TVR Chimaera 500 is a car that has a 2 door convertible/cabriolet body style with a front mounted engine driving through the rear wheels.
The 5 litre engine is a naturally aspirated, overhead valve, 8 cylinder that produces 320 bhp (324 PS/239 kW) of power at 5500 rpm, and maximum torque of 434 N·m (320 lb·ft/44.3 kgm) at 4000 rpm.
Power is transferred to the wheels by means of a 5 speed manual transmission.
Claimed weight at the kerb is 1060 kg.
The TVR Chimaera 500 is claimed to attain a top speed of 269 km/h or 167 mph.
Full specs
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| Carrosserie | |||
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| Carrosserie | 2 seater convertible/cabriolet | ||
| Nombre de portes | 2 | ||
| Designer | |||
| Dimensions et poids | |||
| Empattement | 2286 | 90 | |
| Voies AV | 1460 | 57.5 | |
| Voies AR | 1460 | 57.5 | |
| Longueur | 4015 | 158.1 | |
| Largeur | |||
| Hauteur | 1215 | 47.8 | |
| Garde au sol | 132 | 5.2 | |
| 1.76 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | 1060 kg | 2337 | |
| Répartition poids AV | |||
| Réservoir à essence | 57 litres | 12.5 [15.1] UK [US] gal. | |
| Caractéristiques aérodynamique | |||
| Coefficient de pénétration | |||
| maître-couple | |||
| SCx | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Constructeur du moteur | TVR | ||
| Type moteur | |||
| Cylinders | V 8 | ||
| Cylindrée | 5 litre 4997 cc (304.936 cu in) |
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| Alésage × Course | 94 × 90 mm
3.7 × 3.54 in |
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| Rapport alésage / course | 1.04 | ||
| Distribution | overhead valve (OHV)
2 Soupapes par cylindre 16 Total vannes |
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| Puissance maximale (DIN) |
324 PS (320 bhp) (239 kW) à 5500 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale (DIN) |
434 Nm (320 ft·lb) (44.3 kgm) à 4000 tr/mn |
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| Specific output (DIN) |
47.8 kW/litre 64.9 ps/litre 64 bhp/litre 1.05 bhp/cu in |
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(DIN) |
86.85 Nm/litre
1.05 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Construction | |||
| Lubrification | |||
| Taux de compression | 10:1 | ||
| Carburant | |||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1091.4 kPa (158.3 psi) | ||
| Régime maximal | |||
| Nombre de paliers de vilebrequin | 5 | ||
| Refroidissement | Water | ||
| Cylindrée Unitaire | 624.63 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalyseur | Y | ||
| Performances | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | 4.1 s | ||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | 10.5 s | ||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Vitesse | 269 km/h (167 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 306.08 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.31 PS/kg 225.12 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.23 kW/kg 301.89 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.3 bhp/kg 0.13 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 4.44 kg/kW 7.42 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 | 2.200 | ||
| Turning circle | |||
| Suspension AV | I.DW.ARB. | ||
| Suspension AR | I.DW.ARB. | ||
| Roues AV | |||
| Roues AR | |||
| Pneumatiques AV | |||
| Pneumatiques AR | |||
| Freins AV/AR | VeDi/Di | ||
| Diamètre des freins AV | |||
| Diamètre des freins AR | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmission | 5 speed manual | ||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | 0.8 | ||
| Rapport de pont | |||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 74272 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | |||
| RAC rating | 43.8 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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2001 TVR Chimaera 500 added 2001-02-13. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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