The Corvair Station Wagon is a road car from Chevrolet, with rear wheel drive, a rear positioned engine and a 5 door estate/station wagon body style.
It forms part of Chevrolet's 700 Series model series.
Power is supplied by an overhead valve, 2.4 litre naturally aspirated 6 cylinder engine, with 2 valves per cylinder that develops power and torque figures of 80 bhp (81 PS/60 kW) at 4400 rpm and 174 N·m (128 lb·ft/17.7 kgm) at 2300 rpm respectively.
The engine delivers its power through to the wheels via a 4 speed manual 'box.
The quoted weight at the kerb is 1104 kg.
Full specs
|
|
|||
| bodywork | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Body type | 4/5 seater estate/station wagon | ||
| Number of doors | 5 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2743 mm | 108 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1384 mm | 54.5 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1384 mm | 54.5 inches | |
| Length | 4572 mm | 180 inches | |
| Width | 1702 mm | 67 inches | |
| Height | 1359 mm | 53.5 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.67 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1104 kg | 2434 lb | |
| Weight distribution | 35.3% front | ||
| fuel tank capacity | 53 litres | 11.7 [14] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Chevrolet | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | Flat 6 | ||
| Capacity | 2.4 litre 2370 cc (144.626 cu in) |
||
| Bore × Stroke | 87.3 × 66 mm
3.44 × 2.6 in |
||
| Bore/stroke ratio | 1.32 | ||
| Valve gear | overhead valve (OHV)
2 valves per cylinder 12 valves in total |
||
| maximum power output (SAE gross) |
81 PS (80 bhp) (60 kW) at 4400 rpm |
||
| maximum torque (SAE gross) |
174 Nm (128 ft·lb) (17.7 kgm) at 2300 rpm |
||
| Specific output (SAE gross) |
25.2 kW/litre 34.2 ps/litre 33.8 bhp/litre 0.55 bhp/cu in |
||
| Specific torque (SAE gross) |
73.42 Nm/litre
0.89 ft·lb/cu3 |
||
| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 8:1 | ||
| Fuel system | 2 Rochester carburettors | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 922.6 kPa (133.8 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | 4 | ||
| Engine coolant | Air | ||
| Unitary capacity | 395 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | N | ||
| 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 | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 73.47 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.07 PS/kg 54.04 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.05 kW/kg 72.46 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.07 bhp/kg 0.03 bhp/lb |
||
| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 18.51 kg/kW 30.91 lb/bhp |
||
| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | rear | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Drive wheels | rear wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | |||
| Rear suspension | |||
| Wheel size front | 5½J x 13 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 5½J x 13 | ||
| Tyres front | 6.50 x 13-4PR | ||
| Tyres rear | 6.50 x 13-4PR | ||
| Brakes F/R | Dr/Dr | ||
| Front brake diameter | 229 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 229 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 4 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | 1 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.55 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 364375 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | 727 | ||
| Model family | 700 Series | ||
| RAC rating | 28.4 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
|
1962 Chevrolet Corvair Station Wagon added 2014-03-01. Last modified 2020-02-02. |
|||