Sentences with phrase «overhead valves»

Initially, the 131 was offered with 1.3 L and 1.6 L overhead valve engines and the range received revisions in 1978 and 1981.

The engine relies on tried - and - true technology like a cam - in - block design with overhead valves with variable timing.

The bread - and - butter 5.3 L engine will likely carry on with the traditional overhead valve or «cam - in - block» configuration.

When the big 6.2 - liter overhead valve V - 8 wakes up from its idle, its 424 lb - ft of torque generates serious hustle.

It uses overhead valves which limit the rev range to 4500 rpm (power is a direct function of engine rpm) and promote inefficient combustion.

With body - on - frame construction and a fairly agricultural 1.3 - liter overhead valve engine, the MG was far from modern or refined in post-war America, but it gave thousands of people their first taste of what a sports car should feel like and served as a gateway drug to both racing and more expensive, more powerful sports cars.

The first winner was the 1949 Cadillac, which featured an innovative overhead valve V8 engine; while the company initially turned down the award from the brand new magazine, it now proudly references it's COTY wins in publicity materials.

The 1000's water - cooled engine featured overhead valves driven by pushrods, and sent power to the front wheels.

V - 8, 16 - valve, variable - valve timing, push rod operated overhead valves, eight deactivating and eight hydraulic lifters w / roller followers, deep - skirt cast - iron block, 356 aluminum cylinder heads w / hemispherical combustion chambers

It was owned in Italy by one family and has still it's original (100.008) 633 cc overhead valve inline - four cylinder engine.

This has a 987 cc PB overhead valve inline - four engine with 48 PS (35 kW) at 5500 rpm.

A comment aside: I often wonder why International Harvester (Farmall) used overhead valves at a time autos were using side valves («flatheads»).

However, from an engineering perspective it was rather conventional, using a 4 - cylinder all - iron overhead valve engine in 1250 or 1500 capacities driving a coil spring suspended live axle at the rear wheels.

By the end of the 1970s overhead valve V8s powered 80 % of automobiles built in the US, and most of the rest had six - cylinder engines.

Launched amidst the Great Depression, the spiffy little roadster seated two up front and two more in the rumble seat, featured a six - cylinder overhead valve engine known as the «stove bolt 6» that produced 60 horsepower, and was mated to the first Synchromesh three - speed manual transmission.

I'd be curious to know if the V6 is an ancient overhead valve engine with central camshaft, or a modern engine worthy of competing against a Hyundai Sonata (never mind a Toyota Camry, Honda Accord or Nissan Altima).

The Viper ACR (for American Classic Racer) features the tried and proven naturally aspirated 8.4 - liter V10 overhead valve engine.

OHV in general means OverHead Valve, or valves are installed in the cylinder head.

At that time, Cadillac was using the aluminum HT Overhead Valve (OHV) V8 which GM pushed hastily into production because the CAFE standards for 1982 would preempt using 1981's V8 -6-4.

140 hp, 3168 cc overhead valve alloy block and head V - 8 engine with twin Zenith carburetors, BMW 507 four - speed manual floor - shift transmission, independent front suspension via upper and lower A-arms and live axle rear suspension with torsion bars, and four - wheel hydraulic brakes.

Engine Structure: Overhead valves inclined, four cylinder, four valves per cylinder, dohc valve gear, twin chain driven ohc, aluminium alloy cylinder head, cast iron bored block, 5 - bearing crankshaft, Bosch LH Jetronic injection, Garett T3 Turbocharger, water cooling with electric fan.

@Thomas, This POWERFUL engine has overhead valve scavenging instead of piston - ported scavenging so there won't be oil in the exhaust.

It is powered by Ford's first overhead valve 239ci V8 with a 3 - speed manual transmission with overdrive.

The Typhoon straight - six [6] for the new Rambler was based on the previous 195.6 cu in (3.2 L) block, but was improved and featured overhead valves and produced 120 bhp (89 kW; 122 PS).

A new 173 hp (129 kW; 175 PS) overhead valve V8 engine was introduced.

Engines with overhead camshafts were installed with two timing belts, whereas vehicles with overhead valves used timing gears exclusively.

A 60 - horsepower, 1.1 - liter overhead valve four - cylinder mounted longitudinally in the engine bay sent power to a four - speed manual transmission and then to a solid rear axle.

At launch, both cars used Renault's ageing Cléon - Fonte engine overhead valve engines in either 1.1 or 1.4 litre format, and a basic suspension design which won few plaudits for the driving experience.

The 2019 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 is the ultimate expression of the Corvette and Chevy's front - engine, rear drive, overhead valve V - 8 formula, one that has served the brand well and delighted customers for decades.

Overhead Valve, basically mechanical push rods control the valves, This was the predecessor of the current SOHC and DOHC setup, as you can see from the first image, the camshaft is inside the cylinder block and not outside it, so you can have smaller engine setup but they have a lot of issues so they were succeeded by the SOHC setup.

The truth is more complicated, and not least because Chevrolet argues the overhead valve powertrain enables a more compact engine and a lower bonnet line.

Also, Subaru uses a chain to time their overhead valves, most companies prefer belts to time.

A new car arrived in 1948 with the Simca 6, a development of the Simca 5 which it would eventually replace, and featuring an overhead valve 570 cc engine: the Simca 6 was launched ahead of the introduction of the equivalent Fiat.

The Overhead valve V - 8 engine developed by GM in the late - 1940s proved to be very successful and helped ignite the horsepower race, the second salvo of which was Chrysler's 1951 Hemi engine.

The ABC Skootamota began production with an engine of this configuration, [22][23] but this was changed to an overhead valve engine before production ended.

With overhead valves and a semi-dry-sump design, the engine is more compact, resulting in good ground clearance and a low center of gravity.

[6][7] The choice to use an Overhead valve (OHV) arrangement (also known as a pushrod engine) is unique in the luxury performance sedan market where competitors typically use dual overhead camshaft (DOHC) engines.

Exterior color: summit white, inside color: graydark charcoal, body: s - u-v, engine: 5l na v8 overhead valves (ohv) 1, fuel: flex - fuel, cylinders: 8, doors: 4

Engine Structure: Overhead valves, two valves per cylinder, ohc valve gear, overhead camshaft, chain camshaft drive, two - stroke, aluminium cylinder head, cast iron block, 5 - bearing crankshaft, Stromberg CD type 175 carburettor, water cooling with thermostat controlled fan.

ENGINE: Tradesman / Big Horn — 3.6 - litre V6, double overhead camshafts, four valves per cylinder, eTorque electric motor / generator; Sport and up — 5.7 - litre Hemi V8, single camshaft, overhead valves, two valves per cylinder, variable valve timing, optional eTorque system.

GM believes the LT1 is the first time direct injection has been used with an overhead valve engine.

Technical Data: 6 cylinder in - line engine, cast iron cylinder block; bore x stroke 3 1/2 x 4 1/2 in, capacity 4,257 cc; aluminium alloy crankcase; cast iron cross-flow cylinder head; overhead valves, single coil ignition, stand - by coil; single dry plate type clutch; 4 speed gearbox in unit with engine; hypoid bevel final drive; independent front suspension with coil springs, semi-elliptic rear springs; 4 - wheel brakes servo - assisted, wheelbase 3,454.4 mm (136 in), tyre size 6.50 x 17

The engine, in a somewhat dubious industry first, use a variable valve - timing system on its overhead valves rather than on overhead cams, but this ultimately seems like more trouble than it's worth.