The Chevrolet Corvette is a convertible/cabriolet with 2 doors and a front mounted powerplant which supplies its power to the rear wheels.
Power is supplied by an overhead valve, 5.7 litre naturally aspirated 8 cylinder engine, with 2 valves per cylinder that develops power and torque figures of 330 bhp (335 PS/246 kW) at 5600 rpm and 488 N·m (360 lb·ft/49.8 kgm) at 4000 rpm respectively.
The engine transmits power to the wheels by means of a 4 speed manual gearbox.
Its stated weight at the kerb is 1529 kg.
Its maximum speed claimed is 220 km/h or 137 mph.
Full specs
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| Carrocería | |||
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| Carrocería | 2 seater convertible/cabriolet | ||
| Número de puertas | 2 | ||
| diseñado por | |||
| Dimensiones y pesos | |||
| Distancia entre ejes | 2489 | 98 | |
| Vía delantera | 1491 | 58.7 | |
| Vía trasera | 1509 | 59.4 | |
| Longitud | 4636 | 182.5 | |
| Ancho | 1753 | 69 | |
| Altura | 1214 | 47.8 | |
| Despeje del suelo | |||
| Relación Largo:Dist.entre ejes | 1.86 | ||
| Peso en vacío | 1529 kg | 3371 | |
| Distribución del peso (% adelante) | 49.2% front | ||
| Capacità serbatoio | 68.2 litres | 15 [18] UK [US] gal. | |
| Aerodinámica | |||
| Coeficiente de penetración | |||
| Superficie frontal | |||
| SCx | |||
| Tren motriz | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Fabricante del motor | Chevrolet | ||
| Código de motor | LT1 | ||
| Número de cilindros | V 8 in 90° vee | ||
| Cilindrada | 5.7 litre 5733 cc (349.849 cu in) |
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| Diámetro × Carrera | 101.6 × 88.4 mm
4 × 3.48 in |
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| Relación diámetro/carrera | 1.15 | ||
| Distribución | overhead valve (OHV)
2 válvulas por cilindro 16 Total de válvulas |
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| Potencia nominal (SAE) |
335 PS (330 bhp) (246 kW) a 5600 rpm |
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| Par motor máximo (SAE) |
488 Nm (360 ft·lb) (49.8 kgm) a 4000 rpm |
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| Potencia específica (SAE) |
42.9 kW/litre 58.4 ps/litre 57.6 bhp/litre 0.94 bhp/cu in |
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(SAE) |
85.12 Nm/litre
1.03 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Materiales de block / culata | |||
| Lubricación | Cárter húmedo | ||
| Relación de compresión | 9:1 | ||
| Alimentación | 1 Ho carb | ||
| 1069.7 kPa (155.1 psi) | |||
| Maximum RPM | 6500 rpm | ||
| Casquillos de cigüeñal | 5 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| 716.63 cc | |||
| Aspiración | Normal | ||
| Compresor | N/A | ||
| intercooler | None | ||
| catalizador | |||
| Rendimiento | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | 6 s | ||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | 14.5 s | ||
| 0-400m | 14.57 s
@ 100.55 mph |
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| 0-1000m | |||
| Velocidad máxima | 220 km/h (137 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 218.83 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.22 PS/kg 160.94 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.16 kW/kg 215.83 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.22 bhp/kg 0.1 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 6.21 kg/kW 10.38 lb/bhp |
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| Consumos | |||
| Consumo de combustible | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| Emisiones de CO2 | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| Chasis | |||
| Ubicación del motor | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Tracción | rear wheel drive | ||
| Alimentación | N/A | ||
| Dirección, tipo | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | 3.400 | ||
| Turning circle | |||
| Suspensión delantera | |||
| Suspensión trasera | |||
| Ruedas delante | 8.0 x 15 | ||
| Ruedas detrás | 8.0 x 15 | ||
| Neumáticos delante | F70-15 | ||
| Neumáticos detrás | F70-15 | ||
| Brakes F/R | |||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmisión | 4 speed manual | ||
| Eje trasero desmultiplicación | 1 | ||
| Desmultiplicación grupo cónico | 3.70 | ||
| General | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 124124 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 51.2 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1971 Chevrolet Corvette added 2004-12-03. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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