The FIRE (for "Fully Integrated Robotised Engine") is a series of
automobile engines from
Fiat Powertrain Technologies
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, built in
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Dundee, MI (only in 1.4 Multiair versions) plants. It was designed by Italian design firm Rodolfo Bonetto. It is constructed by robot assembly plants ("Robogate") to reduce costs.
The FIRE series replaced the old Fiat
100 series Overhead valve engines in the mid-1980s. Mechanically, they are simple
inline-four engines with five
main bearings
crankshaft
A crankshaft is a mechanical component used in a piston engine to convert the reciprocating motion into rotational motion. The crankshaft is a rotating shaft containing one or more crankpins, that are driven by the pistons via the connecting ...
and
overhead cam heads.
Since 1985, it has been constructed in different versions. Displacements range from . In addition to the 8 valve versions, there are "Super-FIRE"
16 valve versions.
The "Super-FIRE" which uses 16 valves and is available in (Brazil) and (Brazil & Europe) displacements.
The variation introduced in 2003 is available in both 8 and 16 valves. In 2005 Fiat introduced a version of the 16v incorporating
port deactivation (PDA) and
EGR. This unit is frequently referred to as the "StarJet" engine. One year later, a
turbocharged
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variety of the StarJet was introduced under the name "T-Jet", and a
MultiAir (adding electro-hydraulic intake valve driving, with variable timing, lift and profile) version was added in 2009, available in either
naturally aspirated
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and turbocharged forms. It reached 190 PS on the Abarth 695 Biposto.
The FIRE was originally a
carburetor
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engine, and later progressed to
single-point injection (SPI), then to
multi-point fuel injection (MPI), using
sequential multi-port fuel injection (SMPI) today. It is now used in the
750 Formula in a slightly modified state.
Brazilian production started in 2000 with the "Super-FIRE" 1.2 16V (80 PS), was extended until 2006 with 1.0 8V (54 PS), 1.0 16V (69 PS), 1.2 8V (66 PS) and 1.4 8V (80 PS). By 2016, the two "last Super-FIRE" being produced in Brazil were the reworked (New pistons and crankshaft) 1.0 8V (77 PS) and the 1.4 8V VVT (90 PS), both running on petrol or ethanol fuels.
Starting in 2016, it is being replaced by the
GSE (FireFly) engine family.
List of FIRE engines
The FIRE engine has been available in the following displacements:
* - bore x stroke
**
SOHC
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8V (1986 - 1992)
* - bore x stroke
** 8V (1986 - 1993)
** 8V SPI (1987 - 2003)
**
DOHC 16V SMPI (1998 - 2003, Brazil only)
** 8V SMPI
Flex-fuel (2005 - current, Brazil only)
* - bore x stroke
** 8V (1983 - 1993)
** 8V SPI (1993 - 2000)
** 8V SMPI (2001 - 2010)
* - bore x stroke
** 8V SPI (1993 - 1999)
** 8V MPI (1993 - 1999)
** 8V SMPI (1993 - 2009)
** 8V SMPI
VVT (2007 - 2020)
** 16V SMPI (1998 - 2009)
* SMPI - bore x stroke
** 8V SMPI (2003 - current)
** 8V SMPI
VVT (2005 - current)
** 8V SMPI Flex-fuel (2005 - current, Brazil only)
** 16V SMPI (2005 - current)
** 16V SMPI ''StarJet''
VVT –
PDA
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(2005 - current)
** 16V
''T-Jet'' (2006 - current)
** 16V ''
MultiAir'' (2009 - current)
** 16V ''MultiAir Turbo'' (2009 - current)
Applications
*
Autobianchi Y10 (1985)
*
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(1986)
*
Fiat Panda (1986)
*
Fiat Tipo (1988)
*
Fiat Punto (1993)
*
Fiat Cinquecento (1994) — 54 PS (40kW)
*
Fiat Bravo/Brava (1995)
*
Lancia Y
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(1996)
*
Fiat Palio (1997)
*
Fiat Seicento (1998) — 54 PS (40kW)
*
Fiat Punto (1999) —
*
Fiat Stilo (2001)
*
Fiat Panda (2003)
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—
*
Fiat Idea (2003) —
*
Lancia Ypsilon (2003) —
*
Lancia Musa (2004) —
*
Fiat Grande Punto (2005)/
Punto Evo (2009)/
Punto
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(2012) —
*
Fiat Bravo (2007)
*
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*
Lancia Delta (2008)
*
Alfa Romeo MiTo (2008) —
*
Ford Ka (2008) —
*
Tata Indica Vista (2008)
*
Fiat Linea (2009) 1.368 —
*
Tata Indigo Manza
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Alfa Romeo Giulietta (2010)
*
Fiat Panda (2011) —
*
Fiat 500L (2012)
*
Dodge Dart (PF) (2013–2016)
*
Jeep Renegade (2015–present)
*
Jeep Compass (2018-present)
*
Fiat 500X (2015)
*
Fiat Tipo (2015)
*
Fiat 124 Spider (2017–)
MultiAir
Production
As part of the June 10, 2009 Operating Agreement, Chrysler's commercial production of Fully Integrated Robotized Engine began in its
Dundee, Michigan facility. Chrysler's first FIRE engine model, a 1.4-liter FIRE with Multiair engine, was first introduced in Fiat 500 starting in 2010.
Chrysler Group LLC Introduces Fiat’s 1.4-liter, In-line 4-cylinder, Fully Integrated Robotized Engine with Multiair Technology to Powertrain Lineup
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See also
* MultiAir
* Fiat Global Small Engine
* JTD engine
* List of engines used in Chrysler products
References
External links
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