The Chevrolet Corvette is a rear wheel drive car, with its engine placed in the front, and a 2 door convertible/cabriolet bodyshell.
Powering the Chevrolet Corvette is an overhead valve, 4.6 litre naturally aspirated 8 cylinder powerplant, with 2 valves per cylinder that develops power and torque figures of 315 bhp (319 PS/235 kW) at 6200 rpm and 400 N·m (295 lb·ft/40.8 kgm) at 4700-5100 rpm respectively.
The power is transmitted to the wheels via a 4 speed manual transmission.
Quoted weight at the kerb is 1356 kg.
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 | 2590 | 102 | |
| Vía delantera | 1448 | 57 | |
| Vía trasera | 1499 | 59 | |
| Longitud | 4500 | 177.2 | |
| Ancho | 1850 | 72.8 | |
| Altura | 1311 | 51.6 | |
| Despeje del suelo | |||
| Relación Largo:Dist.entre ejes | 1.74 | ||
| Peso en vacío | 1356 kg | 2989 | |
| Distribución del peso (% adelante) | |||
| Capacità serbatoio | 62.1 litres | 13.7 [16.4] UK [US] gal. | |
| Aerodinámica | |||
| Coeficiente de penetración | |||
| Superficie frontal | |||
| SCx | |||
| Tren motriz | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Fabricante del motor | Chevrolet | ||
| Código de motor | |||
| Número de cilindros | V 8 in 90° vee | ||
| Cilindrada | 4.6 litre 4639 cc (283.089 cu in) |
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| Diámetro × Carrera | 98.43 × 76.2 mm
3.88 × 3 in |
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| Relación diámetro/carrera | 1.29 | ||
| Distribución | overhead valve (OHV)
2 válvulas por cilindro 16 Total de válvulas |
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| Potencia nominal (gross) |
319 PS (315 bhp) (235 kW) a 6200 rpm |
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| Par motor máximo (gross) |
400 Nm (295 ft·lb) (40.8 kgm) a 4700-5100 rpm |
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| Potencia específica (gross) |
50.6 kW/litre 68.8 ps/litre 67.9 bhp/litre 1.11 bhp/cu in |
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(gross) |
86.23 Nm/litre
1.04 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Materiales de block / culata | cast iron block; aluminum alloy head | ||
| Lubricación | Cárter húmedo | ||
| Relación de compresión | 11:1 | ||
| Alimentación | Rochester 7017320 fuel injection | ||
| 1083.5 kPa (157.2 psi) | |||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| Casquillos de cigüeñal | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| 579.88 cc | |||
| Aspiración | Normal | ||
| Compresor | N/A | ||
| intercooler | None | ||
| catalizador | N | ||
| Rendimiento | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | |||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Velocidad máxima | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 235.53 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.24 PS/kg 173.23 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.17 kW/kg 232.3 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.23 bhp/kg 0.1 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 5.77 kg/kW 9.64 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 | 3.700 | ||
| Turning circle | |||
| Suspensión delantera | |||
| Suspensión trasera | |||
| Ruedas delante | 5K x 15 | ||
| Ruedas detrás | 5K x 15 | ||
| Neumáticos delante | 6.70 x 15-4PR | ||
| Neumáticos detrás | 6.70 x 15-4PR | ||
| Brakes F/R | Dr/Dr | ||
| Front brake diameter | 279 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 279 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmisión | 4 speed manual | ||
| Eje trasero desmultiplicación | 1 | ||
| Desmultiplicación grupo cónico | 3.70 | ||
| General | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 281215 | ||
| Unidades producidas | |||
| Model code | 867 | ||
| RAC rating | 48.1 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1960 Chevrolet Corvette added 2012-07-16. Last modified 2020-02-02. |
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