Chevrolet Corvette is an automobile that has a 2 door convertible/cabriolet body style with a front positioned engine that delivers power to the rear wheels.
The Chevrolet Corvette belongs to the 2934 range of cars from Chevrolet.
Powering the Chevrolet Corvette is an overhead valve, 4.6 litre naturally aspirated 8 cylinder powerplant, with 2 valves per cylinder that produces power and torque figures of 245 bhp (248 PS/183 kW) at 5000 rpm and 407 N·m (300 lb·ft/41.5 kgm) at 3800 rpm respectively.
The engine transfers its power through to the wheels via a 3 speed automatic transmission.
The quoted kerb weight is 1343 kg.
Full specs
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| Carrosserie | |||
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| Carrosserie | 2 seater convertible/cabriolet | ||
| Nombre de portes | 2 | ||
| Designer | |||
| Dimensions et poids | |||
| Empattement | 2590 | 102 | |
| Voies AV | 1448 | 57 | |
| Voies AR | 1500 | 59.1 | |
| Longueur | 4267 | 168 | |
| Largeur | 1791 | 70.5 | |
| Hauteur | 1422 | 56 | |
| Garde au sol | |||
| 1.65 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | 1343 kg | 2961 | |
| Répartition poids AV | |||
| Réservoir à essence | 62.1 litres | 13.7 [16.4] UK [US] gal. | |
| Caractéristiques aérodynamique | |||
| Coefficient de pénétration | |||
| maître-couple | |||
| SCx | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Constructeur du moteur | GM | ||
| Type moteur | |||
| Cylinders | V 8 in 90° vee | ||
| Cylindrée | 4.6 litre 4639 cc (283.089 cu in) |
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| Alésage × Course | 98.43 × 76.2 mm
3.88 × 3 in |
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| Rapport alésage / course | 1.29 | ||
| Distribution | overhead valve (OHV)
2 Soupapes par cylindre 16 Total vannes |
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| Puissance maximale (Gross) |
248 PS (245 bhp) (183 kW) à 5000 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale (Gross) |
407 Nm (300 ft·lb) (41.5 kgm) à 3800 tr/mn |
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| Specific output (Gross) |
39.4 kW/litre 53.5 ps/litre 52.8 bhp/litre 0.87 bhp/cu in |
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(Gross) |
87.73 Nm/litre
1.06 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Construction | |||
| Lubrification | Carter humide | ||
| Taux de compression | 9.5:1 | ||
| Carburant | 2 Carter carburettors | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1102.5 kPa (159.9 psi) | ||
| Régime maximal | |||
| Nombre de paliers de vilebrequin | 5 | ||
| Refroidissement | Water | ||
| Cylindrée Unitaire | 579.88 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalyseur | N | ||
| Performances | |||
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| 0-100km/h | |||
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| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Vitesse | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 184.96 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.18 PS/kg 136.04 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.14 kW/kg 182.43 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.18 bhp/kg 0.08 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 7.35 kg/kW 12.28 lb/bhp |
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| Consommation | |||
| Consommation | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
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| Emissions de CO₂ | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
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| 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. | ||
| Suspension AR | LA.SE. | ||
| Roues AV | 5K x 15 | ||
| Roues AR | 5K x 15 | ||
| Pneumatiques AV | 6.70-15-4 | ||
| Pneumatiques AR | 6.70-15-4 | ||
| Freins AV/AR | Dr/Dr | ||
| Diamètre des freins AV | 279 mm | ||
| Diamètre des freins AR | 279 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmission | 3 speed automatic | ||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | 1 | ||
| Rapport de pont | 3.55 | ||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 234729 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | |||
| 2934 | |||
| RAC rating | 48.1 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1956 Chevrolet Corvette Automatic (1957) added 2011-02-22. Last modified 2020-02-02. |
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