The Chevrolet Corvette is a rear wheel drive motor car, with its powerplant placed in the front, and a 2 door convertible/cabriolet body.
The Chevrolet Corvette is one of the 2934 model family from Chevrolet.
Power is produced by an overhead valve, 3.9 litre naturally aspirated 6 cylinder powerplant, with 2 valves per cylinder that develops power and torque figures of 155 bhp (157 PS/116 kW) at 4200 rpm and 305 N·m (225 lb·ft/31.1 kgm) at 2800 rpm respectively.
This power is delivered to the wheels by means of a 3 speed automatic transmission.
Its claimed kerb weight is 1293 kg.
Full specs
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| Carrosserie | |||
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| Carrosserie | 2 seater convertible/cabriolet | ||
| Nombre de portes | 2 | ||
| Designer | |||
| Dimensions et poids | |||
| Empattement | 2591 | 102 | |
| Voies AV | 1448 | 57 | |
| Voies AR | 1499 | 59 | |
| Longueur | 4242 | 167 | |
| Largeur | 1834 | 72.2 | |
| Hauteur | 1323 | 52.1 | |
| Garde au sol | |||
| 1.64 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | 1293 kg | 2851 | |
| Répartition poids AV | 53% front | ||
| Réservoir à essence | 65.4 litres | 14.4 [17.3] UK [US] gal. | |
| Caractéristiques aérodynamique | |||
| Coefficient de pénétration | |||
| maître-couple | |||
| SCx | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Constructeur du moteur | GM | ||
| Type moteur | Blue Flame | ||
| Cylinders | Straight 6 | ||
| Cylindrée | 3.9 litre 3859 cc (235.491 cu in) |
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| Alésage × Course | 90.49 × 100 mm
3.56 × 3.94 in |
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| Rapport alésage / course | 0.9 | ||
| Distribution | overhead valve (OHV)
2 Soupapes par cylindre 12 Total vannes |
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| Puissance maximale (SAE) |
157 PS (155 bhp) (116 kW) à 4200 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale (SAE) |
305 Nm (225 ft·lb) (31.1 kgm) à 2800 tr/mn |
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| Specific output (SAE) |
30 kW/litre 40.7 ps/litre 40.2 bhp/litre 0.66 bhp/cu in |
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(SAE) |
79.04 Nm/litre
0.96 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Construction | |||
| Lubrification | Carter humide | ||
| Taux de compression | 8:1 | ||
| Carburant | 3 Carter carburettors | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 993.2 kPa (144.1 psi) | ||
| Régime maximal | |||
| Nombre de paliers de vilebrequin | |||
| Refroidissement | Water | ||
| Cylindrée Unitaire | 643.17 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalyseur | N | ||
| Performances | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | |||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Vitesse | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 121.54 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.12 PS/kg 89.39 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 kW/kg 119.88 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.12 bhp/kg 0.05 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 11.19 kg/kW 18.69 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 | 3.900 | ||
| Turning circle | |||
| Suspension AV | |||
| Suspension AR | |||
| Roues AV | 5K x 15 | ||
| Roues AR | 5K x 15 | ||
| Pneumatiques AV | 6.70-15-4 | ||
| Pneumatiques AR | 6.70-15-4 | ||
| Freins AV/AR | Dr/Dr | ||
| Diamètre des freins AV | 279 mm | ||
| Diamètre des freins AR | 279 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmission | 3 speed automatic | ||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | 1 | ||
| Rapport de pont | 3.55 | ||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 4411 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | |||
| 2934 | |||
| RAC rating | 30.5 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1954 Chevrolet Corvette added 1999-12-29. Last modified 2013-04-01. |
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