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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| Carrosserie | |||
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| Carrosserie | 2 seater fixed-head coupé | ||
| Nombre de portes | 2 | ||
| Designer | |||
| Dimensions et poids | |||
| Empattement | 2654 | 104.5 | |
| Voies AV | 1575 | 62 | |
| Voies AR | 1577 | 62.1 | |
| Longueur | 4564 | 179.7 | |
| Largeur | 1869 | 73.6 | |
| Hauteur | 1212 | 47.7 | |
| Garde au sol | 94 | 3.7 | |
| 1.72 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | 1465 kg | 3230 | |
| Répartition poids AV | 51.43% front | ||
| Réservoir à essence | 72.4 litres | 15.9 [19.1] UK [US] gal. | |
| Caractéristiques aérodynamique | |||
| Coefficient de pénétration | 0.29 | ||
| maître-couple | |||
| SCx | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Constructeur du moteur | Chevrolet | ||
| Type moteur | LS1 | ||
| Cylinders | V 8 in 90° vee | ||
| Cylindrée | 5.7 litre 5666 cc (345.761 cu in) |
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| Alésage × Course | 99 × 92 mm
3.9 × 3.62 in |
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| Rapport alésage / course | 1.08 | ||
| Distribution | overhead valve (OHV)
2 Soupapes par cylindre 16 Total vannes |
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| Puissance maximale (SAE net) |
350 PS (345 bhp) (257 kW) à 5600 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale (SAE net) |
475 Nm (350 ft·lb) (48.4 kgm) à 4400 tr/mn |
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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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(SAE net) |
83.83 Nm/litre
1.01 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Construction | aluminium block & heads | ||
| Lubrification | Carter humide | ||
| Taux de compression | 10.1:1 | ||
| Carburant | SePFi | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1053.5 kPa (152.8 psi) | ||
| Régime maximal | 6000 tr/mn | ||
| Nombre de paliers de vilebrequin | 5 | ||
| Refroidissement | Water | ||
| Cylindrée Unitaire | 708.25 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalyseur | Y | ||
| Performances | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | 5.05 s | ||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Vitesse | |||
| 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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| Consommation | |||
| Consommation | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
| 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 | 2.700 | ||
| Turning circle | |||
| Suspension AV | I.DW.LS.ARB. | ||
| Suspension AR | I.DW.TLS.ARB. | ||
| Roues AV | 8½ x 17 | ||
| Roues AR | 9½ x 18 | ||
| Pneumatiques AV | P245/45 ZR 17 | ||
| Pneumatiques AR | P275/40 ZR 18 | ||
| Freins AV/AR | VeDi/VeDi-S-ABS | ||
| Diamètre des freins AV | 325 mm | ||
| Diamètre des freins AR | 305 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmission | 4 speed automatic | ||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | 0.7 | ||
| Rapport de pont | 2.73 | ||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 227304 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | 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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