The Leyland P76 is a rear wheel drive car, with its engine placed in the front, and a 4 door saloon (sedan) body designed by Michelotti.
Its 6 cylinder, single overhead camshaft naturally aspirated engine has 2 valves per cylinder and a displacement of 2.6 litres. This unit produces power and torque figures of 121 bhp (123 PS/90 kW) at 4500 rpm and 224 Nm (165 lbft/22.8 kgm) at 2000 rpm respectively.
This power is supplied to the wheels via a 3 speed automatic gearbox.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Number of doors | 4 | ||
| Designer | Michelotti | ||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2825 mm | 111.2 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1511 mm | 59.5 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1516 mm | 59.7 inches | |
| Length | 4878 mm | 192 inches | |
| Width | 1911 mm | 75.2 inches | |
| Height | 1391 mm | 54.8 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 187 mm | 7.4 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.73 | ||
| Kerb weight | |||
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 75 litres | 16.5 [19.8] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Leyland | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 6 | ||
| Capacity | 2.6 litre 2623 cc (160.065 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 76.2 × 95.7 mm
3 × 3.77 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 0.8 | ||
| Valve gear | single overhead camshaft (SOHC)
2 valves per cylinder 12 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (SAE) |
123 PS (121 bhp) (90 kW) at 4500 rpm |
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| maximum torque (SAE) |
224 Nm (165 ft·lb) (22.8 kgm) at 2000 rpm |
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| Specific output (SAE) |
34.4 kW/litre 46.8 ps/litre 46.1 bhp/litre 0.76 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (SAE) |
85.4 Nm/litre
1.03 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 9:1 | ||
| Fuel system | 1 SU carburettor | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1073.1 kPa (155.6 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 437.17 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | N | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | 11.6 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | 15.8 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | |||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | |||
| Weight-to-power ratio | |||
| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
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| 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 | rack & pinion | ||
| turns lock-to-lock | 4.920 | ||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | I.CS. | ||
| Rear suspension | LA.CS. | ||
| Wheel size front | 5JJ x 14 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 5JJ x 14 | ||
| Tyres front | E78L x 14 | ||
| Tyres rear | E78L x 14 | ||
| Brakes F/R | Di/Dr-S | ||
| Front brake diameter | 273 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 229 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 3 speed automatic | ||
| Top gear ratio | 1 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.89 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 257983 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 21.6 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1973 Leyland P76 Automatic added 2011-11-21. Last modified 2020-02-02. |
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