The Lincoln Continental Town Car is a 4 door sedan/saloon-bodied car with a front located engine driving through the rear wheels.
It is powered by a naturally aspirated engine of 7.5 litre capacity. This powerplant features overhead valve valve gear, 8 cylinder layout, and 2 valves per cylinder. It produces 219 bhp (222 PS/163 kW) of power at 4400 rpm, and maximum torque of 488 N·m (360 lb·ft/49.8 kgm) at 2800 rpm.
A 3 speed automatic transmission transmits the power to the driven wheels.
The Lincoln Continental Town Car weighs a claimed 2386 kg at the kerb.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Number of doors | 4 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 3226 mm | 127 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1633 mm | 64.3 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1633 mm | 64.3 inches | |
| Length | 5829 mm | 229.5 inches | |
| Width | 2022 mm | 79.6 inches | |
| Height | 1410 mm | 55.5 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.81 | ||
| Kerb weight | 2386 kg | 5260 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 83.3 litres | 18.3 [22] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Ford | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | V 8 | ||
| Capacity | 7.5 litre 7539 cc (460.058 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 110.74 × 97.8 mm
4.36 × 3.85 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 1.13 | ||
| Valve gear | overhead valve (OHV)
2 valves per cylinder 16 valves in total |
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| maximum power output | 222 PS (219 bhp) (163 kW) at 4400 rpm |
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| maximum torque | 488 Nm (360 ft·lb) (49.8 kgm) at 2800 rpm |
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| Specific output | 21.7 kW/litre 29.5 ps/litre 29 bhp/litre 0.48 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque |
64.73 Nm/litre
0.78 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 8:1 | ||
| Fuel system | 1 carb | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 813.4 kPa (118 psi) | ||
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| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 942.38 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | 10.4 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | |||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | 17.6 s
@ 80.2 mph |
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| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 93.06 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 PS/kg 68.44 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.07 kW/kg 91.79 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 bhp/kg 0.04 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 14.61 kg/kW 24.4 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
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| UK MPG | |||
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| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
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| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Drive wheels | rear wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | 3.990 | ||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | I.CS. | ||
| Rear suspension | LA.3Li.CS. | ||
| Wheel size front | |||
| Wheel size rear | |||
| Tyres front | 230-15 | ||
| Tyres rear | 230-15 | ||
| Brakes F/R | Di/Dr-S | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 3 speed automatic | ||
| Top gear ratio | 1 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 2.75 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 142582 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 60.8 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1973 Lincoln Continental Town Car added 2006-05-31. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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