Kermit’s Technical

Specifications

Dimensions

Overall length: 3620 mm.

Overall width (including mirrors): 1827 mm.

Wheelbase: 2446 mm.

Cd: 0·36

Frontal area: 1·88 m²

Effective Frontal Area: 0·677 m²

Engine

Endura-E: four in-line cylinders, EEC V fuel injection. Standard output figures of 60 PS at 5,000 rpm and 77 lbsft at 2,500 rpm.

Bluefin reprogrammed ECU, increasing maximum power and torque. Power Engineering’s claimed output is 72 bhp at 5,600 rpm and 101 lbsft at 2,300 rpm.

Over 90% of peak torque produced from 1,500 rpm to 4,500 rpm.

Capacity: 1,299 cc, or 79·27 in³

Bore and Stroke: 73·96 x 75·48 mm

Compression Ratio: 9·5:1

Firing Order: 1-2-4-3

CO2 emissions: 165 g/km

Fuel consumption: Urban @31·7 mpg, Extra Urban @ 50·4 mpg, Combined @ 41·5 mpg.

Oil Pressure at idle: 0·6 bar

Oil Pressure at 2,000 rpm: 1·5 bar

Warm Up Time: at 12°C, nine minutes. At -2°C, fifteen minutes.

Performance

Maximum speed (Ford’s claim): 96 mph

0-62 mph (Ford’s claim): 14·7 seconds

Quarter Mile (Dervy’s Claim): 19·25 seconds (York Dragway, 2004, see here)

Mechanical features

Brakes: ventilated 240 mm discs up front, 180 mm drums on the rear, four channel electronic ABS.

Hydraulic power steering.

Electronic cruise control with three memory presets.

Front suspension: independent MacPherson struts, sub-frame mounted “A” arm, anti-roll bar at the front. Twist-beam semi-trailing coil springs with toe-correcting bushes at the rear. Ford Racing suspension and dampers. Strut brace.

Wheels: 13” 5½J XR2i alloy wheels with a 30·6 offset, wearing 185/60H tyres.

Transmission: close ratio five speed manual gearbox, hydraulic clutch, 4·06 final drive.

Drivers, passengers and front side airbags, anti-submarining front seats, side-impact door beams, the front structure is specifically optimised for energy absorption, utilising widely-spaced longitudinal side members that also support the engine mounting system.

Electrically heated and adjustable door mirrors, “Quickclear” heated front windscreen, heated rear window.

Electric front windows and opening rear quarter windows.

Radio remote central locking.

Electronically controlled heater matrix with CFC-free air conditioning. The heater is governed by a solenoid-operated double-spool shutter valve near the entry point to the hot water matrix. This provides a pulse-width modulated flow from the engine block. There; doesn’t that sound impressive!

For Kermit’s modifications, possible modifications, and related topics, see here.

Nerdy ECU Data

Thanks to my OBD-II Scanner, my PalmOS devices are able to communicate with Kermit’s ECU to find out what’s happening under there.