The Toyota Century D is a rear wheel drive road car, with its engine positioned in the front, and a 4 door saloon (sedan) body.
Its 8 cylinder, overhead valve naturally aspirated powerplant has 2 valves per cylinder and a capacity of 3.4 litres. It produces power and torque figures of 180 bhp (183 PS/134 kW) at 5200 rpm and 270 Nm (199 lbft/27.5 kgm) at 4400 rpm respectively.
The engine drives the wheels by means of a 3 speed automatic set of gears.
The claimed kerb weight is 1845 kg.
Top stated speed is 180 km/h (112 mph).
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Number of doors | 4 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2860 mm | 112.6 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1530 mm | 60.2 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1540 mm | 60.6 inches | |
| Length | 4980 mm | 196.1 inches | |
| Width | 1890 mm | 74.4 inches | |
| Height | 1460 mm | 57.5 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 170 mm | 6.7 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.74 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1845 kg | 4068 lb | |
| Weight distribution | 53.9% front | ||
| fuel tank capacity | 90 litres | 19.8 [23.8] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Toyota | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | V 8 | ||
| Capacity | 3.4 litre 3376 cc (206.016 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 83 × 78 mm
3.27 × 3.07 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 1.06 | ||
| Valve gear | overhead valve (OHV)
2 valves per cylinder 16 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (JIS) |
183 PS (180 bhp) (134 kW) at 5200 rpm |
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| maximum torque (JIS) |
270 Nm (199 ft·lb) (27.5 kgm) at 4400 rpm |
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| Specific output (JIS) |
39.8 kW/litre 54.1 ps/litre 53.3 bhp/litre 0.87 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (JIS) |
79.98 Nm/litre
0.97 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | |||
| compression ratio | 8.5:1 | ||
| Fuel system | Bosch-Denso L-Jet fuel inj. | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1005 kPa (145.8 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | 5 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 422 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 | 180 km/h (112 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 98.92 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.1 PS/kg 72.75 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.07 kW/kg 97.56 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.1 bhp/kg 0.04 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 13.75 kg/kW 22.96 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
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| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Drive wheels | rear wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | 3.900 | ||
| Turning circle | 11.40 m | ||
| Front suspension | I.MS.LW.ARB. | ||
| Rear suspension | RA.LRA.TA.TLiBar.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 | |||
| Gearbox | 3 speed automatic | ||
| Top gear ratio | 1 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.73 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 54549 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 34.2 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1979 Toyota Century D added before December 1995. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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