The Griffith 500 is a car from TVR, with rear wheel drive, a front mounted engine and a 2 door convertible/cabriolet body style.
The power is produced by a naturally aspirated engine of 5 litre capacity. This unit features overhead valve valve gear, 8 cylinder layout, and 2 valves per cylinder. It produces 340 bhp (345 PS/254 kW) of power at 5500 rpm, and maximum torque of 474 N·m (350 lb·ft/48.3 kgm) at 3750 rpm.
This power is supplied to the wheels by means of a 5 speed manual gearbox.
Claimed weight at the kerb is 1060 kg.
Maximum claimed speed is 253 km/h (157 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 | 1470 | 57.9 | |
| Longueur | 3892 | 153.2 | |
| Largeur | 1943 | 76.5 | |
| Hauteur | 1205 | 47.4 | |
| Garde au sol | |||
| 1.7 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | 1060 kg | 2337 | |
| Répartition poids AV | |||
| Réservoir à essence | 57.7 litres | 12.7 [15.2] 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) |
345 PS (340 bhp) (254 kW) à 5500 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale (DIN) |
474 Nm (350 ft·lb) (48.3 kgm) à 3750 tr/mn |
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| Specific output (DIN) |
50.7 kW/litre 69 ps/litre 68 bhp/litre 1.11 bhp/cu in |
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(DIN) |
94.86 Nm/litre
1.15 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Construction | |||
| Lubrification | |||
| Taux de compression | 8.9:1 | ||
| Carburant | MP fuel inj. | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1192 kPa (172.9 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 | 4.6 s | ||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Vitesse | 253 km/h (157 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 325.21 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.33 PS/kg 239.19 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.24 kW/kg 320.75 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.32 bhp/kg 0.14 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 4.18 kg/kW 6.98 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 | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Suspension AV | I.DW.CS.ARB. | ||
| Suspension AR | I.DW.CS. | ||
| Roues AV | |||
| Roues AR | |||
| Pneumatiques AV | |||
| Pneumatiques AR | |||
| Freins AV/AR | VeDi/VeDi-S | ||
| Diamètre des freins AV | 260 mm | ||
| Diamètre des freins AR | 273 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmission | 5 speed manual | ||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | |||
| Rapport de pont | 3.31 | ||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 13794 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | |||
| RAC rating | 43.8 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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1993 TVR Griffith 500 added 1996-04-21. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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