txliberator
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Looks as though it's the beginning of the end for the greatest light truck motor of all time. GM is moving on. Can't wait to hear about how this one is going to be the most bad ass thing you can put between the stringers.... 
Oh yeah they are calling yet another motor the LT1, lame!!
Pontiac — General Motors Co. Wednesday debuted its all-new small-block, LT1 6.2-liter V-8 engine, which will power the all-new 2014 Chevrolet Corvette.
In what GM is calling the most significant redesign in its history, the fifth-generation small block will include a direct injection fuel system and active fuel management, or cylinder deactivation, which helps it achieve greater fuel efficiency and will give owners more miles out of a gallon of gas.
GM said it will build the new engine at its Tonawanda Engine Plant in Buffalo, N.Y.
"The engine, if you talk to our customers, that's the heart of the beast," said Tadge Juechter, executive chief engineer of the Corvette, during a media unveiling at GM's Powertrain Engineering Center in Pontiac.
The new small-block will be under the hood of the redesigned Corvette, which the automaker will reveal Jan. 13 at a Detroit area event. It will be just a day ahead of the start of press days for the North American International Auto Show.
GM's engineers started over redesigning the engine using just a handful of existing parts. They worked to make it as compact and lightweight as possible but while ensuring high performance.
Juechter said the base 2014 Corvette will generate at least 450 horsepower or greater. The all-new Corvette also is expected to generate 450 foot-pounds of torque and achieve more than 26 miles per gallon fuel economy.
"We are confident today we'll be zero to 60 seconds in less than 4 seconds and that is on the entry-level vehicle," Juechter said.
The Corvette small block engine for the first time includes direct injection and active fuel management, which saves fuel by deactivating four of the eight cylinders in light load situations such as coasting on an exit ramp or cruising speed on the highway. The engine also uses continuously variable valve timing to aid in fuel economy.
"Our objective for the development of the all-new LT1 was to raise the bar for performance car engines," Mary Barra, senior vice president of global product development, said in a statement. "We feel that we have achieved that by delivering a true technological masterpiece that seamlessly integrates a suite of advanced technologies that can only be found on a handful of engines in the world.
The all-new Corvette will arrive on dealer lots late next year.
The LT1 is the first engine GM is revealing in its fifth-generation of small block engines. The small blocks likely also will power GM's all-new 2014 full-size pickups and SUVs.
Oh yeah they are calling yet another motor the LT1, lame!!Pontiac — General Motors Co. Wednesday debuted its all-new small-block, LT1 6.2-liter V-8 engine, which will power the all-new 2014 Chevrolet Corvette.
In what GM is calling the most significant redesign in its history, the fifth-generation small block will include a direct injection fuel system and active fuel management, or cylinder deactivation, which helps it achieve greater fuel efficiency and will give owners more miles out of a gallon of gas.
GM said it will build the new engine at its Tonawanda Engine Plant in Buffalo, N.Y.
"The engine, if you talk to our customers, that's the heart of the beast," said Tadge Juechter, executive chief engineer of the Corvette, during a media unveiling at GM's Powertrain Engineering Center in Pontiac.
The new small-block will be under the hood of the redesigned Corvette, which the automaker will reveal Jan. 13 at a Detroit area event. It will be just a day ahead of the start of press days for the North American International Auto Show.
GM's engineers started over redesigning the engine using just a handful of existing parts. They worked to make it as compact and lightweight as possible but while ensuring high performance.
Juechter said the base 2014 Corvette will generate at least 450 horsepower or greater. The all-new Corvette also is expected to generate 450 foot-pounds of torque and achieve more than 26 miles per gallon fuel economy.
"We are confident today we'll be zero to 60 seconds in less than 4 seconds and that is on the entry-level vehicle," Juechter said.
The Corvette small block engine for the first time includes direct injection and active fuel management, which saves fuel by deactivating four of the eight cylinders in light load situations such as coasting on an exit ramp or cruising speed on the highway. The engine also uses continuously variable valve timing to aid in fuel economy.
"Our objective for the development of the all-new LT1 was to raise the bar for performance car engines," Mary Barra, senior vice president of global product development, said in a statement. "We feel that we have achieved that by delivering a true technological masterpiece that seamlessly integrates a suite of advanced technologies that can only be found on a handful of engines in the world.
The all-new Corvette will arrive on dealer lots late next year.
The LT1 is the first engine GM is revealing in its fifth-generation of small block engines. The small blocks likely also will power GM's all-new 2014 full-size pickups and SUVs.
