The Plus 8 Fi is a rear wheel drive convertible/cabriolet motor vehicle with a front located engine, manufactured by Morgan.
Power is produced by an overhead valve, 3.5 litre naturally aspirated 8 cylinder engine, 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 drives the wheels via a 5 speed manual gearbox.
The stated kerb weight is 839 kg.
Its maximum speed claimed is 209 km/h (130 mph).
Full specs
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| Carrosserie | |||
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| Carrosserie | 2 seater convertible/cabriolet | ||
| Nombre de portes | 2 | ||
| Designer | |||
| Dimensions et poids | |||
| Empattement | 2489 | 98 | |
| Voies AV | 1219 | 48 | |
| Voies AR | 1270 | 50 | |
| Longueur | 3734 | 147 | |
| Largeur | 1575 | 62 | |
| Hauteur | 1321 | 52 | |
| Garde au sol | 178 | 7 | |
| 1.5 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | 839 kg | 1850 | |
| Répartition poids AV | 48.1% front | ||
| Réservoir à essence | 64 litres | 14.1 [16.9] UK [US] gal. | |
| Caractéristiques aérodynamique | |||
| Coefficient de pénétration | |||
| maître-couple | |||
| SCx | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Constructeur du moteur | Rover/Buick | ||
| Type moteur | |||
| Cylinders | V 8 in 90° vee | ||
| Cylindrée | 3.5 litre 3532 cc (215.536 cu in) |
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| Alésage × Course | 88.9 × 71.12 mm
3.5 × 2.8 in |
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| Rapport alésage / course | 1.25 | ||
| Distribution | overhead valve (OHV)
2 Soupapes par cylindre 16 Total vannes |
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| Puissance maximale (DIN) |
193 PS (190 bhp) (142 kW) à 5280 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale (DIN) |
298 Nm (220 ft·lb) (30.4 kgm) à 4000 tr/mn |
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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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(DIN) |
84.37 Nm/litre
1.02 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Construction | aluminium alloy block & head | ||
| Lubrification | Carter humide | ||
| Taux de compression | 9.75:1 | ||
| Carburant | Lucas L-Jetronic fuel injection | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1060.2 kPa (153.8 psi) | ||
| Régime maximal | |||
| Nombre de paliers de vilebrequin | 5 | ||
| Refroidissement | Water | ||
| Cylindrée Unitaire | 441.5 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalyseur | N | ||
| Performances | |||
| 0-80km/h | 4.3 s | ||
| 0-60mph | 5.6 s | ||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | 16.4 s | ||
| 0-400m | 14.4 s
@ 95 mph |
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| 0-1000m | 26.7 s
@ 188 km/h |
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| Vitesse | 209 km/h (130 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 229.61 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.23 PS/kg 168.87 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.17 kW/kg 226.46 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.23 bhp/kg 0.1 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 5.92 kg/kW 9.89 lb/bhp |
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| Consommation | |||
| Consommation | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| Emissions de CO₂ | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| Châssis | |||
| Emplacement de moteur | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Traction | rear wheel drive | ||
| Répartition du couple | N/A | ||
| Direction | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Suspension AV | I.VSlPil.CS. | ||
| Suspension AR | LA.SE. | ||
| Roues AV | 6½ x 15 | ||
| Roues AR | 6½ x 15 | ||
| Pneumatiques AV | 205/60 VR 15 | ||
| Pneumatiques AR | 205/60 VR 15 | ||
| Freins AV/AR | Di/Dr-S | ||
| Diamètre des freins AV | 279 mm | ||
| Diamètre des freins AR | 229 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmission | 5 speed manual | ||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | 0.79 | ||
| Rapport de pont | 3.31 | ||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 13222 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | |||
| RAC rating | 39.2 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1984 Morgan Plus 8 Fi added before December 1995. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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