Sentences with phrase «small block chief»
«Using variations of the GM small block in these races is another example of what continues to make the engine the icon it is,» said Dan Nicholson, GM Powertrain small block chief engineer.
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«The LS7 is ideal for road racing because it delivers amazing performance in a compact, lightweight package,» said Jordan Lee, Small Block chief engineer and program manager.
«The 2014 Corvette Stingray's LT1 engine is a triumph of advanced technology, delivering more power and torque than ever before with greater efficiency,» said Jordan Lee, Small Block chief engineer.
«EcoTec3 engines offer technology no other truck maker can match, and we offer it in every one of our engines, for every one of our customers,» said Jordan Lee, Small Block chief engineer and program manager.
Not exact matches
Analysis work for the application of DFM was equivalent to an all - new engine, says Jordan Lee, chief engineer for GM small - block V - 8s.
Because the new supercharger itself needs 120 horsepower just to turn its screws, according to Jordan Lee, Chevrolet's small - block chief engineer, the engine is likely generating more than 850 horsepower to produce 755 hp at the crank.
Valves on the DFM V - 8 are turned on and off by eight oil control valves, says Joe Folk, assistant chief engineer for the small block truck engines, and DFM operates on average 61 percent of the time with less than eight cylinders, compared with 48 percent for AFM, and it operates with fewer than four cylinders 16 percent of the time.
Jordan Lee, chief engineer for Chevy's Small Block engines division, notes the new Z06 engine produces 40 per cent more peak torque (180 lb - ft / 244 Nm) than the previous - generation's monstrous naturally - aspirated 7.0 - litre LS7 engine.
Jordan Lee, Chevrolet's global chief engineer for small block engines, said «Rather than adding turbochargers or multi-valve cylinder heads to increase the power of smaller engines, we chose to keep the proven capability of our larger V - 8 truck engines, and save fuel by switching off half of the cylinders when they aren't needed.»
«This is a historically important car because it represents a return of the Shelby «small block» convertible to Ford dealerships, as well as the final year of the pre-title manufacturing agreement between Ford Motor Company and Shelby for the Shelby GT program,» Neil Cummings, co-chief executive of Carroll Shelby International, chief executive of Carroll Shelby Licensing and co-president of the Carroll Shelby Foundation, said in a news release.