The Corvette is a rear wheel drive roadster motor vehicle with a front located engine, manufactured by Chevrolet.
Its 8 cylinder, overhead valve naturally aspirated engine has 2 valves per cylinder and a volume of 5.4 litres. In this application it produces power and torque figures of 250 bhp (253 PS/186 kW) at 4400 rpm and 475 Nm (350 lbft/48.4 kgm) at 2800 rpm respectively.
The engine delivers its power through to the wheels via a 3 speed manual gearbox.
Claimed weight at the kerb is 1315 kg.
Maximum speed claimed is 241 km/h or 150 mph.
Full specs
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| Carrocería | |||
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| Carrocería | 2 seater roadster | ||
| Número de puertas | 2 | ||
| diseñado por | |||
| Dimensiones y pesos | |||
| Distancia entre ejes | 2590 | 102 | |
| Vía delantera | 1448 | 57 | |
| Vía trasera | 1499 | 59 | |
| Longitud | 4496 | 177 | |
| Ancho | 1778 | 70 | |
| Altura | 1270 | 50 | |
| Despeje del suelo | |||
| Relación Largo:Dist.entre ejes | 1.74 | ||
| Peso en vacío | 1315 kg | 2899 | |
| Distribución del peso (% adelante) | |||
| Capacità serbatoio | |||
| Aerodinámica | |||
| Coeficiente de penetración | |||
| Superficie frontal | |||
| SCx | |||
| Tren motriz | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Fabricante del motor | GM | ||
| Código de motor | |||
| Número de cilindros | V 8 | ||
| Cilindrada | 5.4 litre 5354 cc (326.721 cu in) |
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| Diámetro × Carrera | 101.6 × 82.55 mm
4 × 3.25 in |
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| Relación diámetro/carrera | 1.23 | ||
| Distribución | overhead valve (OHV)
2 válvulas por cilindro 16 Total de válvulas |
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| Potencia nominal | 253 PS (250 bhp) (186 kW) a 4400 rpm |
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| Par motor máximo | 475 Nm (350 ft·lb) (48.4 kgm) a 2800 rpm |
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| Potencia específica | 34.8 kW/litre 47.3 ps/litre 46.7 bhp/litre 0.77 bhp/cu in |
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88.72 Nm/litre
1.07 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Materiales de block / culata | |||
| Lubricación | |||
| Relación de compresión | 10.5:1 | ||
| Alimentación | |||
| 1114.9 kPa (161.7 psi) | |||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| Casquillos de cigüeñal | 5 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| 669.25 cc | |||
| Aspiración | Normal | ||
| Compresor | N/A | ||
| intercooler | None | ||
| catalizador | N | ||
| Rendimiento | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | 5.9 s | ||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Velocidad máxima | 241 km/h (150 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 192.76 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.19 PS/kg 141.77 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.14 kW/kg 190.11 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.19 bhp/kg 0.08 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 7.05 kg/kW 11.78 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.W. | ||
| Suspensión trasera | LA.SE. | ||
| Ruedas delante | |||
| Ruedas detrás | |||
| Neumáticos delante | |||
| Neumáticos detrás | |||
| Brakes F/R | Dr/Dr-S | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmisión | 3 speed manual | ||
| Eje trasero desmultiplicación | 1 | ||
| Desmultiplicación grupo cónico | |||
| General | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 89584 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 51.2 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1962 Chevrolet Corvette added 2002-01-02. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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