The Thunderbird is a car from Ford, with rear wheel drive, a front mounted engine and a 2 door coupé body style.
The 8 cylinder, overhead valve naturally aspirated engine has 2 valves per cylinder and a volume of 4.9 litres. It provides power and torque figures of 130 bhp (132 PS/97 kW) at 3400 rpm and 329 Nm (243 lbft/33.5 kgm) at 1800 rpm respectively.
This power is transferred to the wheels by means of a 3 speed automatic gearbox.
Its quoted weight at the kerb is 1801 kg.
The Ford Thunderbird is claimed to achieve a maxiumum speed of 170 km/h (106 mph).
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater fixed-head coupé | ||
| Number of doors | 2 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2896 mm | 114 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1605 mm | 63.2 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1603 mm | 63.1 inches | |
| Length | 5474 mm | 215.5 inches | |
| Width | 1994 mm | 78.5 inches | |
| Height | 1346 mm | 53 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 124 mm | 4.9 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.89 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1801 kg | 3971 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 98.5 litres | 21.7 [26] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Ford | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | V 8 in 90° vee | ||
| Capacity | 4.9 litre 4942 cc (301.579 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 101.6 × 76.2 mm
4 × 3 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 1.33 | ||
| Valve gear | overhead valve (OHV)
2 valves per cylinder 16 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (DIN) |
132 PS (130 bhp) (97 kW) at 3400 rpm |
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| maximum torque (DIN) |
329 Nm (243 ft·lb) (33.5 kgm) at 1800 rpm |
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| Specific output (DIN) |
19.6 kW/litre 26.7 ps/litre 26.3 bhp/litre 0.43 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (DIN) |
66.57 Nm/litre
0.8 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | cast iron block & head | ||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 8.4:1 | ||
| Fuel system | 1 Ford 2150A D7DE-KA carburettor | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 836.6 kPa (121.3 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | 4200 rpm | ||
| crankshaft bearings | 5 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 617.75 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| 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 | 170 km/h (106 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 73.19 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.07 PS/kg 53.83 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.05 kW/kg 72.18 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.07 bhp/kg 0.03 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 18.58 kg/kW 31.03 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 | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | 3.990 | ||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | |||
| Rear suspension | |||
| Wheel size front | 6 x 15 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 6 x 15 | ||
| Tyres front | HR78 x 15 | ||
| Tyres rear | HR78 x 15 | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/Dr-S | ||
| Front brake diameter | 272 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 3 speed automatic | ||
| Top gear ratio | 1 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 2.75 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 244596 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 51.2 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1977 Ford Thunderbird added 2011-05-20. Last modified 2020-02-02. |
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