This car has a 2 door convertible/cabriolet type body with a front mounted engine delivering its power to the rear wheels.
Powering the Ford Thunderbird is an overhead valve, 4.8 litre naturally aspirated 8 cylinder powerplant, with 2 valves per cylinder that produces power and torque figures of 198 bhp (201 PS/148 kW) at 4400 rpm and 388 N·m (286 lb·ft/39.6 kgm) at 2500 rpm respectively.
A 3 speed automatic gearbox transmits the power to the driven wheels.
The claimed kerb weight is 1425 kg.
Top quoted speed is 177 km/h (110 mph).
Full specs
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| Carrosserie | |||
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| Carrosserie | 2 seater convertible/cabriolet | ||
| Nombre de portes | 2 | ||
| Designer | |||
| Dimensions et poids | |||
| Empattement | 2591 | 102 | |
| Voies AV | 1422 | 56 | |
| Voies AR | 1422 | 56 | |
| Longueur | 4453 | 175.3 | |
| Largeur | 1783 | 70.2 | |
| Hauteur | 1326 | 52.2 | |
| Garde au sol | |||
| 1.72 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | 1425 kg | 3142 | |
| 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 8 in 90° vee | ||
| Cylindrée | 4.8 litre 4785 cc (291.999 cu in) |
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| Alésage × Course | 95.25 × 83.82 mm
3.75 × 3.3 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 | 201 PS (198 bhp) (148 kW) à 4400 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale | 388 Nm (286 ft·lb) (39.6 kgm) à 2500 tr/mn |
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| Specific output | 30.9 kW/litre 42 ps/litre 41.4 bhp/litre 0.68 bhp/cu in |
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81.09 Nm/litre
0.98 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Construction | |||
| Lubrification | Carter humide | ||
| Taux de compression | 8.5:1 | ||
| Carburant | 1 Ford carburettor | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1019 kPa (147.8 psi) | ||
| Régime maximal | |||
| Nombre de paliers de vilebrequin | |||
| Refroidissement | Water | ||
| Cylindrée Unitaire | 598.13 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalyseur | N | ||
| Performances | |||
| 0-80km/h | 8.2 s | ||
| 0-60mph | 11.1 s | ||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | 17.6 s | ||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Vitesse | 177 km/h (110 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 140.88 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.14 PS/kg 103.61 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.1 kW/kg 138.95 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.14 bhp/kg 0.06 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 9.65 kg/kW 16.12 lb/bhp |
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| Consommation | |||
| Consommation | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
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| 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 | I.CS. | ||
| Suspension AR | LA.SE. | ||
| Roues AV | 5 x 15 | ||
| Roues AR | 5 x 15 | ||
| Pneumatiques AV | 6.70-15 | ||
| Pneumatiques AR | 6.70-15 | ||
| Freins AV/AR | Dr/Dr-S | ||
| Diamètre des freins AV | 279 mm | ||
| Diamètre des freins AR | 279 mm | ||
| Braked area | 1129 cm2 | ||
| Transmission | 3 speed automatic | ||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | 1 | ||
| Rapport de pont | 3.30 | ||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 69861 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | |||
| RAC rating | 45.0 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1955 Ford Thunderbird added before December 1995. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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