badassgrandam99
11-14-2002, 11:26 AM
from the December 2002 issue:
GM's experimental high-feature, hig-tech "XV8" could be the ticket to the V-8 powered Grand Prix we told you about last month. The all-aluminum 4.3L V-8 has the width of a V-6 and the length of an I-4, GM says, so it'll fit sideways in a mid-sized front-drive car.
Featuring an air-assisted direct-injection gasoline system from Orbital Engine Corp. of Austrailia, the powerplant integrates three-valve cylinder heads and dual cames in the block. Ohter goodies in the 75degree V-8 include displacement-on-demand with twin oil pumps, a balance shaft that doubles as an oil-pump shaft drive, and an integrated air compressor.
GM claims 300hp, 295-lb-ft of torque, and the fuel mileage of a much smaller engine. "Although we have no current plans for production in its entirety," says GM Powertrain Executive Director of Advanced Engineering Fritz Indra, "many of the technologies are under development for future engine programs."
GM's experimental high-feature, hig-tech "XV8" could be the ticket to the V-8 powered Grand Prix we told you about last month. The all-aluminum 4.3L V-8 has the width of a V-6 and the length of an I-4, GM says, so it'll fit sideways in a mid-sized front-drive car.
Featuring an air-assisted direct-injection gasoline system from Orbital Engine Corp. of Austrailia, the powerplant integrates three-valve cylinder heads and dual cames in the block. Ohter goodies in the 75degree V-8 include displacement-on-demand with twin oil pumps, a balance shaft that doubles as an oil-pump shaft drive, and an integrated air compressor.
GM claims 300hp, 295-lb-ft of torque, and the fuel mileage of a much smaller engine. "Although we have no current plans for production in its entirety," says GM Powertrain Executive Director of Advanced Engineering Fritz Indra, "many of the technologies are under development for future engine programs."