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 GM Powertrain Debuts New Engines at SEMA
GM Powertrain is also showcasing a new Ecotec 2.4 liter engine, which brings both larger displacement and variable valve timing to the Ecotec modular family.
The new engine's bore is 88 mm and stroke is 98 mm, versus the 2.2 liter's 86 mm bore and 94.6 mm stroke, yielding a total displacement of 2,384 cc versus the original 2.2 liter's 2,189 cc.
The largest of GM's expanding family of 60° V-6 engines, the 3900 achieves larger displacement via an increase in bore size to 99 mm from the 3500 V-6’s 94 mm — requiring the bore centers to be ofset by 1.5 mm.
www.auto-report.net /gmpt05.html   (950 words)

  
 LQ1
The General Motors 60В° V6 family of engines engines began with the 1978 Buick 3.2 L V6 and continues to be produced today.
Like the rest of the generation I engines, they were updated in 1985 with larger main journals for durability and MPFI and OBD I. Generation I of the transverse engines ended in 1987.
GM produced two 3.4 L variants of the 60° block: A normal large-bore OHV descendant of the 3.1 L (the LA1) and an odd DOHC version, the LQ1.
www.transporteon.com /Engines-L/LQ1.php   (1408 words)

  
 General Motors Protection Plan - Frequently Asked Questions
GM vehicles are designed, assembled and tested to very high standards, but components used in today's vehicles are extremely complex and expensive to repair.
The GM Protection Plan must be notified of the delay within the first five (5) days of the rental period.
Value Guard is the quality vehicle service contract for cars, light-duty trucks and vans.
www.gmprotectionplan.com /faqs.html   (2717 words)

  
 GM Announces 3900 OHV Engine - XtremeGM.com: GM Owners Community   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The largest of GM’s expanding family of 60-degree V-6 engines, the 3900 achieves its 3900 cc of displacement via an increase in bore size to 99 mm from the 3500 V-6’s 94 mm — and also incorporates several important new innovations and upgrades.
Michalski said that to attain the 3.9 liters of displacement Powertrain engineers deemed ideal, the 3900’s larger cylinder bores had to be offset 1.5 mm from the crankshaft center line so that the cylinders did not interfere with the camshaft.
Although the new 3900 V-6 was designed as a high-output, performance-oriented engine, it hardly foregoes the traits of reliability, durability and refinement that are characteristics of GM Powertrain’s “high-value” engine families.
www.xtremega.com /forums/showthread.php?t=485   (1904 words)

  
 GM Powertrain expands industrial engine range - industry news Diesel Progress North American Edition - Find Articles
A new 5.0 L engine, a significant increase in horsepower for its 8.1 L engine and a new high output version of its 3.0 L engine are among the enhancements GM Powertrain has announced for its industrial engine range for 2004.
The new 5.0 L Vortec 5000 engine is similar to the overhead valve Vortec 5700 V-8 with the exception of bore size.
GM said the Vortec 4300 engine, which has a bore and smoke of 101.60 x 88.39 iron, has found significant applications in the lift truck market due to its compactness, durability, value and high power level.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0FZX/is_9_69/ai_109905146   (821 words)

  
 GM High Value engine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The High Value engine family from General Motors is a group of Cam in Block or "Pushrod" V6 engines.
These engines are the first cam in block engines to implement Variable Valve Timing, and won the 2006 Breakthrough Award from Popular Mechanics for this innovation.
GM 60-Degree V6 engine Technological ancestor of the GM High Value V6.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/GM_High_Value_engine   (691 words)

  
 The Oakland Press: Business
Tom Stephens, group vice president in charge of GM's Pontiac-based Powertrain Group, said Thursday the new diesel engine will fill a gap in the company's product portfolio between the smaller diesel engine GM now sells in Europe and large diesel engines that are popular on oversized pickup trucks.
In addition, it will be GM's first engine to use a NOx after-treatment system with a diesel particulate fi lter to help achieve the Tier 2 Bin 5 and LEV 2 emissions standards, he said.
GM sells more than 1 million diesel engines annually, with products that offer a range of choices from the small 1.3 four-cylinder diesel engine sold in the Opel Agila and Corsa, up to the 6.6L V-8 Duramax diesel sold in fullsize vans, heavy-duty pickups and medium-duty trucks in the United States.
www.theoaklandpress.com /stories/082506/bus_2006082552.shtml   (617 words)

