Both race cars use
production engine blocks, heads, valvetrain from the Hyundai - developed Lambda V6 engine family as core building blocks for their phenomenal race - worthy performance and durability.
Mazda is running the # 70 prototype with
a production engine block and heads, a reinforced stock crankshaft mildly modified for racing, and a production water pump made slightly thicker.
Not exact matches
Although the racing
engine receives upgraded turbos, larger fuel capacity, and a racing - spec
engine oil system, it shares the same aluminum
block and heads, direct - injection system, gaskets, electronic throttle body, and valve springs with the
production version.
The
engine is said to be pretty close to the one found to the
production car, being built in the same factory in Ohio and keeping the road - going NSX's
block, crank, valvetrain, sump and cylinder heads.
Bolstering the case for future assembly of the
engine is GM's plan to spend $ 400 million at its plant in Tonawanda, NY, and $ 235 million in St. Catherines for small -
block production.
There's a bittersweet twist to the Roadster S tale, though, for Alpina has had to cease
production due to BMW stopping the supply of the
engine block on which its 3.4 - litre unit is based.
With the tall - deck LSX Bowtie
block, Chevrolet Performance engineers were able to build a 21st - century 454 with the latest technology — and it requires no more space under the hood than a
production LS
engine.
Since 1955, the small -
block has become the world's most successful
production - based racing
engine, and the 4 - mile Road America course has become the track that every road racer cherishes.
Since its debut in 1955, the small -
block V - 8 has become the world's most successful
production - based racing
engine.
The Corvette C6.Rs» LS5.5 R is a naturally aspirated race
engine, based on the Corvette Z06's 7.0 - liter LS7
engine (which in turn was developed with the 7.0 L race
engine used in the C6.R GT1 cars), built on
production cast - aluminum cylinder
blocks.
It is completed by the ZZ427, a regular -
production crate
engine that features most of the same high - performance attributes of the Anniversary 427, but with an iron cylinder
block.
The 1.0 - liter EcoBoost cylinder
block can fit onto a sheet of A4 paper (11.7 x 8.3 inches) but delivers up to 125 PS and 170 N · m (125 lb - ft) peak torque (with 200 N · m (148 lb - ft) overboost), giving it the highest power density of any Ford
production engine to date.
In addition to causing problems with coolant and oil systems mingling fluids, it also resulted in Porsche's decision to repair faulty
engines by boring out the cast sleeves on the cylinders where defects were noted in
production and inserting new sleeves rather than scrapping the
engine block.
The race - prepared LS7.R
engine, which shares its architecture with the
production LS7 small -
block V - 8, propelled Corvette Racing to its fifth GT1 class victory in the...
The race - prepared LS7.R
engine, which shares its architecture with the
production LS7 small -
block V - 8, propelled Corvette Racing to its fifth GT1 class victory in the 24 Hours of Le Mans on June 18, 2006.
«The championship - winning LS7.R has evolved to a very high level of development, yet it retains the longstanding virtues of compact size, simplicity, reliability and high specific output that have made the GM small -
block V - 8 the world's most successful
production - based racing
engine.»
In fact, the ZZ6 produces more power than any factory produced 350
engine ever installed in a Chevrolet
production vehicle and is one of the most powerful 350 Small
Block - based crate
engines during the 27 - history of the ZZ lineup.
The cylinder
block and cylinder head are taken from the
production engine and are produced in the light alloy foundry at the BMW Group plant in Landshut (GER).
The team has integrated this new system with the electronic controls for the
production - based 5.5 - liter GM small -
block V - 8
engines that power the Corvette C6.Rs.
Driver Scott Brayton drove his March to more than 204 mph one - lap speed and a 203.637 four - lap average, setting records for a
production - spec
engine block.
JLR is close to starting series of
production of the petrol -
engined version of the all - new four - cylinder alloy -
blocked Ingenium
engine.
This is not a pure race
engine; it is a
production block SKYACTIV - D.
When building a performance
engine or replacing a stock
engine, our
production - based
blocks offer the strength, accuracy, and peace of mind you'd expect from Chevrolet Performance.
Q: Corvette Racing will introduce a
production - based 5.5 - liter small -
block V - 8
engine in 2010 in place of the 7.0 - liter and 6.0 - liter
engines used previously.
That is more power than any 5.7 - liter
engine ever offered in a
production vehicle and one of the most powerful 5.7 - liter small
block crate
engines ever sold by Chevrolet Performance in the storied 27 - year history of the «ZZ» lineup.
The
engine block and heads are from the Hyundai
production - based Lambda
engine family, with a Garrett turbocharger feeding the highly pressurized (22:1) air - fuel mixture, creating 900 horsepower and 800 lb.
The GM small -
block V - 8 is America's most popular and most successful
production - based racing
engine.
Total
production of GM small -
block - based
engines is more than 90 million units.
The new
engine production line will manufacture
engine components, including cylinder
blocks, cylinder heads, connecting rods, and crankshafts for complete assembly cars at the new plant.
The 2013 Shelby GT500 finds this pavement shredding power from an updated 5.8 - liter aluminum
block supercharged V8
engine, which just happens to be the most power
production V8 found in the world.
The remaining $ 40.5 million will go towards increasing
production of
engine heads and
blocks for the four - cylinder
engine at the Dundee plant.
The roadster was a late -
production, European - specification car with an alloy
engine block and disc brakes, and it has never been fully restored while traveling only 36,600 miles.
The V8
engine's cylinder
block and cylinder head are from the upcoming 8 - series
production car, and has more than 500bhp at its disposal as per race regulations.
Its
engine block of diecast aluminum with cast iron cylinder liners conceals a world premiere in large - scale
production: CONICSHAPE, also known in - house as «trumpet - honing».
PONTIAC, Mich. — When it arrives next summer, the 2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 will be the most powerful and fastest
production car ever produced by General Motors, with performance enabled by a new, supercharged 6.2 L LS9 small -
block V - 8
engine.