This car has a 3 door estate/station wagon body style with a front mounted engine driving through the rear wheels.
It's powered courtesy of a naturally aspirated engine of 2.5 litre capacity. This unit features overhead valve valve gear, 4 cylinder layout, and 2 valves per cylinder. It produces 90 bhp (91 PS/67 kW) of power at 4400 rpm, and maximum torque of 173 N·m (128 lb·ft/17.6 kgm) at 2400 rpm.
A 4 speed manual gearbox delivers the power to the driven wheels.
The claimed weight at the kerb is 1197 kg.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4 seater estate/station wagon | ||
| Number of doors | 3 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2460 mm | 96.9 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1405 mm | 55.3 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1374 mm | 54.1 inches | |
| Length | 4520 mm | 178 inches | |
| Width | 1660 mm | 65.4 inches | |
| Height | 1320 mm | 52 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 124 mm | 4.9 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.84 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1197 kg | 2639 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 70 litres | 15.4 [18.5] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | GM | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | Straight 4 | ||
| Capacity | 2.5 litre 2471 cc (150.79 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 101.6 × 76.2 mm
4 × 3 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 1.33 | ||
| Valve gear | overhead valve (OHV)
2 valves per cylinder 8 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (DIN) |
91 PS (90 bhp) (67 kW) at 4400 rpm |
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| maximum torque (DIN) |
173 Nm (128 ft·lb) (17.6 kgm) at 2400 rpm |
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| Specific output (DIN) |
27.2 kW/litre 36.9 ps/litre 36.4 bhp/litre 0.6 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (DIN) |
70.01 Nm/litre
0.85 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | |||
| compression ratio | 8.2:1 | ||
| Fuel system | 1 Ho carb | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 879.8 kPa (127.6 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | 5 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 617.75 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 76.23 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.08 PS/kg 56.07 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.06 kW/kg 75.19 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.08 bhp/kg 0.03 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 17.84 kg/kW 29.79 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
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| 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 | 4.400 | ||
| Turning circle | 11.70 m | ||
| Front suspension | I.W.CS. | ||
| Rear suspension | LA.RA.TA.CS. | ||
| Wheel size front | |||
| Wheel size rear | |||
| Tyres front | |||
| Tyres rear | |||
| Brakes F/R | Di/Dr-S | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | 1707 cm2 | ||
| Gearbox | 4 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | 1 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 2.73 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 66253 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 25.6 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1979 Pontiac Sunbird Sport Safari Station Wagon added 1996-11-10. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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