The IsoRivolta Grifo is a 2 door coupé-bodied car with a front mounted engine supplying power to the rear wheels.
The 8 cylinder, overhead valve turbocharged engine has 2 valves per cylinder and a volume of 5.7 litres. This unit develops power and torque figures of 435 bhp (441 PS/324 kW) at 5000 rpm and 540 Nm (398 lbft/55.1 kgm) at 4000 rpm respectively.
The power is delivered to the wheels through a 6 speed manual gearbox.
Claimed kerb weight is 1600 kg.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 2 seater fixed-head coupé | ||
| Number of doors | 2 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2550 mm | 100.4 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1610 mm | 63.4 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1610 mm | 63.4 inches | |
| Length | 4500 mm | 177.2 inches | |
| Width | 2000 mm | 78.7 inches | |
| Height | 1200 mm | 47.2 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.76 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1600 kg | 3527 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 100 litres | 22 [26.4] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | |||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | turbocharged petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Chevrolet | ||
| Engine code | LT5 | ||
| 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) |
441 PS (435 bhp) (324 kW) at 5000 rpm |
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| maximum torque (SAE net) |
540 Nm (398 ft·lb) (55.1 kgm) at 4000 rpm |
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| Specific output (SAE net) |
56.6 kW/litre 76.9 ps/litre 75.9 bhp/litre 1.24 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque (SAE net) |
94.19 Nm/litre
1.14 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | wet sumped | ||
| compression ratio | 9:1 | ||
| Fuel system | AC Rochester fuel injection | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1183.6 kPa (171.7 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | 5 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 716.63 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Turbo | ||
| Compressor | |||
| Intercooler | |||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | |||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | |||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 275.65 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.28 PS/kg 202.74 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.2 kW/kg 271.88 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.27 bhp/kg 0.12 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 4.93 kg/kW 8.24 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
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| UK MPG | |||
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| Carbon dioxide emissions | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| 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 | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | |||
| Rear suspension | |||
| Wheel size front | 10J x 18 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 13J x 18 | ||
| Tyres front | 285/35 ZR 18 | ||
| Tyres rear | 335/30 ZR 18 | ||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/VeDi-S-ABS | ||
| Front brake diameter | 332 mm | ||
| Rear brake diameter | 314 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 6 speed manual | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.5 | ||
| Final drive ratio | 3.45 | ||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 560230 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Model code | |||
| Model family | Concept | ||
| RAC rating | 51.2 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1991 IsoRivolta Grifo added 2018-10-07. Last modified 2020-03-16. |
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