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 | ||
| Aantal portieren | 2 | ||
| Ontwerper | |||
| Afmetingen en gewicht | |||
| Wielbasis | 2654 | 104.5 | |
| Spoorbreedte voor | 1575 | 62 | |
| Spoorbreedte achter | 1577 | 62.1 | |
| Lengte | 4564 | 179.7 | |
| Breedte | 1869 | 73.6 | |
| Hoogte | 1212 | 47.7 | |
| Bodemvrijheid | 94 | 3.7 | |
| 1.72 | |||
| Gewicht | 1465 kg | 3230 | |
| Gewichtsverdeling | 51.43% front | ||
| Benzinetank inhalt | 72.4 litres | 15.9 [19.1] UK [US] gal. | |
| Aërodynamica | |||
| Cw-waarde | 0.29 | ||
| Frontaal oppervlak | |||
| CdA | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Motor fabrikant | Chevrolet | ||
| Motor nummer | LS1 | ||
| Aantal cilinders | V 8 in 90° vee | ||
| Cilinderinhoud | 5.7 litre 5666 cc (345.761 cu in) |
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| Boring × Slag | 99 × 92 mm
3.9 × 3.62 in |
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| Boring/slag verhouding | 1.08 | ||
| Distributie | overhead valve (OHV)
2 Kleppen per cilinder 16 Totaal aantal kleppen |
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| Vermogen (SAE net) |
350 PS (345 bhp) (257 kW) bij 5600 t/min |
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| Max. koppel (SAE net) |
475 Nm (350 ft·lb) (48.4 kgm) bij 4400 t/min |
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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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| Motor constructie | aluminium block & heads | ||
| Smering | Nat carter | ||
| Compressieverhouding | 10.1:1 | ||
| Brandstofsysteem | SePFi | ||
| 1053.5 kPa (152.8 psi) | |||
| Maximum tpm | 6000 t/min | ||
| Aantal nokkenas lagers | 5 | ||
| Afkoeling | Water | ||
| Eenheidscylinderinhoud | 708.25 cc | ||
| Aanzuiging | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Katalysator | Y | ||
| Prestasies | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | 5.05 s | ||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Max. snelheid | |||
| 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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| Verbruik | |||
| Benzineverbruik | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| CO2 Emissies | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| Onderstel | |||
| Motor plaatsing | front | ||
| Motor plaatsing | longitudinal | ||
| Aandrijving | rear wheel drive | ||
| Koppelverdeling | N/A | ||
| Stuurinrichting | |||
| Aantal omwentelingen stuurwiel | 2.700 | ||
| Draaicirkel | |||
| Wielophanging voor | I.DW.LS.ARB. | ||
| Wielophanging achter | I.DW.TLS.ARB. | ||
| Velgmaat voor | 8½ x 17 | ||
| Velgmaat achter | 9½ x 18 | ||
| Bandenmaat voor | P245/45 ZR 17 | ||
| Bandenmaat agter | P275/40 ZR 18 | ||
| Bremmen voor/agter | VeDi/VeDi-S-ABS | ||
| Rem diameter voor | 325 mm | ||
| Rem diameter agter | 305 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Versnellingsbak | 4 speed automatic | ||
| Hoogste versnelling verhouding | 0.7 | ||
| Achteras verhouding | 2.73 | ||
| Algemeen | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 227304 | ||
| Totaal gebouwd | |||
| Bouwserie | 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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