The Pontiac Firebird is a rear wheel drive road car, with the engine mounted in the front, and a 2 door coupé bodyshell.
The Firebird forms part of Pontiac's 223 model range.
It's powered courtesy of a naturally aspirated engine of 4.1 litre capacity. This unit features single overhead camshaft valve gear, 6 cylinder layout, and 2 valves per cylinder. It has an output of 175 bhp (177 PS/130 kW) of power at 4800 rpm, and maximum torque of 325 N·m (240 lb·ft/33.1 kgm) at 2600 rpm.
A 2 speed automatic 'box delivers the power to the wheels.
The Pontiac Firebird weighs a stated 1428 kg at the kerb.
Full specs
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| Carrosserie | |||
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| Carrosserie | 2+2 seater fixed-head coupé | ||
| Nombre de portes | 2 | ||
| Designer | |||
| Dimensions et poids | |||
| Empattement | 2743 | 108 | |
| Voies AV | 1524 | 60 | |
| Voies AR | 1524 | 60 | |
| Longueur | 4796 | 188.8 | |
| Largeur | 1849 | 72.8 | |
| Hauteur | 1270 | 50 | |
| Garde au sol | |||
| 1.75 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | 1428 kg | 3148 | |
| Répartition poids AV | |||
| Réservoir à essence | 70.1 litres | 15.4 [18.5] UK [US] gal. | |
| Caractéristiques aérodynamique | |||
| Coefficient de pénétration | |||
| maître-couple | |||
| SCx | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Constructeur du moteur | Pontiac | ||
| Type moteur | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 6 | ||
| Cylindrée | 4.1 litre 4103 cc (250.38 cu in) |
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| Alésage × Course | 98.55 × 89.66 mm
3.88 × 3.53 in |
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| Rapport alésage / course | 1.1 | ||
| Distribution | single overhead camshaft (SOHC)
2 Soupapes par cylindre 12 Total vannes |
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| Puissance maximale | 177 PS (175 bhp) (130 kW) à 4800 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale | 325 Nm (240 ft·lb) (33.1 kgm) à 2600 tr/mn |
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| Specific output | 31.8 kW/litre 43.2 ps/litre 42.7 bhp/litre 0.7 bhp/cu in |
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79.21 Nm/litre
0.96 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Construction | |||
| Lubrification | Carter humide | ||
| Taux de compression | 9:1 | ||
| Carburant | 1 Rochester carburettor | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 995.4 kPa (144.4 psi) | ||
| Régime maximal | |||
| Nombre de paliers de vilebrequin | |||
| Refroidissement | Water | ||
| Cylindrée Unitaire | 683.83 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalyseur | N | ||
| Performances | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | |||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Vitesse | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 124.25 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.12 PS/kg 91.38 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 kW/kg 122.55 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.12 bhp/kg 0.05 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 10.94 kg/kW 18.28 lb/bhp |
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| Consommation | |||
| Consommation | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
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| 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 | |||
| Suspension AR | |||
| Roues AV | 6 x 14 | ||
| Roues AR | 6 x 14 | ||
| Pneumatiques AV | Firestone E70-14 | ||
| Pneumatiques AR | Firestone E70-14 | ||
| Freins AV/AR | Dr/Dr | ||
| Diamètre des freins AV | 241 mm | ||
| Diamètre des freins AR | 241 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmission | 2 speed automatic | ||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | 1 | ||
| Rapport de pont | 3.23 | ||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 343277 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | 22337 | ||
| 223 | |||
| RAC rating | 36.1 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1968 Pontiac Firebird Automatic added 2013-07-15. Last modified 2020-06-10. |
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