The Chevrolet Corvette is a 2 door coupé-bodied car with a front positioned engine supplying power to the rear wheels.
The 8 cylinder, overhead valve naturally aspirated powerplant has 2 valves per cylinder and a displacement of 5.7 litres. In this application it produces power and torque figures of 345 bhp (350 PS/257 kW) at 5600 rpm and 475 Nm (350 lbft/48.4 kgm) at 4400 rpm respectively.
The engine delivers its power through to the wheels via a 4 speed automatic transmission.
Quoted weight at the kerb is 1465 kg.
Full specs
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Applicable to the USA domestic market(s). | ||
| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 2 seater fixed-head coupé | ||
| Number of doors | 2 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2654 mm | 104.5 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1575 mm | 62 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1577 mm | 62.1 inches | |
| Length | 4564 mm | 179.7 inches | |
| Width | 1869 mm | 73.6 inches | |
| Height | 1212 mm | 47.7 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 94 mm | 3.7 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.72 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1465 kg | 3230 lb | |
| Weight distribution | 51.43% front | ||
| fuel tank capacity | 72.4 litres | 15.9 [19.1] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | 0.29 | ||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Chevrolet | ||
| Engine code | LS1 | ||
| Cylinders | V 8 in 90° vee | ||
| Capacity | 5.7 litre 5666 cc (345.761 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 99 × 92 mm
3.9 × 3.62 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 1.08 | ||
| Valve gear | overhead valve (OHV)
2 valves per cylinder 16 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (SAE net) |
350 PS (345 bhp) (257 kW) at 5600 rpm |
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| maximum torque (SAE net) |
475 Nm (350 ft·lb) (48.4 kgm) at 4400 rpm |
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| Specific output (SAE net) |
45.4 kW/litre 61.7 ps/litre 60.9 bhp/litre 1 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (SAE net) |
83.83 Nm/litre
1.01 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | aluminium block & heads | ||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 10.1:1 | ||
| Fuel system | SePFi | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1053.5 kPa (152.8 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | 6000 rpm | ||
| crankshaft bearings | 5 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 708.25 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | 5.05 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | |||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 238.77 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.24 PS/kg 175.61 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.18 kW/kg 235.49 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.24 bhp/kg 0.11 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 5.69 kg/kW 9.51 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Drive wheels | rear wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | 2.700 | ||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | I.DW.LS.ARB. | ||
| Rear suspension | I.DW.TLS.ARB. | ||
| Wheel size front | 8½ x 17 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 9½ x 18 | ||
| Tyres front | P245/45 ZR 17 | ||
| Tyres rear | P275/40 ZR 18 | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/VeDi-S-ABS | ||
| Front brake diameter | 325 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 305 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 4 speed automatic | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.7 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 2.73 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 227304 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | 1YY07 | ||
| RAC rating | 48.6 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1997 Chevrolet Corvette Automatic added 2010-12-24. Last modified 2020-02-02. |
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