1984
Chevrolet Corvette
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| 1984
Chevrolet Corvette |
| Engine |
V8,
overhead valve. |
| Bore
X Stroke |
101.6mm
x 88.4mm |
| Capacity |
5736
cc |
| Maximum
power |
205
bhp |
| Transmission |
four-speed
overdrive. |
| Chassis |
perimeter
steel frame |
| Suspension |
Independent
with coils and wishbones front and four trailing arms, track
rods and transverse leaf spring rear. Anti-roll bars back
and front. |
| Brakes |
discs
all round. |
| Bodywork |
glassfibre
two-seater sports coupé |
| Max.
Speed (approx.) |
124mph
(198kph) |
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1984
Chevrolet Corvette
'America's
only true sports car' first appeared in 1953, with a 160 bhp
version of the six-cylinder engine. Remarkably, its swoopy glassfibre
bodywork remained essentially the same in concept for three
decades, though of course the car became increasingly powerful.
It was developed by Chevrolet chief engineer Ed Cole and Zora
Arkus-Duntov, into an outstanding muscle car, and even survived
the energy crisis with only the loss of a couple of litres of
displacement - from 7.4 litres of 5.7 litres - to show for it.
There was rumours in 1974 that Wankel-engined version was going
into production, but this remained a prototype only.
By the early 1980s, the Corvette was really beginning to show
its age, so after a 'Collector's Edition' 'Vette had signalled
the end of an era in the 1982 model line, there was a 12-month
hiatus before an all-new Corvette appeared as a 1984 model.
While the glass-fibre body of the new 'Vette bore a family resemblance
to its predecessor, underneath the car was all new, with an
ingenious 'backbone drivetrain' in which engine and transmission
were rigidly attached to the differential by an alluminium C-section
beam. Other advanced features were graphite springs and outstanding
roadholding due, in large part, to specially-developed Goodyear
tyres which were not only a different size on front and rear
wheels but also 'handed' for the left and right sides of the
car.
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