The Ford Thunderbird LX is a 2 door coupé style car 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 145 bhp (147 PS/108 kW) at 4000 rpm and 292 Nm (215 lbft/29.8 kgm) at 2750 rpm respectively.
The engine drives the wheels compliments of a 4 speed automatic transmission.
The Ford Thunderbird LX weighs a claimed 1590 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 | 2870 | 113 | |
| Voies AV | 1565 | 61.6 | |
| Voies AR | 1529 | 60.2 | |
| Longueur | 5088 | 200.3 | |
| Largeur | 1859 | 73.2 | |
| Hauteur | 1334 | 52.5 | |
| Garde au sol | 137 | 5.4 | |
| 1.77 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | 1590 kg | 3505 | |
| Répartition poids AV | |||
| Réservoir à essence | 68.2 litres | 15 [18] UK [US] gal. | |
| Caractéristiques aérodynamique | |||
| Coefficient de pénétration | |||
| maître-couple | |||
| SCx | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Constructeur du moteur | Ford | ||
| Type moteur | 994 | ||
| Cylinders | V 6 in 90° vee | ||
| Cylindrée | 3.8 litre 3797 cc (231.707 cu in) |
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| Alésage × Course | 96.8 × 86 mm
3.81 × 3.39 in |
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| Rapport alésage / course | 1.13 | ||
| Distribution | overhead valve (OHV)
2 Soupapes par cylindre 12 Total vannes |
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| Puissance maximale | 147 PS (145 bhp) (108 kW) à 4000 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale | 292 Nm (215 ft·lb) (29.8 kgm) à 2750 tr/mn |
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| Specific output | 28.5 kW/litre 38.7 ps/litre 38.2 bhp/litre 0.63 bhp/cu in |
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76.9 Nm/litre
0.93 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Construction | |||
| Lubrification | Carter humide | ||
| Taux de compression | 9:1 | ||
| Carburant | EFI | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 966.4 kPa (140.2 psi) | ||
| Régime maximal | |||
| Nombre de paliers de vilebrequin | 4 | ||
| Refroidissement | Water | ||
| Cylindrée Unitaire | 632.83 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 92.46 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 PS/kg 68 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.07 kW/kg 91.19 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 bhp/kg 0.04 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 14.7 kg/kW 24.56 lb/bhp |
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| Consommation | |||
| Consommation | 17/26 US MPG EPA city/highway | ||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | 13.8/9.0 l/100km city/highway | ||
| km/litre | 7.2/11.1 km/l city/highway | ||
| UK MPG | 20.4/31.2 UK MPG city/highway | ||
| US MPG | 17.0/26.0 US MPG city/highway | ||
| 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 | 6.0J x 15 | ||
| Roues AR | 8.0J x 15 | ||
| Pneumatiques AV | P205/70 R 15 | ||
| Pneumatiques AR | P205/70 R 15 | ||
| Freins AV/AR | VeDi/VeDi-S | ||
| Diamètre des freins AV | 275 mm | ||
| Diamètre des freins AR | 256 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmission | 4 speed automatic | ||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | 0.7 | ||
| Rapport de pont | 3.27 | ||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 825572 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | 63 | ||
| RAC rating | 34.9 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1997 Ford Thunderbird LX added 2025-02-14. Last modified 2025-02-14. |
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