Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The High Value engine family from General Motors is a group of cam-in-block or overhead valve V6 engines.These engines feature cast iron blocks and aluminum heads, and use the same 60° vee bank as the 60° V6 family they are based on, but the new 99 mm (3.90 in) bore required offsetting the bores by 1.5 mm (0.059 in) away from the engine center line.
Because it was derived from Buick's 215 cu in (3.5 L) aluminum V8, it has a 90° bank between cylinders and an uneven firing pattern due to the crankshaft having only three crank pins set at 120° apart, with opposing cylinders (1-2, 3-4, and 5-6) sharing a crank pin in, as do many V8 engines. The uneven firing pattern was often perceived as ...
Also in 1993, the 160 hp (119 kW) 3.3 L Buick V6 was replaced with a 3.1 L V6 with the same power rating, and power on the 2.2 L I4 was up to 120 hp (89 kW) with the introduction of MFI. Midway through the 1994 model year, a round speedometer replaced the wide rectangular one, but the car still carried on with the original dash.
Post-war Specials were only available as a four-door sedan or a two-door "sedanet", until the new 1949 models arrived. In the movie Mildred Pierce , Veda Pierce, Mildred's daughter, played by actress Ann Blyth , was given a 1940 Buick Special convertible as a gift, valued at US$1,077 for the Model 46C ($23,423 in 2023 dollars [ 3 ] ).
2.8 L turbo V6 in a 2006 Saab 9-3. This engine is also known as a A28NET, Z28NET, Z28NEL or B284. The LP9 is a 2.8L turbocharged version used for the Saab 9-3, Saab 9-5, and other GM vehicles. It has the same bore and stroke as the naturally aspirated LP1, however the compression ratio is reduced to 9.5:1. The engine is manufactured at Holden's ...
This 350-cubic-inch engine was a different design than the Chevy's 350 CID engine (4.000 in × 3.48 in) the Buick design had a longer stroke and smaller bore (3.80 X 3.85 in) allowing for lower-end torque, deep-skirt block construction, higher nickel-content cast iron, 3.0 in (76 mm) crank main journals, and 6.5 in (165 mm) connecting rods, the ...
4-door sedan 4-door Riviera sedan 2-door Sedanet coupe 2-door Riviera hardtop 2-door convertible 4-door Estate wagon: Platform: C-body: Related: Cadillac Series 62 Cadillac Series 61 Buick Roadmaster Oldsmobile 98: Powertrain; Engine: 248 cu in (4.1 L) Fireball I8 OHV 263 cu in (4.3 L) Fireball I8 OHV 322 cu in (5.3 L) Nailhead V8 OHV: Transmission
This variant of the Camaro was included in Time magazine's list of "The 50 Worst Cars of All Time"; Dan Neil said of it, "As the base engine for the redesigned 1982 Camaro (and Pontiac Firebird), the 2.5-liter, four-cylinder “Iron Duke” was the smallest, least powerful, most un-Camaro-like engine that could be and, like the California ...