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). | ||
| Carrocería | |||
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| Carrocería | 2 seater fixed-head coupé | ||
| Número de puertas | 2 | ||
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| Dimensiones y pesos | |||
| Distancia entre ejes | 2654 | 104.5 | |
| Vía delantera | 1575 | 62 | |
| Vía trasera | 1577 | 62.1 | |
| Longitud | 4564 | 179.7 | |
| Ancho | 1869 | 73.6 | |
| Altura | 1212 | 47.7 | |
| Despeje del suelo | 94 | 3.7 | |
| Relación Largo:Dist.entre ejes | 1.72 | ||
| Peso en vacío | 1465 kg | 3230 | |
| Distribución del peso (% adelante) | 51.43% front | ||
| Capacità serbatoio | 72.4 litres | 15.9 [19.1] UK [US] gal. | |
| Aerodinámica | |||
| Coeficiente de penetración | 0.29 | ||
| Superficie frontal | |||
| SCx | |||
| Tren motriz | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Fabricante del motor | Chevrolet | ||
| Código de motor | LS1 | ||
| Número de cilindros | V 8 in 90° vee | ||
| Cilindrada | 5.7 litre 5666 cc (345.761 cu in) |
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| Diámetro × Carrera | 99 × 92 mm
3.9 × 3.62 in |
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| Relación diámetro/carrera | 1.08 | ||
| Distribución | overhead valve (OHV)
2 válvulas por cilindro 16 Total de válvulas |
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| Potencia nominal (SAE net) |
350 PS (345 bhp) (257 kW) a 5600 rpm |
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| Par motor máximo (SAE net) |
475 Nm (350 ft·lb) (48.4 kgm) a 4400 rpm |
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| Potencia específica (SAE net) |
45.4 kW/litre 61.7 ps/litre 60.9 bhp/litre 1 bhp/cu in |
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(SAE net) |
83.83 Nm/litre
1.01 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Materiales de block / culata | aluminium block & heads | ||
| Lubricación | Cárter húmedo | ||
| Relación de compresión | 10.1:1 | ||
| Alimentación | SePFi | ||
| 1053.5 kPa (152.8 psi) | |||
| Maximum RPM | 6000 rpm | ||
| Casquillos de cigüeñal | 5 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| 708.25 cc | |||
| Aspiración | Normal | ||
| Compresor | N/A | ||
| intercooler | None | ||
| catalizador | Y | ||
| Rendimiento | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | 5.05 s | ||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Velocidad máxima | |||
| 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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| 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 | 2.700 | ||
| Turning circle | |||
| Suspensión delantera | I.DW.LS.ARB. | ||
| Suspensión trasera | I.DW.TLS.ARB. | ||
| Ruedas delante | 8½ x 17 | ||
| Ruedas detrás | 9½ x 18 | ||
| Neumáticos delante | P245/45 ZR 17 | ||
| Neumáticos detrás | P275/40 ZR 18 | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/VeDi-S-ABS | ||
| Front brake diameter | 325 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 305 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmisión | 4 speed automatic | ||
| Eje trasero desmultiplicación | 0.7 | ||
| Desmultiplicación grupo cónico | 2.73 | ||
| General | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 227304 | ||
| Unidades producidas | |||
| 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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