It's true
that the V8 has advanced and moved from daily drivers and family sedans
to high performance sports cars and pickups, this means that v8 is here to stay. In spite of hybrid and electric car advances, the internal
combustion engine will continue to power the world for years to come and
nothing can yet replaceit. The V8 power needed to do heavy lifting and provide
high speed performance.
Earlier this month, General Motors Co. unveiled its fifth-generation Small Block V8 that will debut next year in the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette. For nearly 50 years, the Small Block powered all of GM's brands.
But this 450-horsepower V8 is not anything like those brute machines from days gone by. Its high-tech features create a modern engine that is greener, cleaner and more powerful than ever before.
The LT-1, as the engine is known at GM, is a 6.2-liter direct injection V8 that is finely tuned with a multitude of features. Some of the technology is new and some is simply more refined. It can turn off four-cylinders while cruising down the highway, run cooler through advanced thermal dynamic engineering and explode nearly every droplet of fuel it injects by a specially designed piston head--that means even cleaner emissions.
From the sports car standpoint, this engine will create enough power to propel a Corvette from 0 to 60 mph in about 4 seconds and get an estimated 26 mpg on the highway. That alone is a feat 20 years ago would never have been thought possible. More importantly, this engine shows all of the incremental improvements engineers have developed to create an efficient ICE.
Converting fuel into energy in the most efficient way possible is the basic premise of any green strategy. Creating 450 pound-feet of torque, well, that's just a great perk. Through countless hours of computerized mapping and studying, engineers figured out how to disperse fuel completely inside the cylinder by injectors and a specially designed cylinder head. This allows the fuel to burn faster and more efficiently, creating all of that power.
Earlier this month, General Motors Co. unveiled its fifth-generation Small Block V8 that will debut next year in the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette. For nearly 50 years, the Small Block powered all of GM's brands.
But this 450-horsepower V8 is not anything like those brute machines from days gone by. Its high-tech features create a modern engine that is greener, cleaner and more powerful than ever before.
The LT-1, as the engine is known at GM, is a 6.2-liter direct injection V8 that is finely tuned with a multitude of features. Some of the technology is new and some is simply more refined. It can turn off four-cylinders while cruising down the highway, run cooler through advanced thermal dynamic engineering and explode nearly every droplet of fuel it injects by a specially designed piston head--that means even cleaner emissions.
From the sports car standpoint, this engine will create enough power to propel a Corvette from 0 to 60 mph in about 4 seconds and get an estimated 26 mpg on the highway. That alone is a feat 20 years ago would never have been thought possible. More importantly, this engine shows all of the incremental improvements engineers have developed to create an efficient ICE.
Converting fuel into energy in the most efficient way possible is the basic premise of any green strategy. Creating 450 pound-feet of torque, well, that's just a great perk. Through countless hours of computerized mapping and studying, engineers figured out how to disperse fuel completely inside the cylinder by injectors and a specially designed cylinder head. This allows the fuel to burn faster and more efficiently, creating all of that power.
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