The Chevrolet Corvette is a coupé with 2 doors and a front mounted powerplant which supplies the power to the rear wheels.
It is part of Chevrolet's C6 range of cars.
Power is produced by an overhead valve, 6.2 litre naturally aspirated 8 cylinder powerplant, with 2 valves per cylinder that provides power and torque figures of 436 bhp (442 PS/325 kW) at 5900 rpm and 580 N·m (428 lb·ft/59.1 kgm) at 4600 rpm respectively.
The engine supplies its power through to the wheels via a 6 speed manual 'box.
The quoted kerb weight is 1459 kg.
Full specs
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| Carrosserie | |||
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| Carrosserie | 2 seater fixed-head coupé | ||
| Aantal portieren | 2 | ||
| Ontwerper | |||
| Afmetingen en gewicht | |||
| Wielbasis | 2685 | 105.7 | |
| Spoorbreedte voor | |||
| Spoorbreedte achter | |||
| Lengte | 4435 | 174.6 | |
| Breedte | 1844 | 72.6 | |
| Hoogte | 1244 | 49 | |
| Bodemvrijheid | |||
| 1.65 | |||
| Gewicht | 1459 kg | 3217 | |
| Gewichtsverdeling | |||
| Benzinetank inhalt | 68.1 litres | 15 [18] UK [US] gal. | |
| Aërodynamica | |||
| Cw-waarde | |||
| Frontaal oppervlak | |||
| CdA | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Motor fabrikant | Chevrolet | ||
| Motor nummer | LS3 | ||
| Aantal cilinders | V 8 in 90° vee | ||
| Cilinderinhoud | 6.2 litre 6162 cc (376.028 cu in) |
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| Boring × Slag | 103.25 × 92 mm
4.06 × 3.62 in |
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| Boring/slag verhouding | 1.12 | ||
| Distributie | overhead valve (OHV)
2 Kleppen per cilinder 16 Totaal aantal kleppen |
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| Vermogen (SAE net) |
442 PS (436 bhp) (325 kW) bij 5900 t/min |
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| Max. koppel (SAE net) |
580 Nm (428 ft·lb) (59.1 kgm) bij 4600 t/min |
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| Specific output (SAE net) |
52.8 kW/litre 71.7 ps/litre 70.8 bhp/litre 1.16 bhp/cu in |
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(SAE net) |
94.13 Nm/litre
1.14 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Motor constructie | cast aluminium block & head | ||
| Smering | Nat carter | ||
| Compressieverhouding | 10.7:1 | ||
| Brandstofsysteem | SFi | ||
| 1182.8 kPa (171.6 psi) | |||
| Maximum tpm | |||
| Aantal nokkenas lagers | 5 | ||
| Afkoeling | Water | ||
| Eenheidscylinderinhoud | 770.25 cc | ||
| Aanzuiging | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Katalysator | Y | ||
| Prestasies | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | |||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Max. snelheid | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 302.99 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.3 PS/kg 222.84 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.22 kW/kg 298.83 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.3 bhp/kg 0.13 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 4.49 kg/kW 7.5 lb/bhp |
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| Verbruik | |||
| Benzineverbruik | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| CO2 Emissies | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| Onderstel | |||
| Motor plaatsing | front | ||
| Motor plaatsing | longitudinal | ||
| Aandrijving | rear wheel drive | ||
| Koppelverdeling | N/A | ||
| Stuurinrichting | |||
| Aantal omwentelingen stuurwiel | |||
| Draaicirkel | |||
| Wielophanging voor | |||
| Wielophanging achter | |||
| Velgmaat voor | 8½ x 18 | ||
| Velgmaat achter | 10.0 x 19 | ||
| Bandenmaat voor | Goodyear Eagle F1 SC P245/40 ZR 18 | ||
| Bandenmaat agter | Goodyear Eagle F1 SC P285/35 ZR 19 | ||
| Bremmen voor/agter | VeDi/VeDi-S-ABS | ||
| Rem diameter voor | 325 mm | ||
| Rem diameter agter | 305 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Versnellingsbak | 6 speed manual | ||
| Hoogste versnelling verhouding | 0.5 | ||
| Achteras verhouding | 3.42 | ||
| Algemeen | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 156332 | ||
| Totaal gebouwd | |||
| Bouwserie | |||
| Model familie | C6 | ||
| RAC rating | 52.9 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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2007 Chevrolet Corvette (2008) added 2007-04-30. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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