The Chevrolet Corvette is a rear wheel drive motor car, with the engine located in the front, and a 2 door coupé bodyshell.
Its engine is a naturally aspirated petrol, 5 litre, overhead valve 90 degree V 8 cylinder with 2 valves per cylinder. It has an output of 180 bhp (183 PS/134 kW) of power at 4200 rpm, and maximum torque of 346 N·m (255 lb·ft/35.3 kgm) at 2000 rpm.
The engine delivers its power through to the wheels via a 3 speed automatic transmission.
Claimed kerb weight is 1528 kg.
Full specs
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Applicable to the Californian, USA domestic market(s). | ||
| 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 | 4707 | 185.3 | |
| Largeur | 1753 | 69 | |
| Hauteur | 1222 | 48.1 | |
| Garde au sol | 104 | 4.1 | |
| 1.89 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | 1528 kg | 3369 | |
| Répartition poids AV | |||
| 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 | LG4 | ||
| Cylinders | V 8 in 90° vee | ||
| Cylindrée | 5 litre 5002 cc (305.241 cu in) |
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| Alésage × Course | 94.9 × 88.4 mm
3.74 × 3.48 in |
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| Rapport alésage / course | 1.07 | ||
| Distribution | overhead valve (OHV)
2 Soupapes par cylindre 16 Total vannes |
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| Puissance maximale (net) |
183 PS (180 bhp) (134 kW) à 4200 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale (net) |
346 Nm (255 ft·lb) (35.3 kgm) à 2000 tr/mn |
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| Specific output (net) |
26.8 kW/litre 36.5 ps/litre 36 bhp/litre 0.59 bhp/cu in |
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(net) |
69.17 Nm/litre
0.84 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Construction | cast iron block & head | ||
| Lubrification | Carter humide | ||
| Taux de compression | 8.6:1 | ||
| Carburant | 1 Rochester 17080517 carburettor | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 869.2 kPa (126.1 psi) | ||
| Régime maximal | |||
| Nombre de paliers de vilebrequin | 5 | ||
| Refroidissement | Water | ||
| Cylindrée Unitaire | 625.25 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalyseur | Y | ||
| Performances | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | |||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Vitesse | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 119.44 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.12 PS/kg 87.84 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 kW/kg 117.8 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.12 bhp/kg 0.05 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 11.38 kg/kW 19.02 lb/bhp |
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| Consommation | |||
| Consommation | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| 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 | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Suspension AV | |||
| Suspension AR | |||
| Roues AV | 8 x 15 | ||
| Roues AR | 8 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 | 3 speed automatic | ||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | 1 | ||
| Rapport de pont | 3.07 | ||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 281677 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | 1YZ87 | ||
| RAC rating | 44.7 | ||
| 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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