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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| Carrosserie | |||
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| Carrosserie | 2 seater fixed-head coupé | ||
| Nombre de portes | 2 | ||
| Designer | |||
| Dimensions et poids | |||
| Empattement | 2443 | 96.2 | |
| Voies AV | 1466 | 57.7 | |
| Voies AR | 1501 | 59.1 | |
| Longueur | 4534 | 178.5 | |
| Largeur | 1796 | 70.7 | |
| Hauteur | 1176 | 46.3 | |
| Garde au sol | 107 | 4.2 | |
| 1.86 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | 1520 kg | 3351 | |
| Répartition poids AV | 50% front | ||
| Réservoir à essence | 75.8 litres | 16.7 [20] UK [US] gal. | |
| Caractéristiques aérodynamique | |||
| Coefficient de pénétration | |||
| maître-couple | |||
| SCx | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Constructeur du moteur | GM | ||
| Type moteur | LT4 | ||
| Cylinders | V 8 in 90° vee | ||
| Cylindrée | 5.7 litre 5733 cc (349.849 cu in) |
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| Alésage × Course | 101.6 × 88.4 mm
4 × 3.48 in |
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| Rapport alésage / course | 1.15 | ||
| Distribution | overhead valve (OHV)
2 Soupapes par cylindre 16 Total vannes |
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| Puissance maximale (SAE net) |
335 PS (330 bhp) (246 kW) à 5800 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale (SAE net) |
461 Nm (340 ft·lb) (47 kgm) à 4500 tr/mn |
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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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(SAE net) |
80.41 Nm/litre
0.97 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Construction | |||
| Lubrification | Carter humide | ||
| Taux de compression | 10.8:1 | ||
| Carburant | SPFI | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1010.5 kPa (146.6 psi) | ||
| Régime maximal | |||
| Nombre de paliers de vilebrequin | 5 | ||
| Refroidissement | Water | ||
| Cylindrée Unitaire | 716.63 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalyseur | Y | ||
| Performances | |||
| 0-80km/h | 4 s | ||
| 0-60mph | 5.2 s | ||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | 12.4 s | ||
| 0-400m | 13.7 s | ||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Vitesse | 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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| 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 | 2.300 | ||
| Turning circle | 12.20 m | ||
| Suspension AV | I.DW.LS.ARB. | ||
| Suspension AR | I.5Li.LS.ARB. | ||
| Roues AV | 9½ x 17 | ||
| Roues AR | 11 x 17 | ||
| Pneumatiques AV | P275/40 ZR 17 | ||
| Pneumatiques AR | P315/35 ZR 17 | ||
| Freins AV/AR | VeDi/VeDi-S-ABS | ||
| Diamètre des freins AV | 330 mm | ||
| Diamètre des freins AR | 305 mm | ||
| Braked area | 2606 cm2 | ||
| Transmission | 6 speed manual | ||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | 0.49 | ||
| Rapport de pont | 3.45 | ||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 20713 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | 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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