This car has a 4 door saloon (sedan) body style with a front positioned engine delivering power to the rear wheels.
Powering the Mercury Comet Custom Sedan is an overhead valve, 2.4 litre naturally aspirated 6 cylinder motor, with 2 valves per cylinder that produces power and torque figures of 85 bhp (86 PS/63 kW) at 4200 rpm and 187 N·m (138 lb·ft/19.1 kgm) at 2000 rpm respectively.
This power is delivered to the wheels via a 4 speed manual gearbox.
Stated weight at the kerb is 1160 kg.
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 | 2896 mm | 114 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1397 mm | 55 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1384 mm | 54.5 inches | |
| Length | 4948 mm | 194.8 inches | |
| Width | 1788 mm | 70.4 inches | |
| Height | 1384 mm | 54.5 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.71 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1160 kg | 2557 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 53 litres | 11.7 [14] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Ford | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 6 | ||
| Capacity | 2.4 litre 2365 cc (144.321 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 88.9 × 63.5 mm
3.5 × 2.5 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 1.4 | ||
| Valve gear | overhead valve (OHV)
2 valves per cylinder 12 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (SAE) |
86 PS (85 bhp) (63 kW) at 4200 rpm |
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| maximum torque (SAE) |
187 Nm (138 ft·lb) (19.1 kgm) at 2000 rpm |
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| Specific output (SAE) |
26.8 kW/litre 36.4 ps/litre 35.9 bhp/litre 0.59 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (SAE) |
79.07 Nm/litre
0.96 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | |||
| compression ratio | 8.7:1 | ||
| Fuel system | |||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 993.6 kPa (144.1 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 394.17 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | N | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | |||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | |||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 74.29 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.07 PS/kg 54.64 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.05 kW/kg 73.28 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.07 bhp/kg 0.03 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 18.3 kg/kW 30.57 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 ? | |||
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| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Drive wheels | rear wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | I.CS. | ||
| Rear suspension | LA.LS. | ||
| Wheel size front | |||
| Wheel size rear | |||
| Tyres front | 6.00 x 13 | ||
| Tyres rear | 6.00 x 13 | ||
| Brakes F/R | Dr/Dr | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 4 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | |||
| Final drive ratio | |||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 135751 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 29.4 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1963 Mercury Comet Custom Sedan added 2005-12-17. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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