The Pontiac Firebird Formula is a coupé with 2 doors and a front mounted engine which transmits its power to the rear wheels.
The 8 cylinder, overhead valve naturally aspirated engine has 2 valves per cylinder and a volume of 4.4 litres. In this application it provides power and torque figures of 120 bhp (122 PS/89 kW) at 3600 rpm and 278 Nm (205 lbft/28.3 kgm) at 2000 rpm respectively.
The engine transmits power to the wheels via a 3 speed automatic transmission.
Its quoted kerb weight is 1541 kg.
Maximum speed claimed is 158 km/h or 98 mph.
Full specs
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| Carrocería | |||
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| Carrocería | 2+2 seater fixed-head coupé | ||
| Número de puertas | 2 | ||
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| Dimensiones y pesos | |||
| Distancia entre ejes | 2748 | 108.2 | |
| Vía delantera | 1557 | 61.3 | |
| Vía trasera | 1524 | 60 | |
| Longitud | 5032 | 198.1 | |
| Ancho | 1854 | 73 | |
| Altura | 1252 | 49.3 | |
| Despeje del suelo | 117 | 4.6 | |
| Relación Largo:Dist.entre ejes | 1.83 | ||
| Peso en vacío | 1541 kg | 3397 | |
| Distribución del peso (% adelante) | |||
| Capacità serbatoio | 79.6 litres | 17.5 [21] UK [US] gal. | |
| Aerodinámica | |||
| Coeficiente de penetración | |||
| Superficie frontal | |||
| SCx | |||
| Tren motriz | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Fabricante del motor | GM | ||
| Código de motor | |||
| Número de cilindros | V 8 in 90° vee | ||
| Cilindrada | 4.4 litre 4390 cc (267.894 cu in) |
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| Diámetro × Carrera | 88.9 × 88.4 mm
3.5 × 3.48 in |
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| Relación diámetro/carrera | 1.01 | ||
| Distribución | overhead valve (OHV)
2 válvulas por cilindro 16 Total de válvulas |
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| Potencia nominal (SAEnet) |
122 PS (120 bhp) (89 kW) a 3600 rpm |
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| Par motor máximo (SAEnet) |
278 Nm (205 ft·lb) (28.3 kgm) a 2000 rpm |
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| Potencia específica (SAEnet) |
20.4 kW/litre 27.7 ps/litre 27.3 bhp/litre 0.45 bhp/cu in |
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(SAEnet) |
63.33 Nm/litre
0.77 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Materiales de block / culata | cast iron block & head | ||
| Lubricación | Cárter húmedo | ||
| Relación de compresión | 8.3:1 | ||
| Alimentación | 1 Ro M2ME carb | ||
| 795.8 kPa (115.4 psi) | |||
| Maximum RPM | 4000 rpm | ||
| Casquillos de cigüeñal | 5 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| 548.75 cc | |||
| Aspiración | Normal | ||
| Compresor | N/A | ||
| intercooler | None | ||
| catalizador | Y | ||
| Rendimiento | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | |||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Velocidad máxima | 158 km/h (98 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 78.95 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.08 PS/kg 58.07 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.06 kW/kg 77.87 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.08 bhp/kg 0.03 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 17.22 kg/kW 28.77 lb/bhp |
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| Consumos | |||
| Consumo de combustible | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| Emisiones de CO2 | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| Chasis | |||
| Ubicación del motor | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Tracción | rear wheel drive | ||
| Alimentación | N/A | ||
| Dirección, tipo | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | 2.410 | ||
| Turning circle | 12.60 m | ||
| Suspensión delantera | I.W.CS.ARB. | ||
| Suspensión trasera | LA.SE.ARB. | ||
| Ruedas delante | |||
| Ruedas detrás | |||
| Neumáticos delante | P205/75 R 15 | ||
| Neumáticos detrás | P205/75 R 15 | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/Dr-S | ||
| Front brake diameter | 279 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | 2106 cm2 | ||
| Transmisión | 3 speed automatic | ||
| Eje trasero desmultiplicación | 1 | ||
| Desmultiplicación grupo cónico | 2.41 | ||
| General | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 99528 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 39.2 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1981 Pontiac Firebird Formula added 2002-09-05. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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