  
 GM 60-Degree V6 engine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Like the rest of the Generation I engines, they were updated in 1985 with larger main journals for durability, along with multi-point fuel injection and OBD I.
GM produced three 3.4 L variants of the 60° block: The L32, A normal large-bore OHV descendant of the 3.1 L (not to be confused with the 90° Series III L32 supercharged), the LA1, and an odd DOHC version, the LQ1.
GM High Value engine - The new generation of the GM 60° V6, including the "3900" and VVT-enhanced engines.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/GM_60-Degree_V6_engine   (1620 words)

  
 Green Car Congress: GM Unveils Opel Antara Twin-Turbo Diesel Concept
GM simulations calculate that the engine, combined with the six-speed automatic transmission, will give the Antara GTC concept a top speed of more than 210 km/h and an acceleration from zero to 100 km/h in around 8 seconds.
GM has been working on the twin-turbo technology for several years, first applying it publicly in an earlier engineering study in an Opel Vectra presented at the Essen show in November 2003.
The mean effective pressure of an engine is average working pressure acting on the pistons during the combustion process—the higher the value, the higher the power output.
www.greencarcongress.com /2005/09/gm_unveils_opel.html   (1221 words)

  
 GM's Advanced Engines   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
GM's DoD technology works because it means that a consumer can get the power of a 3.9-liter V6 or a 5.3-liter V8 (more applications are undoubtedly coming) but the fuel economy ratings of smaller engines.
GM's DoD system allows an engine to use maximum power whenever it's needed without any discernable hesitation or pause (test-drives showed that to be true) and then puts half of its cylinders on standby when they're not required.
The third engine that GM put on display was the 2.4-liter version of its Ecotec family of inline fours.
www.edmunds.com /advice/specialreports/articles/100831/article.html   (977 words)

  
 Wired 10.08: GM's Billion-Dollar Bet
GM is the only US automaker developing its own fuel cell in-house: at the company's Warren, Michigan, research facility; at a 300-engineer skunk works near Rochester, New York, that recently expanded by 80,000 square feet; and at a third center in Mainz-Kastel, Germany.
The engineers knew gasoline fuel cells would be an interim technology on the path to a pure-hydrogen cell, but it would be cleaner and more efficient than a conventional engine and take advantage of the existing gas station infrastructure.
GM's plug-in electric car, first offered to the public in 1997, could do neither of these things, and so, though it was quick, fun, silent, and nonpolluting, GM pulled it from the market in 1999.
www.wired.com /wired/archive/10.08/fuelcellcars_pr.html   (4261 words)

  
 Fuel Injection Basics - Tech Article - Chevy High Performance Magazine
GM computers learn as they go, adjusting fuel trim in closed-loop mode based on the oxygen content of exhaust gases, searching continuously for the chemically perfect 14.7:1 air/fuel mixture and storing the required trim for future use.
GM computers very rapidly and repeatedly trim injection pulse width and observe the result via the O2 sensor, adding or subtracting fuel as necessary to hone in on the chemically perfect air/fuel ratio.
Engines need the most fuel per power stroke at peak torque under wide-open throttle, since this is the point at which the engine breathes the most air and at which you definitely want a maximum-power air/fuel ratio.
www.chevyhiperformance.com /techarticles/49738_fuel_injection_basics   (2497 words)

  
 GM's Reuse Strategy - News by InformationWeek
Engineers at GM, Ford, and DaimlerChrysler prefer to design new parts, Mixer says, so there needs to be a change in corporate cultures if those companies are to get maximum value out of databases that make it possible to reuse parts.
GM already has a platform in place to take advantage of the parts models that are or will be stored in the database.
GM believes that parts reuse will lead to increased quality and fewer recalls when engineers grab parts for which there's good data on reliability.
www.informationweek.com /story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=47902889   (1009 words)

