The Corvair 500 is an automobile from Chevrolet, with rear wheel drive, a rear mounted engine and a 4 door saloon body style.
The Corvair 500 forms part of Chevrolet's 05/07/09 Corvair series.
Its 6 cylinder, overhead valve naturally aspirated engine has 2 valves per cylinder and a displacement of 2.3 litres. In this application it develops power and torque figures of 80 bhp (81 PS/60 kW) at 4400 rpm and 170 Nm (125 lbft/17.3 kgm) at 2400 rpm respectively.
A 3 speed manual gearbox transmits the power to the wheels.
The Chevrolet Corvair 500 weighs a claimed 1077 kg at the kerb.
Full specs
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| Carrosserie | |||
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| Carrosserie | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Nombre de portes | 4 | ||
| Designer | |||
| Dimensions et poids | |||
| Empattement | 2743 | 108 | |
| Voies AV | 1372 | 54 | |
| Voies AR | 1372 | 54 | |
| Longueur | 4572 | 180 | |
| Largeur | 1699 | 66.9 | |
| Hauteur | 1303 | 51.3 | |
| Garde au sol | 152 | 6 | |
| 1.67 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | 1077 kg | 2374 | |
| Répartition poids AV | 37.5% front | ||
| Réservoir à essence | 41.7 litres | 9.2 [11] UK [US] gal. | |
| Caractéristiques aérodynamique | |||
| Coefficient de pénétration | |||
| maître-couple | |||
| SCx | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Constructeur du moteur | Chevrolet | ||
| Type moteur | Turbo Air | ||
| Cylinders | Flat 6 | ||
| Cylindrée | 2.3 litre 2287 cc (139.561 cu in) |
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| Alésage × Course | 85.72 × 66.04 mm
3.37 × 2.6 in |
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| Rapport alésage / course | 1.3 | ||
| Distribution | overhead valve (OHV)
2 Soupapes par cylindre 12 Total vannes |
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| Puissance maximale (gross) |
81 PS (80 bhp) (60 kW) à 4400 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale (gross) |
170 Nm (125 ft·lb) (17.3 kgm) à 2400 tr/mn |
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| Specific output (gross) |
26.1 kW/litre 35.5 ps/litre 35 bhp/litre 0.57 bhp/cu in |
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(gross) |
74.33 Nm/litre
0.9 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Construction | cast iron block; aluminium head | ||
| Lubrification | Carter humide | ||
| Taux de compression | 8:1 | ||
| Carburant | 1 Rochester 7015311 H carburettor | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 934.1 kPa (135.5 psi) | ||
| Régime maximal | |||
| Nombre de paliers de vilebrequin | 4 | ||
| Refroidissement | Air | ||
| Cylindrée Unitaire | 381.17 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalyseur | N | ||
| Performances | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
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| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Vitesse | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 75.31 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.08 PS/kg 55.39 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.06 kW/kg 74.28 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.07 bhp/kg 0.03 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 18.05 kg/kW 30.16 lb/bhp |
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| Consommation | |||
| Consommation | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
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| Emissions de CO₂ | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
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| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| Châssis | |||
| Emplacement de moteur | rear | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Traction | rear wheel drive | ||
| Répartition du couple | N/A | ||
| Direction | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | 5.000 | ||
| Turning circle | 12.00 m | ||
| Suspension AV | I.CS. | ||
| Suspension AR | I.CS. | ||
| Roues AV | 5½ x 13 | ||
| Roues AR | 5½ x 13 | ||
| Pneumatiques AV | 6.50 x 13-4 | ||
| Pneumatiques AR | 6.50 x 13-4 | ||
| Freins AV/AR | Dr/Dr | ||
| Diamètre des freins AV | 229 mm | ||
| Diamètre des freins AR | 229 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmission | 3 speed manual | ||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | 1 | ||
| Rapport de pont | 3.55 | ||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 45881 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | 69 | ||
| 05/07/09 Corvair | |||
| RAC rating | 27.3 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1960 Chevrolet Corvair 500 added before December 1995. Last modified 2022-08-18. |
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