The TVR Chimaera 450 is a 2 door convertible/cabriolet-bodied road car with a front mounted engine supplying power to the rear wheels.
The 8 cylinder, overhead valve naturally aspirated powerplant has 2 valves per cylinder and a capacity of 4.5 litres. In this application it produces power and torque figures of 285 bhp (289 PS/213 kW) at 5500 rpm and 407 Nm (300 lbft/41.5 kgm) at 4500 rpm respectively.
The engine delivers its power through to the wheels via a 5 speed manual gearbox.
Its quoted kerb weight is 1060 kg.
Its maximum speed claimed is 257 km/h (160 mph).
Full specs
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| Carrocería | |||
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| Carrocería | 2 seater convertible/cabriolet | ||
| Número de puertas | 2 | ||
| diseñado por | |||
| Dimensiones y pesos | |||
| Distancia entre ejes | 2286 | 90 | |
| Vía delantera | 1460 | 57.5 | |
| Vía trasera | 1460 | 57.5 | |
| Longitud | 4015 | 158.1 | |
| Ancho | 1865 | 73.4 | |
| Altura | 1215 | 47.8 | |
| Despeje del suelo | 132 | 5.2 | |
| Relación Largo:Dist.entre ejes | 1.76 | ||
| Peso en vacío | 1060 kg | 2337 | |
| Distribución del peso (% adelante) | |||
| Capacità serbatoio | 57 litres | 12.5 [15.1] UK [US] gal. | |
| Aerodinámica | |||
| Coeficiente de penetración | |||
| Superficie frontal | |||
| SCx | |||
| Tren motriz | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Fabricante del motor | TVR | ||
| Código de motor | |||
| Número de cilindros | V 8 | ||
| Cilindrada | 4.5 litre 4546 cc (277.414 cu in) |
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| Diámetro × Carrera | 94 × 81.9 mm
3.7 × 3.22 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 | 289 PS (285 bhp) (213 kW) a 5500 rpm |
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| Par motor máximo | 407 Nm (300 ft·lb) (41.5 kgm) a 4500 rpm |
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| Potencia específica | 46.7 kW/litre 63.6 ps/litre 62.7 bhp/litre 1.03 bhp/cu in |
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89.53 Nm/litre
1.08 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Materiales de block / culata | |||
| Lubricación | |||
| Relación de compresión | 9.5:1 | ||
| Alimentación | |||
| 1125.1 kPa (163.2 psi) | |||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| Casquillos de cigüeñal | 5 | ||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| 568.25 cc | |||
| Aspiración | Normal | ||
| Compresor | N/A | ||
| intercooler | None | ||
| catalizador | Y | ||
| Rendimiento | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | 4.7 s | ||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | 11.2 s | ||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Velocidad máxima | 257 km/h (160 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 272.61 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.27 PS/kg 200.49 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.2 kW/kg 268.87 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.27 bhp/kg 0.12 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 4.99 kg/kW 8.33 lb/bhp |
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| Consumos | |||
| Consumo de combustible | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| 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 | 2.500 | ||
| Turning circle | |||
| Suspensión delantera | I.DW.CS.ARB. | ||
| Suspensión trasera | I.DW.CS.ARB. | ||
| Ruedas delante | |||
| Ruedas detrás | |||
| Neumáticos delante | |||
| Neumáticos detrás | |||
| Brakes F/R | VeDi/Di-S | ||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmisión | 5 speed manual | ||
| Eje trasero desmultiplicación | 0.8 | ||
| Desmultiplicación grupo cónico | |||
| General | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 30580 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 43.8 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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2000 TVR Chimaera 450 added 2000-01-03. Last modified 2016-06-05. |
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