Châssis | |||
| Emplacement de moteur | front | ||
| Engine layout | transverse | ||
| Traction | front wheel drive | ||
| Répartition du couple | N/A | ||
| Direction | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Suspension AV | |||
| Suspension AR | |||
| Roues AV | 5½J x 14 | ||
| Roues AR | 5½J x 14 | ||
| Pneumatiques AV | P195/70 R 14 | ||
| Pneumatiques AR | P195/70 R 14 | ||
| Freins AV/AR | VeDi/Dr-S | ||
| Diamètre des freins AV | 257 mm | ||
| Diamètre des freins AR | 225 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmission | 4 speed automatic | ||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | 0.69 | ||
| Rapport de pont | 3.37 | ||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 833481 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | 54 | ||
| RAC rating | 29.4 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1986 Ford Taurus L V6 added 2025-06-29. Last modified 2025-07-02. |
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