This car has a 5 door estate/station wagon type body with a front located engine supplying power to the rear wheels.
Power is supplied by an overhead valve, 6.6 litre naturally aspirated 8 cylinder powerplant, with 2 valves per cylinder that produces power and torque figures of 185 bhp (188 PS/138 kW) at 3600 rpm and 434 N·m (320 lb·ft/44.3 kgm) at 1600 rpm respectively.
The engine supplies its power through to the wheels via a 3 speed automatic transmission.
Its claimed weight at the kerb is 1844 kg.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater estate/station wagon | ||
| Number of doors | 5 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2944 mm | 115.9 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1577 mm | 62.1 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1628 mm | 64.1 inches | |
| Length | 5453 mm | 214.7 inches | |
| Width | 1923 mm | 75.7 inches | |
| Height | 1351 mm | 53.2 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 152 mm | 6 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.85 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1844 kg | 4065 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 80 litres | 17.6 [21.1] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Pontiac | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | V 8 in 90° vee | ||
| Capacity | 6.6 litre 6586 cc (401.902 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 110.5 × 85.85 mm
4.35 × 3.38 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 1.29 | ||
| Valve gear | overhead valve (OHV)
2 valves per cylinder 16 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (DIN) |
188 PS (185 bhp) (138 kW) at 3600 rpm |
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| maximum torque (DIN) |
434 Nm (320 ft·lb) (44.3 kgm) at 1600 rpm |
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| Specific output (DIN) |
20.9 kW/litre 28.5 ps/litre 28.1 bhp/litre 0.46 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (DIN) |
65.9 Nm/litre
0.8 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | cast iron block & head | ||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 8:1 | ||
| Fuel system | 1 Rochester M4MC carburettor | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 828.1 kPa (120.1 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | 4400 rpm | ||
| crankshaft bearings | 5 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 823.25 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| 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 101.72 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.1 PS/kg 74.81 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.07 kW/kg 100.33 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.1 bhp/kg 0.04 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 13.37 kg/kW 22.33 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 | 3.500 | ||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | I.W.CS.ARB. | ||
| Rear suspension | LA.TrailRA.CS.ARB. | ||
| Wheel size front | |||
| Wheel size rear | |||
| Tyres front | GR78 x 15 | ||
| Tyres rear | GR78 x 15 | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/Dr-S | ||
| Front brake diameter | 279 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | 2176 cm2 | ||
| Gearbox | 3 speed automatic | ||
| Top gear ratio | 1 | ||
| Final drive ratio | |||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 163933 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 60.6 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1977 Pontiac Catalina Safari added 2007-11-14. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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