This vehicle has a 2 door coupé type body with a front mounted engine driving through the rear wheels.
Powering the Chevrolet Corvette is an overhead valve, 5.7 litre naturally aspirated 8 cylinder motor, with 2 valves per cylinder that provides power and torque figures of 190 bhp (193 PS/142 kW) at 4400 rpm and 380 N·m (280 lb·ft/38.8 kgm) at 2400 rpm respectively.
The engine powers the wheels compliments of a 3 speed automatic gearbox.
Its quoted weight at the kerb is 1529 kg.
Full specs
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| 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 | 2489 | 98 | |
| Vía delantera | 1491 | 58.7 | |
| Vía trasera | 1511 | 59.5 | |
| Longitud | 4707 | 185.3 | |
| Ancho | 1753 | 69 | |
| Altura | 1222 | 48.1 | |
| Despeje del suelo | 104 | 4.1 | |
| Relación Largo:Dist.entre ejes | 1.89 | ||
| Peso en vacío | 1529 kg | 3371 | |
| Distribución del peso (% adelante) | |||
| Capacità serbatoio | 90.9 litres | 20 [24] UK [US] gal. | |
| Aerodinámica | |||
| Coeficiente de penetración | |||
| Superficie frontal | |||
| SCx | |||
| Tren motriz | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Fabricante del motor | GM | ||
| Código de motor | L48 | ||
| Número de cilindros | V 8 in 90° vee | ||
| Cilindrada | 5.7 litre 5733 cc (349.849 cu in) |
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| Diámetro × Carrera | 101.6 × 88.4 mm
4 × 3.48 in |
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| Relación diámetro/carrera | 1.15 | ||
| Distribución | overhead valve (OHV)
2 válvulas por cilindro 16 Total de válvulas |
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| Potencia nominal (net) |
193 PS (190 bhp) (142 kW) a 4400 rpm |
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| Par motor máximo (net) |
380 Nm (280 ft·lb) (38.8 kgm) a 2400 rpm |
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| Potencia específica (net) |
24.7 kW/litre 33.6 ps/litre 33.1 bhp/litre 0.54 bhp/cu in |
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(net) |
66.28 Nm/litre
0.8 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Materiales de block / culata | cast iron block & head | ||
| Lubricación | Cárter húmedo | ||
| Relación de compresión | 8.2:1 | ||
| Alimentación | 1 Rochester 17080204 carburettor | ||
| 832.9 kPa (120.8 psi) | |||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| Casquillos de cigüeñal | 5 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| 716.63 cc | |||
| Aspiración | Normal | ||
| Compresor | N/A | ||
| intercooler | None | ||
| catalizador | Y | ||
| Rendimiento | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | |||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Velocidad máxima | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 125.99 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.13 PS/kg 92.66 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.09 kW/kg 124.26 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.12 bhp/kg 0.06 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 10.79 kg/kW 18.03 lb/bhp |
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| Consumos | |||
| Consumo de combustible | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
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| 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 | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Suspensión delantera | |||
| Suspensión trasera | |||
| Ruedas delante | 8 x 15 | ||
| Ruedas detrás | 8 x 15 | ||
| Neumáticos delante | P225/70 R 15 | ||
| Neumáticos detrás | P225/70 R 15 | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/VeDi-S | ||
| Front brake diameter | 298 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 298 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmisión | 3 speed automatic | ||
| Eje trasero desmultiplicación | 1 | ||
| Desmultiplicación grupo cónico | 3.07 | ||
| General | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 281688 | ||
| Unidades producidas | |||
| Model code | 1YZ87 | ||
| RAC rating | 51.2 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1979 Chevrolet Corvette Automatic (1980) added 2012-07-21. Last modified 2020-02-02. |
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