The Corvette is a motor vehicle from Chevrolet, with rear wheel drive, a front located engine and a 2 door coupé body style.
Its engine is a naturally aspirated petrol, 5.7 litre, overhead valve 90 degree V 8 cylinder with 2 valves per cylinder. This unit develops 220 bhp (223 PS/164 kW) of power at 5200 rpm, and maximum torque of 353 N·m (260 lb·ft/36 kgm) at 3600 rpm.
The engine drives the wheels via a 4 speed manual transmission.
The Chevrolet Corvette weighs a claimed 1622 kg at the kerb.
Full specs
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| Carrosserie | |||
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| Carrosserie | 2 seater fixed-head coupé | ||
| Nombre de portes | 2 | ||
| Designer | |||
| Dimensions et poids | |||
| Empattement | 2489 | 98 | |
| Voies AV | 1491 | 58.7 | |
| Voies AR | 1511 | 59.5 | |
| Longueur | 4704 | 185.2 | |
| Largeur | 1753 | 69 | |
| Hauteur | 1219 | 48 | |
| Garde au sol | 109 | 4.3 | |
| 1.89 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | 1622 kg | 3576 | |
| Répartition poids AV | 47.5% front | ||
| Réservoir à essence | 90.9 litres | 20 [24] UK [US] gal. | |
| Caractéristiques aérodynamique | |||
| Coefficient de pénétration | |||
| maître-couple | |||
| SCx | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Constructeur du moteur | GM | ||
| Type moteur | L82 | ||
| Cylinders | V 8 in 90° vee | ||
| Cylindrée | 5.7 litre 5733 cc (349.849 cu in) |
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| Alésage × Course | 101.6 × 88.4 mm
4 × 3.48 in |
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| Rapport alésage / course | 1.15 | ||
| Distribution | overhead valve (OHV)
2 Soupapes par cylindre 16 Total vannes |
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| Puissance maximale (gross) |
223 PS (220 bhp) (164 kW) à 5200 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale (gross) |
353 Nm (260 ft·lb) (36 kgm) à 3600 tr/mn |
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| Specific output (gross) |
28.6 kW/litre 38.9 ps/litre 38.4 bhp/litre 0.63 bhp/cu in |
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(gross) |
61.57 Nm/litre
0.74 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Construction | cast iron block & head | ||
| Lubrification | Carter humide | ||
| Taux de compression | 8.9:1 | ||
| Carburant | 1 Rochester 17058211 carburettor | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 773.8 kPa (112.2 psi) | ||
| Régime maximal | |||
| Nombre de paliers de vilebrequin | 5 | ||
| Refroidissement | Water | ||
| Cylindrée Unitaire | 716.63 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalyseur | Y | ||
| Performances | |||
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| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Vitesse | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 137.52 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.14 PS/kg 101.14 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.1 kW/kg 135.64 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.14 bhp/kg 0.06 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 9.89 kg/kW 16.51 lb/bhp |
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| Consommation | |||
| Consommation | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
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| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| Emissions de CO₂ | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| Châssis | |||
| Emplacement de moteur | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Traction | rear wheel drive | ||
| Répartition du couple | N/A | ||
| Direction | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | 2.920 | ||
| Turning circle | |||
| Suspension AV | |||
| Suspension AR | |||
| Roues AV | 8.00 x 15 | ||
| Roues AR | 8.00 x 15 | ||
| Pneumatiques AV | P225/70 R 15 | ||
| Pneumatiques AR | P225/70 R 15 | ||
| Freins AV/AR | VeDi/VeDi-S | ||
| Diamètre des freins AV | 298 mm | ||
| Diamètre des freins AR | 298 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmission | 4 speed manual | ||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | 1 | ||
| Rapport de pont | 3.36 | ||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 281050 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | 1YZ87 | ||
| RAC rating | 51.2 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1977 Chevrolet Corvette (1978) added 2012-07-15. Last modified 2020-02-02. |
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