5.0 Chimarea Stats

[Dave 500]

Hi thier just been looking for the 0-60, 0-100, 1/4 mile times and MPG for the 5.0 Chimarea but not had much luck. Does anyone know them or know of a place where they are.

Cheers for your help Dave

[deeen]

i believe there were / (are?) two different spec 500 engines, and the stats i read in the back of magazines seem to vary a lot, so i think you may be chasing a large irate waterfowl.

[Dave 500]

Hi,

Sorry its the HC one.

[poorpeet]

The figs in the bible come via a Top Gear roadtest & they are:
0-60 5.2
0-100 13.4
1/4 14.0
No idea of the mpg but "not a lot" just about covers it

[TomPob]

If its 5.2 for the 500... my 400 must be running in the high 5's..early 6's..is this right?

[shnozz]

0-60 pointless anyway but I will post up the figures taken from the Bible when I get home from work later - Steve has included a range from all sorts of tests

[Big simp]

I think you will find the 5.0 Chimaera is 0.60 in 4.1 secs, 0.100 is 10.1 quartermile comes up in 12.2 and a top speed off 167 mph ,according to my 500 handbook.

>> Edited by Big simp on Monday 23 February 19:04

[Nick P]

poorpeet said:

The figs in the bible come via a Top Gear roadtest & they are: 0-60 5.2 0-100 13.4 1/4 14.0 No idea of the mpg but "not a lot" just about covers it

there is no way that is correct considering the Griff 500 0-60 is given as 3.9s or 4.1 in most mags

[shnozz]

right - as promised..

4 litre chim

0 - 60 - 4.8 = performance car june 1992
0 - 60 - 5.4 = performance car may 1993
0 - 60 - 4.7 = fast lane may 1993


5 litre chim

0 - 60 - 5.2 = top gear March 1998

(not surprisingly to 60 its pretty much the same)

in the same order magazines

0 - 100 - 11.2
0 - 100 - 14.6
0 - 100 - 12.1

Chim 500

0 - 100 - 13.4

max speed in same order

155
152
152.6

Chim 500 = 167

[T88CAN]

The words worms,of,and can springs to mind heremy 2penny`s worth being a bit of a anorack when it comes to figs is. Autocar is the most respected car tester in the business IMHO after all they have been around a couple of years and it is that magazines figures i`d take the ideal benchmark, however as a member of the testing team is a active member on PH then i am reluctant to breach copy write? (Stuart)

>> Edited by T88CAN on Monday 23 February 21:42

[shnozz]

T88CAN said:

The words worms,of,and can springs to mind heremy 2penny`s worth being a bit of a anorack when it comes to figs is. Autocar is the most respected car tester in the business IMHO after all they have been around a couple of years and it is that magazines figures i`d take the ideal benchmark, however as a member of the testing team is a active member on PH then i am reluctant to breach copy write? (Paul)

personally i have never given much of a hoot what the figures read. But, whilst autocar may be respected as a benchmark, these other mags must have got there figures from somewhere, whether it be murdering the clutch in the dry with a dribble of petrol and a test driver of mungo stature I dont know - but surely the figure itself cant be that far out - only the conditions and how hard the car is pushed - oh, and whether a nicely specced and tuned Tiv is supplied to them of course

[T88CAN]

shnozz said:

T88CAN said: The words worms,of,and can springs to mind heremy 2penny`s worth being a bit of a anorack when it comes to figs is. Autocar is the most respected car tester in the business IMHO after all they have been around a couple of years and it is that magazines figures i`d take the ideal benchmark, however as a member of the testing team is a active member on PH then i am reluctant to breach copy write? (Paul) personally i have never given much of a[HOOT] what the figures read. But, whilst autocar may be respected as a benchmark, these other mags must have got there figures from somewhere, whether it be murdering the clutch in the dry with a dribble of petrol and a test driver of mungo stature I dont know - but surely the figure itself cant be that far out - only the conditions and how hard the car is pushed - oh, and whether a nicely specced and tuned Tiv is supplied to them of course

Any pun intended Phil

[harleywilma]

ooh lets all flog our 500s for 4L,(no THANKS)!

[HarryW]

harleywilma said:

ooh lets all flog our 500s for 4L,(no THANKS)!

[colinrob]

As for MPG I have averaged 17.7 over 2090miles of various driving but the last tank I only got 14.3 over 133 miles, they are a lot worse than the 4.0 but they are also a lot quicker.

>> Edited by colinrob on Monday 23 February 23:06

[shnozz]

harleywilma said:

ooh lets all flog our 500s for 4L,(no THANKS)!

well you werent getting much joy in selling your 500 so long ago so doesnt seem much chance of this anyway.

not quite sure what sparked this comment.

[shpub]

Nick P said:

poorpeet said: The figs in the bible come via a Top Gear roadtest & they are: 0-60 5.2 0-100 13.4 1/4 14.0 No idea of the mpg but "not a lot" just about covers it there is no way that is correct considering the Griff 500 0-60 is given as 3.9s or 4.1 in most mags

Yes it is read. Read the original article and those figures are from damp to wet conditions...

[big simp]

Thank You Steve