The Lincoln Continental Town Coupé is a 2 door coupé-bodied car with a front mounted engine driving through the rear wheels.
Its 8 cylinder, overhead valve naturally aspirated engine has 2 valves per cylinder and a displacement of 7.5 litres. It musters power and torque figures of 206 bhp (209 PS/154 kW) at 3800 rpm and 484 Nm (357 lbft/49.4 kgm) at 2600 rpm respectively.
The engine delivers its power through to the wheels via a 3 speed automatic 'box.
It weighs a claimed 2359 kg at the kerb.
Its maximum speed claimed is 200 km/h or 124 mph.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater fixed-head coupé | ||
| Number of doors | 2 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 3231 mm | 127.2 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1633 mm | 64.3 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1638 mm | 64.5 inches | |
| Length | 5913 mm | 232.8 inches | |
| Width | 2022 mm | 79.6 inches | |
| Height | 1407 mm | 55.4 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.83 | ||
| Kerb weight | 2359 kg | 5201 lb | |
| Weight distribution | 58% front | ||
| fuel tank capacity | |||
| 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 (net) |
209 PS (206 bhp) (154 kW) at 3800 rpm |
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| maximum torque (net) |
484 Nm (357 ft·lb) (49.4 kgm) at 2600 rpm |
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| Specific output (net) |
20.4 kW/litre 27.7 ps/litre 27.3 bhp/litre 0.45 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (net) |
64.2 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) | 806.8 kPa (117 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| 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) | 7.3 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | 9.5 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | |||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | 17.12 s
@ 81.37 mph |
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| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | 200 km/h (124 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 88.54 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 PS/kg 65.12 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.07 kW/kg 87.33 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 bhp/kg 0.04 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 15.36 kg/kW 25.65 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
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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 | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | 3.500 | ||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | I.U&LW.CS. | ||
| Rear suspension | LA.CS.3Li. | ||
| Wheel size front | 6 x 15 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 6 x 15 | ||
| Tyres front | 235R x 15 | ||
| Tyres rear | 235R x 15 | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/Di-S | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | 2679 cm2 | ||
| Gearbox | 3 speed automatic | ||
| Top gear ratio | 1 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.00 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 132275 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 60.8 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1975 Lincoln Continental Town Coupé added 2005-08-15. Last modified 2013-03-25. |
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