This vehicle has a 2 door coupé body style with a front mounted engine powering the rear wheels.
Its 8 cylinder, overhead valve naturally aspirated powerplant has 2 valves per cylinder and a capacity of 5.7 litres. It develops power and torque figures of 330 bhp (335 PS/246 kW) at 5800 rpm and 461 Nm (340 lbft/47 kgm) at 4500 rpm respectively.
This power is supplied to the wheels via a 6 speed manual gearbox.
With a claimed kerb weight of 1520 kg, the Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport can dispense with the 0-60 mph benchmark sprint in 5.2 seconds and the standing-start quarter mile in 13.7 seconds.
Its maximum speed claimed is 266 km/h, which is 165 mph.
Full specs
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Applicable to the USA domestic market(s). | ||
| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 2 seater fixed-head coupé | ||
| Number of doors | 2 | ||
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| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2443 mm | 96.2 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1466 mm | 57.7 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1501 mm | 59.1 inches | |
| Length | 4534 mm | 178.5 inches | |
| Width | 1796 mm | 70.7 inches | |
| Height | 1176 mm | 46.3 inches | |
| Ground clearance | 107 mm | 4.2 inches | |
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.86 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1520 kg | 3351 lb | |
| Weight distribution | 50% front | ||
| fuel tank capacity | 75.8 litres | 16.7 [20] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | naturally aspirated petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | GM | ||
| Engine code | LT4 | ||
| Cylinders | V 8 in 90° vee | ||
| Capacity | 5.7 litre 5733 cc (349.849 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 101.6 × 88.4 mm
4 × 3.48 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 1.15 | ||
| Valve gear | overhead valve (OHV)
2 valves per cylinder 16 valves in total |
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| maximum power output (SAE net) |
335 PS (330 bhp) (246 kW) at 5800 rpm |
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| maximum torque (SAE net) |
461 Nm (340 ft·lb) (47 kgm) at 4500 rpm |
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| Specific output (SAE net) |
42.9 kW/litre 58.4 ps/litre 57.6 bhp/litre 0.94 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (SAE net) |
80.41 Nm/litre
0.97 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 10.8:1 | ||
| Fuel system | SPFI | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1010.5 kPa (146.6 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | 5 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 716.63 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | 4 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | 5.2 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | |||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | 12.4 s | ||
| Standing quarter-mile | 13.7 s | ||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | 266 km/h (165 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 220.12 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.22 PS/kg 161.9 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.16 kW/kg 217.11 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.22 bhp/kg 0.1 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 6.18 kg/kW 10.32 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
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| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
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| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Drive wheels | rear wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | power assisted rack & pinion | ||
| turns lock-to-lock | 2.300 | ||
| Turning circle | 12.20 m | ||
| Front suspension | I.DW.LS.ARB. | ||
| Rear suspension | I.5Li.LS.ARB. | ||
| Wheel size front | 9½ x 17 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 11 x 17 | ||
| Tyres front | P275/40 ZR 17 | ||
| Tyres rear | P315/35 ZR 17 | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/VeDi-S-ABS | ||
| Front brake diameter | 330 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 305 mm | ||
| Braked area | 2606 cm2 | ||
| Gearbox | 6 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.49 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.45 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 20713 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | Z16 | ||
| RAC rating | 51.2 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1996 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport added 1996-04-13. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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