The Corvette is a rear wheel drive coupé road car with a front positioned engine, sold by Chevrolet.
Its 8 cylinder, overhead valve naturally aspirated engine has 2 valves per cylinder and a displacement of 5.7 litres. This unit produces power and torque figures of 255 bhp (259 PS/190 kW) at 5600 rpm and 380 Nm (280 lbft/38.8 kgm) at 4000 rpm respectively.
A 4 speed manual gearbox transfers the power to the driven wheels.
Its quoted weight at the kerb is 1499 kg.
Maximum stated speed is 196 km/h or 122 mph.
Full specs
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| Carrocería | |||
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| Carrocería | 2 seater fixed-head coupé | ||
| Número de puertas | 2 | ||
| diseñado por | |||
| Dimensiones y pesos | |||
| Distancia entre ejes | 2489 | 98 | |
| Vía delantera | 1491 | 58.7 | |
| Vía trasera | 1509 | 59.4 | |
| Longitud | 4636 | 182.5 | |
| Ancho | 1753 | 69 | |
| Altura | 1214 | 47.8 | |
| Despeje del suelo | 122 | 4.8 | |
| Relación Largo:Dist.entre ejes | 1.86 | ||
| Peso en vacío | 1499 kg | 3305 | |
| Distribución del peso (% adelante) | 49% front | ||
| Capacità serbatoio | 68 litres | 15 [18] UK [US] gal. | |
| Aerodinámica | |||
| Coeficiente de penetración | |||
| Superficie frontal | |||
| SCx | |||
| Tren motriz | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Fabricante del motor | GM | ||
| Código de motor | |||
| Número de cilindros | V 8 in 90° vee | ||
| Cilindrada | 5.7 litre 5733 cc (349.849 cu in) |
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| Diámetro × Carrera | 101.6 × 88.4 mm
4 × 3.48 in |
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| Relación diámetro/carrera | 1.15 | ||
| Distribución | overhead valve (OHV)
2 válvulas por cilindro 16 Total de válvulas |
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| Potencia nominal (DIN) |
259 PS (255 bhp) (190 kW) a 5600 rpm |
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| Par motor máximo (DIN) |
380 Nm (280 ft·lb) (38.8 kgm) a 4000 rpm |
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| Potencia específica (DIN) |
33.2 kW/litre 45.1 ps/litre 44.5 bhp/litre 0.73 bhp/cu in |
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(DIN) |
66.28 Nm/litre
0.8 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Materiales de block / culata | |||
| Lubricación | |||
| Relación de compresión | 9:1 | ||
| Alimentación | 1 Ho carb | ||
| 832.9 kPa (120.8 psi) | |||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| Casquillos de cigüeñal | 5 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| 716.63 cc | |||
| Aspiración | Normal | ||
| Compresor | N/A | ||
| intercooler | None | ||
| catalizador | |||
| Rendimiento | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | |||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Velocidad máxima | 196 km/h (122 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 172.48 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.17 PS/kg 126.85 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.13 kW/kg 170.11 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.17 bhp/kg 0.08 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 7.88 kg/kW 13.17 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 | 3.400 | ||
| Turning circle | 12.00 m | ||
| Suspensión delantera | I.W.CS.ARB. | ||
| Suspensión trasera | I.W.SE.RA.ARB. | ||
| Ruedas delante | |||
| Ruedas detrás | |||
| Neumáticos delante | |||
| Neumáticos detrás | |||
| Brakes F/R | Di/Di | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | 4124 cm2 | ||
| Transmisión | 4 speed manual | ||
| Eje trasero desmultiplicación | 1 | ||
| Desmultiplicación grupo cónico | 3.55 | ||
| General | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 44121 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 51.2 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1972 Chevrolet Corvette added before December 1995. Last modified 2013-04-01. |
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