The Chevrolet Corvette is a 2 door convertible/cabriolet style motor vehicle with a front mounted engine powering the rear wheels.
It is part of Chevrolet's 2934 series.
Its 8 cylinder, overhead valve naturally aspirated engine has 2 valves per cylinder and a capacity of 4.6 litres. In this application it develops power and torque figures of 250 bhp (253 PS/186 kW) at 5000 rpm and 414 Nm (305 lbft/42.2 kgm) at 3800 rpm respectively.
A 3 speed manual gearbox transmits the power to the wheels.
Claimed weight at the kerb is 1294 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 | 1500 | 59.1 | |
| Longitud | 4267 | 168 | |
| Ancho | 1791 | 70.5 | |
| Altura | 1422 | 56 | |
| Despeje del suelo | |||
| Relación Largo:Dist.entre ejes | 1.65 | ||
| Peso en vacío | 1294 kg | 2853 | |
| 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 | GM | ||
| 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) |
253 PS (250 bhp) (186 kW) a 5000 rpm |
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| Par motor máximo (Gross) |
414 Nm (305 ft·lb) (42.2 kgm) a 3800 rpm |
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| Potencia específica (Gross) |
40.2 kW/litre 54.6 ps/litre 53.9 bhp/litre 0.88 bhp/cu in |
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(Gross) |
89.24 Nm/litre
1.08 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Materiales de block / culata | |||
| Lubricación | Cárter húmedo | ||
| Relación de compresión | |||
| Alimentación | Rochester fuel injection | ||
| 1121.5 kPa (162.7 psi) | |||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| Casquillos de cigüeñal | 5 | ||
| 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 195.88 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.2 PS/kg 144.07 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.14 kW/kg 193.2 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.19 bhp/kg 0.09 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 6.94 kg/kW 11.59 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 | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Suspensión delantera | I.CS. | ||
| Suspensión trasera | LA.SE. | ||
| Ruedas delante | 5K x 15 | ||
| Ruedas detrás | 5K x 15 | ||
| Neumáticos delante | 6.70-15-4 | ||
| Neumáticos detrás | 6.70-15-4 | ||
| Brakes F/R | Dr/Dr | ||
| Front brake diameter | 279 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 279 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmisión | 3 speed manual | ||
| Eje trasero desmultiplicación | 1 | ||
| Desmultiplicación grupo cónico | 3.70 | ||
| General | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 4664 | ||
| Unidades producidas | |||
| Model code | |||
| 2934 | |||
| RAC rating | 48.1 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1956 Chevrolet Corvette (1957) added before December 1995. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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