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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| Carrosserie | |||
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| Carrosserie | 2 seater roadster | ||
| Nombre de portes | 2 | ||
| Designer | |||
| Dimensions et poids | |||
| Empattement | 2590 | 102 | |
| Voies AV | 1448 | 57 | |
| Voies AR | 1499 | 59 | |
| Longueur | 4496 | 177 | |
| Largeur | 1778 | 70 | |
| Hauteur | 1270 | 50 | |
| Garde au sol | |||
| 1.74 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | 1315 kg | 2899 | |
| Répartition poids AV | |||
| Réservoir à essence | |||
| Caractéristiques aérodynamique | |||
| Coefficient de pénétration | |||
| maître-couple | |||
| SCx | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Constructeur du moteur | GM | ||
| Type moteur | |||
| Cylinders | V 8 | ||
| Cylindrée | 5.4 litre 5354 cc (326.721 cu in) |
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| Alésage × Course | 101.6 × 82.55 mm
4 × 3.25 in |
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| Rapport alésage / course | 1.23 | ||
| Distribution | overhead valve (OHV)
2 Soupapes par cylindre 16 Total vannes |
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| Puissance maximale | 253 PS (250 bhp) (186 kW) à 4400 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale | 475 Nm (350 ft·lb) (48.4 kgm) à 2800 tr/mn |
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| Specific output | 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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| Construction | |||
| Lubrification | |||
| Taux de compression | 10.5:1 | ||
| Carburant | |||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1114.9 kPa (161.7 psi) | ||
| Régime maximal | |||
| Nombre de paliers de vilebrequin | 5 | ||
| Refroidissement | Water | ||
| Cylindrée Unitaire | 669.25 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalyseur | N | ||
| Performances | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | 5.9 s | ||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Vitesse | 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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| Consommation | |||
| Consommation | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
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| 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 | I.CS.W. | ||
| Suspension AR | LA.SE. | ||
| Roues AV | |||
| Roues AR | |||
| Pneumatiques AV | |||
| Pneumatiques AR | |||
| Freins AV/AR | Dr/Dr-S | ||
| Diamètre des freins AV | |||
| Diamètre des freins AR | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmission | 3 speed manual | ||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | 1 | ||
| Rapport de pont | |||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 89584 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | |||
| 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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