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 | ||
| Aantal portieren | 2 | ||
| Ontwerper | |||
| Afmetingen en gewicht | |||
| Wielbasis | 2286 | 90 | |
| Spoorbreedte voor | 1460 | 57.5 | |
| Spoorbreedte achter | 1470 | 57.9 | |
| Lengte | 3892 | 153.2 | |
| Breedte | 1943 | 76.5 | |
| Hoogte | 1205 | 47.4 | |
| Bodemvrijheid | |||
| 1.7 | |||
| Gewicht | 1060 kg | 2337 | |
| Gewichtsverdeling | |||
| Benzinetank inhalt | 57.7 litres | 12.7 [15.2] UK [US] gal. | |
| Aërodynamica | |||
| Cw-waarde | |||
| Frontaal oppervlak | |||
| CdA | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Motor fabrikant | TVR | ||
| Motor nummer | |||
| Aantal cilinders | V 8 | ||
| Cilinderinhoud | 5 litre 4997 cc (304.936 cu in) |
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| Boring × Slag | 94 × 90 mm
3.7 × 3.54 in |
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| Boring/slag verhouding | 1.04 | ||
| Distributie | overhead valve (OHV)
2 Kleppen per cilinder 16 Totaal aantal kleppen |
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| Vermogen (DIN) |
345 PS (340 bhp) (254 kW) bij 5500 t/min |
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| Max. koppel (DIN) |
474 Nm (350 ft·lb) (48.3 kgm) bij 3750 t/min |
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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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| Motor constructie | |||
| Smering | |||
| Compressieverhouding | 8.9:1 | ||
| Brandstofsysteem | MP fuel inj. | ||
| 1192 kPa (172.9 psi) | |||
| Maximum tpm | |||
| Aantal nokkenas lagers | 5 | ||
| Afkoeling | Water | ||
| Eenheidscylinderinhoud | 624.63 cc | ||
| Aanzuiging | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Katalysator | Y | ||
| Prestasies | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | 4.6 s | ||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Max. snelheid | 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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| Verbruik | |||
| Benzineverbruik | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| CO2 Emissies | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| Onderstel | |||
| Motor plaatsing | front | ||
| Motor plaatsing | longitudinal | ||
| Aandrijving | rear wheel drive | ||
| Koppelverdeling | N/A | ||
| Stuurinrichting | |||
| Aantal omwentelingen stuurwiel | |||
| Draaicirkel | |||
| Wielophanging voor | I.DW.CS.ARB. | ||
| Wielophanging achter | I.DW.CS. | ||
| Velgmaat voor | |||
| Velgmaat achter | |||
| Bandenmaat voor | |||
| Bandenmaat agter | |||
| Bremmen voor/agter | VeDi/VeDi-S | ||
| Rem diameter voor | 260 mm | ||
| Rem diameter agter | 273 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Versnellingsbak | 5 speed manual | ||
| Hoogste versnelling verhouding | |||
| Achteras verhouding | 3.31 | ||
| Algemeen | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 13794 | ||
| Totaal gebouwd | |||
| Bouwserie | |||
| 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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