1908 Ford Model T Top Speed

Smith gus degner and peter e.

1908 ford model t top speed. Engineers equipped the model t with a front mounted engine. It is generally regarded as the first affordable automobile which made car travel available to middle class americans. Cooling was by the primitive thermo siphon method lubrication via a splash system. The engine powers the wheels via a 2 speed manual transmission.

The vehicle was initially designed by childe harold wills joseph a. The original model ts featured a 4 cylinder 177 cubic inch engine that produced 20 hp giving the car a top speed of 40 45 mph depending on the model with a fuel efficiency of 13 21 mpg. The model t had a front mounted 177 in 2 9 l four cylinder en bloc motor that is all four in one block as common now rather than in individual castings as common then producing 20 hp 15. This early power plant created a staggering 20 hp 15kw and a top speed of 45.

Ford model t is a car that has a 2 door tourer type body with a front mounted engine driving through the rear wheels. The 2 9 litre engine is a naturally aspirated side valve 4 cylinder unit that has an output of 20 bhp 20 3 ps 14 9 kw of power at 1200 rpm. The ford model t colloquially known as the tin lizzie leaping lena jitney or flivver is an automobile produced by ford motor company from october 1 1908 to may 26 1927. The relatively low price was partly the result of ford s efficient fabrication including.

The 1908 model t ford had a two speed gearbox and a maximum horsepower of 20 which produced a top speed of 45mph pretty impressive. Still its 22 horsepower four cylinder engine could propel the 1 200 pound car to a top speed of between 35 and 40 miles an hour adequate for the mostly unpaved roads of the era.