The Mercury Cougar is a rear wheel drive motor car, with its engine placed in the front, and a 2 door coupé body.
The 8 cylinder, overhead valve naturally aspirated engine has 2 valves per cylinder and a capacity of 4.9 litres. In this application it provides power and torque figures of 230 bhp (233 PS/172 kW) at 4800 rpm and 420 Nm (310 lbft/42.8 kgm) at 2800 rpm respectively.
The engine supplies its power through to the wheels via a 4 speed manual gearbox.
Full specs
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| Carrosserie | |||
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| Carrosserie | 2+2 seater fixed-head coupé | ||
| Aantal portieren | 2 | ||
| Ontwerper | |||
| Afmetingen en gewicht | |||
| Wielbasis | 2819 | 111 | |
| Spoorbreedte voor | 1486 | 58.5 | |
| Spoorbreedte achter | 1486 | 58.5 | |
| Lengte | 4834 | 190.3 | |
| Breedte | 1811 | 71.3 | |
| Hoogte | 1313 | 51.7 | |
| Bodemvrijheid | |||
| 1.71 | |||
| Gewicht | |||
| Gewichtsverdeling | |||
| Benzinetank inhalt | 64.4 litres | 14.2 [17] UK [US] gal. | |
| Aërodynamica | |||
| Cw-waarde | |||
| Frontaal oppervlak | |||
| CdA | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Motor fabrikant | Ford | ||
| Motor nummer | |||
| Aantal cilinders | V 8 in 90° vee | ||
| Cilinderinhoud | 4.9 litre 4942 cc (301.579 cu in) |
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| Boring × Slag | 101.6 × 76.2 mm
4 × 3 in |
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| Boring/slag verhouding | 1.33 | ||
| Distributie | overhead valve (OHV)
2 Kleppen per cilinder 16 Totaal aantal kleppen |
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| Vermogen (gross) |
233 PS (230 bhp) (172 kW) bij 4800 t/min |
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| Max. koppel (gross) |
420 Nm (310 ft·lb) (42.8 kgm) bij 2800 t/min |
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| Specific output (gross) |
34.7 kW/litre 47.2 ps/litre 46.5 bhp/litre 0.76 bhp/cu in |
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(gross) |
84.99 Nm/litre
1.03 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Motor constructie | |||
| Smering | Nat carter | ||
| Compressieverhouding | 10:1 | ||
| Brandstofsysteem | 1 carburettor | ||
| 1068 kPa (154.9 psi) | |||
| Maximum tpm | |||
| Aantal nokkenas lagers | 5 | ||
| Afkoeling | Water | ||
| Eenheidscylinderinhoud | 617.75 cc | ||
| Aanzuiging | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Katalysator | N | ||
| Prestasies | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | |||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Max. snelheid | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | |||
| Weight-to-power ratio | |||
| Verbruik | |||
| Benzineverbruik | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| CO2 Emissies | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| Onderstel | |||
| Motor plaatsing | front | ||
| Motor plaatsing | longitudinal | ||
| Aandrijving | rear wheel drive | ||
| Koppelverdeling | N/A | ||
| Stuurinrichting | |||
| Aantal omwentelingen stuurwiel | |||
| Draaicirkel | |||
| Wielophanging voor | |||
| Wielophanging achter | |||
| Velgmaat voor | |||
| Velgmaat achter | |||
| Bandenmaat voor | E70 x 14 | ||
| Bandenmaat agter | E70 x 14 | ||
| Bremmen voor/agter | Dr/Dr | ||
| Rem diameter voor | |||
| Rem diameter agter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Versnellingsbak | 4 speed manual | ||
| Hoogste versnelling verhouding | 1 | ||
| Achteras verhouding | |||
| Algemeen | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 423555 | ||
| Totaal gebouwd | |||
| Bouwserie | 65A | ||
| RAC rating | 51.2 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1968 Mercury Cougar added 2015-04-30. Last modified 2020-02-02. |
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