This car has a 2 door coupé body style with a front mounted engine driving through the rear wheels.
The 6 cylinder, overhead valve naturally aspirated engine has 2 valves per cylinder and a volume of 3.8 litres. This unit provides power and torque figures of 140 bhp (142 PS/104 kW) at 3800 rpm and 291 Nm (215 lbft/29.7 kgm) at 2400 rpm respectively.
A 4 speed automatic gearbox transfers the power to the wheels.
Quoted kerb weight is 1619 kg.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 2+2 seater fixed-head coupé | ||
| Number of doors | 2 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2870 mm | 113 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1565 mm | 61.6 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1529 mm | 60.2 inches | |
| Length | 5088 mm | 200.3 inches | |
| Width | 1847 mm | 72.7 inches | |
| Height | 1334 mm | 52.5 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.77 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1619 kg | 3569 lb | |
| Weight distribution | 57.8% front | ||
| fuel tank capacity | 68 litres | 15 [18] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Ford | ||
| Engine code | 994 | ||
| Cylinders | V 6 in 90° vee | ||
| Capacity | 3.8 litre 3815 cc (232.806 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 96.8 × 86.4 mm
3.81 × 3.4 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 1.12 | ||
| Valve gear | overhead valve (OHV)
2 valves per cylinder 12 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (SAE net) |
142 PS (140 bhp) (104 kW) at 3800 rpm |
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| maximum torque (SAE net) |
291 Nm (215 ft·lb) (29.7 kgm) at 2400 rpm |
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| Specific output (SAE net) |
27.4 kW/litre 37.2 ps/litre 36.7 bhp/litre 0.6 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (SAE net) |
76.28 Nm/litre
0.92 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | cast iron block; aluminum head | ||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 9:1 | ||
| Fuel system | SMPFI | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 958.5 kPa (139 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 635.83 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 | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 87.68 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 PS/kg 64.48 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.06 kW/kg 86.47 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 bhp/kg 0.04 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 15.51 kg/kW 25.9 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | 19/26 US MPG EPA city/highway | ||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | 12.4/9.0 l/100km city/highway | ||
| km/litre | 8.1/11.1 km/l city/highway | ||
| UK MPG | 22.8/31.2 UK MPG city/highway | ||
| US MPG | 19.0/26.0 US MPG city/highway | ||
| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Drive wheels | rear wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | 2.750 | ||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | |||
| Rear suspension | |||
| Wheel size front | 6.0J x 15 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 6.0J x 15 | ||
| Tyres front | P205/70 R 15 | ||
| Tyres rear | P205/70 R 15 | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/Dr-S | ||
| Front brake diameter | 274 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 250 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 4 speed automatic | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.7 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.27 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 633743 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | BA/VS-AI|63D | ||
| RAC rating | 34.9 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1994 Ford Thunderbird LX added 2020-01-28. Last modified 2020-03-16. |
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