  
 GM - Racing Technology Body&Chassis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
GM Racing brings value to affiliated race teams by providing the tools, techniques and technology of the world’s largest automotive company to evaluate and improve the performance of their vehicles.
GM engineers working in various racing series meet regularly to exchange information and lessons learned, disseminating the knowledge to GM teams.
While a wind tunnel gauges aerodynamic performance and a dyno measures engine output, the seven-post rig puts the chassis and suspension to the test.
www.gm.com /company/racing/technology/ALMSChassis.htm   (861 words)

  
 AutoZine Technical School - Engine
At high rev, the pressure would have been too high, causing too much stressed and heat to the combustion chamber, thus may damage the engine.
Especially at high rev, it generates a lot of friction thus energy loss and prevent the engine from revving high.
That means the engine becomes lazy to rev (and to thrill you), but at any time you have a lot of torque to access, without needing to change gears frequently.
www.autozine.org /technical_school/engine/tech_engine_3.htm   (2542 words)

  
 GM Displacement Engine Technology - Popular Hot Rodding Magazine
Had GM elected to apply DOD technology to performance vehicles such as the Corvette, GTO or a future Camaro, there would be far less pressure from corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) to import sub-compacts from outside GM as is the case now.
All corporate politics aside, the engineers at GM Powertrain have designed yet another mechanical marvel, and it's all due to some remarkably modest changes to the very robust Gen III architecture on which the Gen IV is based.
The "high value" 60-degree OHV V-6 will become the staple engine in vehicles which typically had the old 3100-, 3400- and more recent 3500-series engines (on which the LZ8 is based).
www.popularhotrodding.com /features/0405phr_gm_engine_technology   (3351 words)

  
 GM's 'hands-on' engine whiz: Tom Stephens grew up with grease under his fingernails.
GM Powertrain comes under the aegis of North American Operations (NAO) and is responsible for all powertrains in North America except for Saturn Corp., with which it has a close relationship.
Reminding that 4-valve overhead cam (OHC) engines with aluminum blocks and heads - technology to which automakers have stampeded in recent years - have been around since 1919, he argues strongly that there's ample room for longstanding, but technically enhanced, overhead-valve (OHV) pushrod technology, based on where and how the engines are used.
If GM were to develop a new inline engine, "I'd be in the camp of doing it with OHC technology," he says.
waw.wardsauto.com /ar/auto_gms_handson_engine   (1388 words)

  
 Maintaining GM Northstar V8 Engine, Larry Carley, Underhood Service, October 2002
GM recently unveiled its Northstar XV12 concept engine that is physically about the same size as the existing V8 but is capable of producing up to 750 horsepower!
In model year 2000, GM began using a new high pressure "squeeze" casting process for the lower crankcase to reduce porosity in the aluminum, which may allow oil to seep through and leak (this has been a problem on some engines).
The engines are factory-equipped with 100,000-mile platinum-tipped spark plugs and five-year/150,000-mile Dex-Cool antifreeze, and use chain-driven cams to eliminate the need to replace timing belts.
www.babcox.com /editorial/us/us100232.htm   (2389 words)

  
 Daewoo: GM's Hot New Engine
Since General Motors Corp. (GM) bought a controlling interest in bankrupt Daewoo in October, 2002, the rechristened GM Daewoo Auto and Technology Co. has emerged as one of the most promising spots in the Detroit carmaker's empire.
GM thought that combining Daewoo's small-car smarts with GM's engineering and distribution could be a winning formula.
GM officials say that won't be a problem and that the Chevy models should give the company a lift in Eastern Europe.
www.businessweek.com /magazine/content/04_48/b3910071.htm   (1406 words)

  
 Extreme Value 468 engine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
This engine's torque curve is awesome, staying above 500ft-lb until 5750rpm.
Specific individual engines' performance can vary, depending on minor variations in castings, clearances, altitude and oxygen density, fuel quality, customer's equipment such as fuel delivery system, cooling system, exhaust and drivetrain.
Our "Diabolical Performance Engines" are dynoed and are delivered with their specific dyno printout.
www.diabolicalperformance.com /extremevalue468.html   (435 words)

