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A Partial General Motors Engine Guide.

March 16th, 2010

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Starting with the four cylinder rebuilt Chevrolet engines, to the full line of General Motors engines here is a fairly complete list of engines from the Iron duke 4 cylinder engine to the Vortec 5000 L30 is a V8 truck engine. Lets get started.. Four Cylinders 2200 (2.2L) The Vortec 2200 is a OHV straight-4 truck engine. It [...]
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Chevrolet Engines, What is SIDI?

March 4th, 2010

Chevy Engines with SIDI @ The Plant

[/caption] Direct-injection gasoline engines offer many potential advantages over conventional port fuel-injected engines for achieving vehicle fuel economy while meeting strict emission standards. Some of the potential benefits of spark-ignition direct-injection (SIDI) engines include improved thermal efficiency, better transient response, and greater displacement-specific [...]
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Engines: 2010 ECOTEC 2.4L SIDI Engine

March 2nd, 2010

Chevy four cylinder Ecotec engines

[/caption] This is the first of the Chevy Ecotec engines, a non-turbo four-cylinder ECOTEC to get direct injection. It’s making it’s debut on the 2010 Chevrolet Equinox with 182 HP and 30 MPG on the highway. Expect this engine to make it’s way to more applications in the [...]
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1989 S-10 Blazer with a Chevy 2.8L engine.

February 17th, 2010

Scrambled? Chevy Engines for Sale

[/caption] Here I am diagnosing a problem with a Chevy 2.8L S-10 engine. It is a ‘89 model and had a miss. Actually when you start it up cold it runs well for a few minutes, the it starts to miss mildly and by the [...]
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Chevrolet GMC truck engines may soon run on LPG, CNG

January 13th, 2010

Chevy Engines

[/caption] Expect the General Motors pickup engines, as in, Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra to be powered by propane (LPG) or compressed natural gas (CNG) alternative fuels as soon as 2012, according to the chief engineer for GM’s full-size trucks, in a conversation with USA TODAY at the [...]
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Chevy Engines: Engines on sale, affordable and reliable.

December 22nd, 2009

Chevy Engines

[/caption] GM will double its global production of small four-cylinder engines (1.0L to 1.4L) by 2011, with more than half of the increase coming in North America. The strategy is highlighted by an all-new, 1.4L Turbo engine that will power the 2011 Chevrolet Cruze. The 1.4L Turbo enables great vehicle [...]
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Chevy Engines: Hummer 6.2L and 6.5L Diesel Engines for Sale.

December 8th, 2009

Chevy Engines

[/caption] What is the difference between a Humvee military vehicle and the Hummer? The two terms overlap somewhat, but generally, “Hummer” refers to the civilian models and “Humvee” refers to the military ones. “Humvee” comes from “HMMWV“, a military term for ‘High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle’. AM General is the manufacturer of [...]
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Greater Fuel Economy from Chevy Engines.

November 29th, 2009

Chevy Engines

[/caption] “Where Our Customers Send Their Friends” GM has committed to multiple fuel-saving technologies across its car and truck engines line.  The all-new 2009 Chevy Traverse crossover, for example, enjoys the best highway fuel economy (24 mpg for 2WD models) of any eight-passenger SUV, thanks in part to the new Chevy Engines, [...]
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Chevy Engines: What does E-85 FlexFuel Stand For?

November 29th, 2009
E85 is the term for motor fuel blends of 85 percent ethanol and just 15 percent gasoline. E85 is an alternative fuel as defined by the U.S. Department of Energy for automobile engines. Besides its superior performance characteristics, [...]
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Chevy Engines: Gen Four LS2 and LS7 engines for sale.

November 26th, 2009
It’s works for me that during the 50th anniversary year of the small-block Chevy engines, possibly its two greatest variations have been released. Number one is the 400hp 6.0L LS2 arrived for the 2005 model year in the latest-generation Corvette, the second one came recently that the giant-killer small-block Chevy engines, the 500hp 7.0L LS7 [...]
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