The Corvette is an automobile from Chevrolet, with rear wheel drive, a front located engine and a 2 door coupé body style.
Its 8 cylinder, overhead valve naturally aspirated powerplant has 2 valves per cylinder and a volume of 5.7 litres. For this model it produces power and torque figures of 190 bhp (193 PS/142 kW) at 4400 rpm and 380 Nm (280 lbft/38.8 kgm) at 2400 rpm respectively.
The power is transferred to the wheels via a 4 speed manual gearbox.
The Chevrolet Corvette weighs a stated 1512 kg at the kerb.
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 | 2489 | 98 | |
| Spoorbreedte voor | 1491 | 58.7 | |
| Spoorbreedte achter | 1511 | 59.5 | |
| Lengte | 4707 | 185.3 | |
| Breedte | 1753 | 69 | |
| Hoogte | 1222 | 48.1 | |
| Bodemvrijheid | 104 | 4.1 | |
| 1.89 | |||
| Gewicht | 1512 kg | 3333 | |
| Gewichtsverdeling | 47.6% front | ||
| Benzinetank inhalt | 90.9 litres | 20 [24] UK [US] gal. | |
| Aërodynamica | |||
| Cw-waarde | |||
| Frontaal oppervlak | |||
| CdA | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Motor fabrikant | GM | ||
| Motor nummer | L48 | ||
| Aantal cilinders | V 8 in 90° vee | ||
| Cilinderinhoud | 5.7 litre 5733 cc (349.849 cu in) |
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| Boring × Slag | 101.6 × 88.4 mm
4 × 3.48 in |
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| Boring/slag verhouding | 1.15 | ||
| Distributie | overhead valve (OHV)
2 Kleppen per cilinder 16 Totaal aantal kleppen |
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| Vermogen (net) |
193 PS (190 bhp) (142 kW) bij 4400 t/min |
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| Max. koppel (net) |
380 Nm (280 ft·lb) (38.8 kgm) bij 2400 t/min |
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| Specific output (net) |
24.7 kW/litre 33.6 ps/litre 33.1 bhp/litre 0.54 bhp/cu in |
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(net) |
66.28 Nm/litre
0.8 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Motor constructie | cast iron block & head | ||
| Smering | Nat carter | ||
| Compressieverhouding | 8.2:1 | ||
| Brandstofsysteem | 1 Rochester 17080207 carburettor | ||
| 832.9 kPa (120.8 psi) | |||
| Maximum tpm | |||
| Aantal nokkenas lagers | 5 | ||
| Afkoeling | Water | ||
| Eenheidscylinderinhoud | 716.63 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 127.41 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.13 PS/kg 93.71 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 kW/kg 125.66 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.13 bhp/kg 0.06 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 10.67 kg/kW 17.83 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 | 8 x 15 | ||
| Velgmaat achter | 8 x 15 | ||
| Bandenmaat voor | P225/70 R 15 | ||
| Bandenmaat agter | P225/70 R 15 | ||
| Bremmen voor/agter | VeDi/VeDi-S | ||
| Rem diameter voor | 298 mm | ||
| Rem diameter agter | 298 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Versnellingsbak | 4 speed manual | ||
| Hoogste versnelling verhouding | 1 | ||
| Achteras verhouding | 3.07 | ||
| Algemeen | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 281666 | ||
| Totaal gebouwd | |||
| Bouwserie | 1YZ87 | ||
| RAC rating | 51.2 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1979 Chevrolet Corvette (1980) added 2012-07-21. Last modified 2020-02-02. |
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