|
Flat-10
A flat-ten engine, also known as a horizontally opposed-ten, is a ten-cylinder piston engine with five cylinders on each side of a central crankshaft. There are no known flat-ten engines which reached production. In the early 1960s, Chevrolet built several prototype flat-ten engines as part of an aborted program for family of ''Modular Engines'' to replace the Chevrolet Turbo-Air 6 engine#Modular construction, Chevrolet Turbo-Air 6 flat-six engine. This development program investigated flat engines with between two and twelve cylinders, with the flat-ten version being known as "P-10" ("pancake" engine). Although the program was initially intended to develop an engine for the 1964 Chevrolet Corvair (which is rear-engined with rear-wheel drive), the flat-ten version was fitted to an experimental 1962 Chevrolet Impala (a front-engined car which was converted to front-wheel drive). References Piston engine configurations Flat engines, 10 {{Automotive-part-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chevrolet Turbo-Air 6 Engine
The Chevrolet Turbo-Air 6 is a flat-six air-cooled automobile engine developed by General Motors (GM) in the late 1950s for use in the rear-engined Chevrolet Corvair of the 1960s. It was used in the entire Corvair line, as well as a wide variety of other applications. The engine's use of air-cooling made it appealing to aircraft amateur builders, and small volume engine builders established a cottage industry modifying Corvair engines for aircraft. History Ed Cole, Chief Engineer for Chevrolet from 1952 to 1956 and Chevrolet General Manager from 1956 to 1961, was the person primarily responsible for getting the Corvair and its engine into production. Cole's experience with rear-engined vehicles began during his time as chief design engineer of light tanks and combat vehicles for Cadillac during World War II. He designed powertrains for the M24 Chaffee light tank and M5 Stuart tank, the latter of which used two rear-mounted Cadillac V8 engines driving through Hydramatic transmiss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