  
 General Motors Protection Plan - Value Guard
Value Guard, a broad-coverage vehicle service contract endorsed by General Motors, frees you from the worry of unexpected and costly bills for covered repairs.
Put yourself on the road with Value Guard and you'll have General Motors-endorsed coverage and peace of mind for the life of your vehicle service contract.
Value Guard can be purchased at any time during the new vehicle limited warranty period, but the earlier you buy, the better the value.
www.gmprotectionplan.com /valueguard.html   (573 words)

  
 Ford, GM Launch Joint 6-Speed Automatic
GM has a unique distance from the centerline of the engine crankshaft to the centerline of the front axle.
Ford and GM are contractually obligated to share changes they make down the road, as well as cost-reduction results obtained from new hardware.
Ford and GM are the fiercest of rivals in the marketplace, but their respective transmission development teams have formed close relationships and frequently are in touch.
wardsauto.com /ar/ford_gm_automatic   (887 words)

  
 GILBERT CHEVROLET - GM Performance Parts Year 2000 Catalog Update
GM Performance Parts are for people who demand the fit, finish and function of factory developed, engineered and tested high performance product.
This engine meets 49 states’ emission standards and with 194 ft/lbs of towing torque, the HT 3.4 will make your truck feel like new and pull loads better than ever.
This new emission-legal (50 states) Retro-Kit engine conversion kit is designed for 1991-93 Chevrolet and GME 10, 20 and 30-series 2 wheel drive trucks equipped with a 454 TBI engine and 4L80E automatic overdrive transmission.
www.sallee-chevrolet.com /Gm_Performance_Parts_Update/gmnew.html   (1190 words)

  
 ONSTAR | PROMO | OVD PRESS RELEASE
The GM Oil-life System is a GM-exclusive technology only available on GM vehicles and is both friendly to the pocketbook and to the environment.
Because millions of GM vehicles already have this system, it is estimated that more than 100 million gallons of oil could be saved over the next five years, if used as intended.
The engine oil and filter must be changed at least once a year even if the GMOLS indicator does not come on.
www.onstar.com /us_english/jsp/new_at_onstar/ovd.jsp   (2003 words)

  
 GILBERT CHEVROLET - Tow Truck 502ci Crate Engine
The key to towing performance is torque and the 502ci Engine is tuned for torque with round-port cast iron cylinder heads and a special hydraulic roller camshaft.
This engine will climb hills, accelerate onto the highway and pull out to pass with the sort of confidence that you’ve come to expect from a GM Performance Parts crate engine.
The engine comes fully assembled and is designed to utilize the existing intake manifold, ignition system and water pump from the original engine.
www.sallee-chevrolet.com /ChevyBigBlockV8s/502or.html   (671 words)

  
 GM, Fiat Agree to End Partnership (washingtonpost.com)
Detroit-based GM is to return its 10 percent stake in Fiat's auto division and the two carmakers will dismantle their joint venture that manufactures engines and transmissions.
GM chief financial officer John Devine said in the conference call that two-thirds of the settlement would be to cancel the option and one-third covers GM's purchase of assets.
Experts had estimated the value of any agreement to be as much as $2.6 billion.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A21140-2005Feb13.html   (731 words)

  
 GMPP Major Guard, bumper to bumper GM extended warranty.
Protect yourself from the cost of unexpected vehicle repairs, and add to the value of your vehicle, with Major Guard, the most comprehensive extended warranty for GM vehicles from General Motors.
Repair paperwork is eliminated too, because your GM dealer will take care of all the paperwork for you.
Whether you are looking for a Chevrolet extended warranty, a GMC extended warranty or an extended auto warranty for any other GM vehicle, think of how much more your vehicle will be worth if you sell it and offer to transfer the GM extended warranty to the new owner.
www.gm-auto-mall.com /major_guard_protection_plan.cfm   (505 words)

  
 Highway to Value - Editorial - CIO
Meanwhile, OnStar has enabled GM to pioneer the field of telematics, the integration of telecommunications and vehicle technology.
"OnStar's value transcends even 'Enterprise Value' by creating a new standard in customer interaction that will be seen as the reference model for years to come," says Gregor Bailar, CIO and executive VP with Capital One and an Enterprise Value Awards judge.
If someone’s car rolled over a cliff, and the engine was dead, if there was no front impact they could lay there for days and die.
www.cio.com /archive/021506/eva_value.html   (1958 words)

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