The Thunderbird is a motor car from Ford, with rear wheel drive, a front located engine and a 2 door coupé body style.
The 8 cylinder, overhead valve naturally aspirated engine has 2 valves per cylinder and a displacement of 5.8 litres. In this application it produces power and torque figures of 144 bhp (146 PS/107 kW) at 3200 rpm and 376 Nm (277 lbft/38.3 kgm) at 1600 rpm respectively.
This power is delivered to the wheels by means of a 3 speed automatic transmission.
The Ford Thunderbird weighs a stated 1917 kg at the kerb.
Full specs
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| Carrosserie | |||
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| Carrosserie | 4/5 seater fixed-head coupé | ||
| Nombre de portes | 2 | ||
| Designer | |||
| Dimensions et poids | |||
| Empattement | 2896 | 114 | |
| Voies AV | 1605 | 63.2 | |
| Voies AR | 1603 | 63.1 | |
| Longueur | 5474 | 215.5 | |
| Largeur | 1981 | 78 | |
| Hauteur | 1346 | 53 | |
| Garde au sol | |||
| 1.89 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | 1917 kg | 4226 | |
| Répartition poids AV | |||
| Réservoir à essence | 79.6 litres | 17.5 [21] UK [US] gal. | |
| Caractéristiques aérodynamique | |||
| Coefficient de pénétration | |||
| maître-couple | |||
| SCx | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Constructeur du moteur | Ford | ||
| Type moteur | |||
| Cylinders | V 8 in 90° vee | ||
| Cylindrée | 5.8 litre 5766 cc (351.863 cu in) |
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| Alésage × Course | 101.6 × 88.9 mm
4 × 3.5 in |
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| Rapport alésage / course | 1.14 | ||
| Distribution | overhead valve (OHV)
2 Soupapes par cylindre 16 Total vannes |
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| Puissance maximale (SAE net) |
146 PS (144 bhp) (107 kW) à 3200 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale (SAE net) |
376 Nm (277 ft·lb) (38.3 kgm) à 1600 tr/mn |
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| Specific output (SAE net) |
18.6 kW/litre 25.3 ps/litre 25 bhp/litre 0.41 bhp/cu in |
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(SAE net) |
65.21 Nm/litre
0.79 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Construction | cast iron block & head | ||
| Lubrification | Carter humide | ||
| Taux de compression | 8.3:1 | ||
| Carburant | 1 Ford carburettor | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 819.5 kPa (118.9 psi) | ||
| Régime maximal | |||
| Nombre de paliers de vilebrequin | 5 | ||
| Refroidissement | Water | ||
| Cylindrée Unitaire | 720.75 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 | Higher is better 76.16 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.08 PS/kg 56.02 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.06 kW/kg 75.12 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.08 bhp/kg 0.03 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 17.85 kg/kW 29.82 lb/bhp |
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| Consommation | |||
| Consommation | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
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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 | |||
| Suspension AV | |||
| Suspension AR | |||
| Roues AV | 6 x 15 | ||
| Roues AR | 6 x 15 | ||
| Pneumatiques AV | HR78-15 | ||
| Pneumatiques AR | HR78-15 | ||
| Freins AV/AR | VeDi/Dr-S | ||
| Diamètre des freins AV | 272 mm | ||
| Diamètre des freins AR | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmission | 3 speed automatic | ||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | 1 | ||
| Rapport de pont | 2.50 | ||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 685707 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | |||
| RAC rating | 51.2 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1978 Ford Thunderbird added 2020-06-25. Last modified 2020-06-25. |
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