Marcos Mantula Injection is an automobile that has a 2 door coupé body style with a front mounted engine supplying power to the rear wheels.
Power is supplied by an overhead valve, 3.5 litre naturally aspirated 8 cylinder powerplant, with 2 valves per cylinder that provides power and torque figures of 190 bhp (193 PS/142 kW) at 5280 rpm and 298 N·m (220 lb·ft/30.4 kgm) at 4000 rpm respectively.
The engine powers the wheels via a 5 speed manual gearbox.
Quoted kerb weight is 900 kg.
Maximum speed stated is 249 km/h (155 mph).
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 2 seater fixed-head coupé | ||
| Number of doors | 2 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2273 mm | 89.5 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1238 mm | 48.7 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1300 mm | 51.2 inches | |
| Length | 4153 mm | 163.5 inches | |
| Width | 1588 mm | 62.5 inches | |
| Height | 1080 mm | 42.5 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 126 mm | 5 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.83 | ||
| Kerb weight | 900 kg | 1984 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 49 litres | 10.8 [12.9] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
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| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Rover/Buick | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | V 8 | ||
| Capacity | 3.5 litre 3532 cc (215.536 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 88.9 × 71.12 mm
3.5 × 2.8 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 1.25 | ||
| Valve gear | overhead valve (OHV)
2 valves per cylinder 16 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (DIN) |
193 PS (190 bhp) (142 kW) at 5280 rpm |
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| maximum torque (DIN) |
298 Nm (220 ft·lb) (30.4 kgm) at 4000 rpm |
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| Specific output (DIN) |
40.1 kW/litre 54.5 ps/litre 53.8 bhp/litre 0.88 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (DIN) |
84.37 Nm/litre
1.02 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | |||
| compression ratio | 9.7:1 | ||
| Fuel system | Bo LE-Jet fuel inj. | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1060.2 kPa (153.8 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | 5 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 441.5 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | N | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | 4.5 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | 5.7 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | |||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | 14.6 s | ||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | 249 km/h (155 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 214.05 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.21 PS/kg 157.43 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.16 kW/kg 211.11 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.21 bhp/kg 0.09 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 6.35 kg/kW 10.61 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
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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 | 2.200 | ||
| Turning circle | 9.80 m | ||
| Front suspension | I.W.CS. | ||
| Rear suspension | LA.PR.CS. | ||
| Wheel size front | |||
| Wheel size rear | |||
| Tyres front | 195/60 x 14 | ||
| Tyres rear | 215/60 x 14 | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/Dr | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
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| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 5 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.83 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.09 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 33946 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 39.2 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1984 Marcos Mantula Injection added before December 1995. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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