Designed by Giovanni Michelotti
25,939 were built from 1970 to 1977
3D Cutaway Mkii
Specifications
Configuration
Front engined, mounted longitudinally, gearbox in line. Rear wheel drive, 2+2 seater, 2 door luxury sports tourer coupé. Soft-top convertible/cabriolet with removable hardtop. All steel monocoque with T-bar rollover protection.
Engine
- SOHC V8, 90° vee, 16 valves.
- 1 overhead camshaft per cylinder bank.
- Cast iron block, 5 main bearings.
- Aluminium cylinder heads.
- Naturally aspirated petrol.
- Displacement: 3ltr, 2,977cc, (182.9 ci)
- Bore: 86mm, Stroke: 64.5mm
- Compression ratio: 9.25:1
- Dual sports exhast system.
- Dual Carburettors, Zenith-Stromberg CDSE
- Cold air itake system
- Power output: 146bhp (108kW) @5,700rpm
- Torque output: 170lb ft (230Nm) @3,500rpm
Features
Power windows, power steering, rake and reach adjustable leather-bound steering wheel, large, fully adjustable reclining bucket seats, arm rests with red rear illumination and under-door puddle illumination. Smiths instruments set into a walnut dash, parcel shelf under the lockable glove box and lap/sash safety belts. Quad quartz-halogen headlamps and fender mounted indicators.
Dimensions & Weight
- Kerb weight: 1267.5kg
- Wheelbase: 2540mm
- Front track: 1330mm
- Rear track: 1342mm
- Overall length: 4420mm
- Overall width: 1613mm
- Ground clearance: 157.48mm
- Length/wheelbase ratio: 1.74
- Turning circle: 10.4m
- Fuel capacity: 63ltr
Transmissions
- Automatic: 3-speed, Borg-Warner
- Shifter: floor-mounted
- First: 2.390:1
- Second: 1.450:1
- Third: 1.000:1
- Reverse: 2.090:1
- Final drive: 3.700:1
- Manual: 4-speed with overdrive
- Shifter: floor-mounted
- First: 2.995:1
- Second: 2.100:1
- Third: 1.386:1
- Fourth: 1.000:1
- Overdrive/Third: 1.100:1
- Overdrive/Forth: 0.790:1
- Reverse: 3.369:1
- Final drive: 3.700:1
Suspension
- Front: Independent with Macpherson struts. Coil springs, anti-roll bar
- Rear: Independent with semitrailing arms. Coil springs, rubber insulated steel sub-frame.
Steering
- Power assisted rack & pinion
- 3 turns lock to lock
Wheels & Tyres
- GKN Kent Alloys
- 14×5.5J, 4×114.3PCD
- 185HR14 radial tyres
Brakes
- Servo assisted hydraulic, split circuit
- Front: 270mm disks
- Rear: 228mm drums
- Servo: 3:1 boost ratio
Performance
- Maximum speed: 190kph
- 0-100kph: 9.1-11.6 seconds
- 1/4 mile: 17.1-18.2 seconds
- Power-to-weight ratio: 11.7kg/kw
- Overall fuel consumption: 13.7Ltr/100km