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The connecting rods used on the 4.3 L (262 cu in) are therefore unique to this engine, being 5.7 inches (140 mm) in length, but having the larger 2 + 1 ⁄ 4 inches (57.2 mm) journals. The 4.3 L (262 cu in) also used larger valves than the 229 cu in (3.8 L) V6, with a 1.94-inch (49.3 mm) intake valve and a 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 -inch (38.1 mm) exhaust ...
The originally Pontiac operated South Gate plant was part of GM's Southern California Division through 1942. During World War II the plant built Stuart M-5 and M5A1 light tanks at 500 per month. [2] [1] [3] [4] The location was under the management of GM's newly-created Buick-Oldsmobile-Pontiac Assembly Division created in 1945.
The first streamliner powered by a Flathead Ford to go over 200 mph (320 km/h) is the Edelbrock-equipped Bachelor-Xydias SoCal Special; [4] it was featured on the cover of the January 1949 issue of Hot Rod magazine. [5] Bill Burke of the So-Cal Speed Shop was the first to attempt to convert a P-51 Mustang belly drop tank to a hot rod roadster. [6]
The Chevrolet small-block engine refers to one of the several gasoline-powered vehicle engines manufactured by General Motors. These include: The first or second generation of non-LS Chevrolet small-block engines; The third, fourth, or fifth generation of LS-based GM engines; The Chevrolet Gemini small-block engine
Inside the shop, Copeland and others develop hot rods that are fueled by hydrogen, including this 1948 Chevy 3100 pickup truck that gets 250 miles on one tank of hydrogen.
The General Motors LS-based small-block engines are a family of V8 and offshoot V6 engines designed and manufactured by the American automotive company General Motors. Introduced in 1997, the family is a continuation of the earlier first- and second-generation Chevrolet small-block engine , of which over 100 million have been produced ...
GM stopped installing big-block V8s in the Silverado HD trucks when the GMT800 series was discontinued in 2007. Vortec 8100s were built at GM's Tonawanda Engine plant while the engine block and cylinder head were cast at Saginaw Metal Casting Operations. The last L18 was manufactured in December 2009. L18 applications:
A connecting rod, also called a 'con rod', [1] [2] [3] is the part of a piston engine which connects the piston to the crankshaft. Together with the crank, the connecting rod converts the reciprocating motion of the piston into the rotation of the crankshaft. [4] The connecting rod is required to transmit the compressive and tensile forces from ...