The Pontiac Firebird Esprit is a 2 door coupé style car with a front positioned engine driving through the rear wheels.
The power is produced by a naturally aspirated engine of 5.8 litre capacity. This unit features overhead valve valve gear, a 90 degree V 8 cylinder layout, and 2 valves per cylinder. It produces 255 bhp (259 PS/190 kW) of power at 4600 rpm, and maximum torque of 481 N·m (355 lb·ft/49 kgm) at 2800 rpm.
The engine drives the wheels via a 3 speed manual transmission.
The quoted weight at the kerb is 1592 kg.
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 | 1557 | 61.3 | |
| Voies AR | 1524 | 60 | |
| Longueur | 4867 | 191.6 | |
| Largeur | 1864 | 73.4 | |
| Hauteur | 1280 | 50.4 | |
| Garde au sol | |||
| 1.77 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | 1592 kg | 3510 | |
| Répartition poids AV | |||
| Réservoir à essence | |||
| Caractéristiques aérodynamique | |||
| Coefficient de pénétration | |||
| maître-couple | |||
| SCx | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Constructeur du moteur | Pontiac | ||
| Type moteur | |||
| Cylinders | V 8 in 90° vee | ||
| Cylindrée | 5.8 litre 5795 cc (353.633 cu in) |
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| Alésage × Course | 98.4 × 95.25 mm
3.87 × 3.75 in |
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| Rapport alésage / course | 1.03 | ||
| Distribution | overhead valve (OHV)
2 Soupapes par cylindre 16 Total vannes |
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| Puissance maximale | 259 PS (255 bhp) (190 kW) à 4600 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale | 481 Nm (355 ft·lb) (49 kgm) à 2800 tr/mn |
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| Specific output | 32.8 kW/litre 44.6 ps/litre 44 bhp/litre 0.72 bhp/cu in |
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83 Nm/litre
1 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Construction | cast iron block & head | ||
| Lubrification | Carter humide | ||
| Taux de compression | 8.8:1 | ||
| Carburant | 1 carburettor | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1043 kPa (151.3 psi) | ||
| Régime maximal | |||
| Nombre de paliers de vilebrequin | |||
| Refroidissement | Water | ||
| Cylindrée Unitaire | 724.38 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 162.4 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.16 PS/kg 119.44 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.12 kW/kg 160.18 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.16 bhp/kg 0.07 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 8.37 kg/kW 13.98 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 | E78-14 | ||
| Pneumatiques AR | E78-14 | ||
| Freins AV/AR | Di/Dr | ||
| Diamètre des freins AV | |||
| Diamètre des freins AR | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmission | 3 speed manual | ||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | 1 | ||
| Rapport de pont | 3.36 | ||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 224543 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | 2487 | ||
| RAC rating | 48.0 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1970 Pontiac Firebird Esprit added 2010-12-14. Last modified 2020-02-02. |
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