The World Gasoline Engine is a family of

straight-4 A straight-four engine (also called an inline-four) is a four-cylinder piston engine where cylinders are arranged in a line along a common crankshaft. The vast majority of automotive four-cylinder engines use a straight-four layout (with the ...

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s, based on the Global Engine Alliance design. Three engines have been produced: a 1.8 L, a 2.0 L, and a 2.4 L. With 1.8 L variant being used on vehicles sold outside of the United States. The initial design of the

engine block In an internal combustion engine, the engine block is the structure which contains the cylinders and other components. In an early automotive engine, the engine block consisted of just the cylinder block, to which a separate crankcase was atta ...

and

cylinder head In an internal combustion engine, the cylinder head (often abbreviated to simply "head") sits above the cylinders and forms the roof of the combustion chamber. In sidevalve engines, the head is a simple sheet of metal; whereas in more modern ov ...

was handled by

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as part of the Global Engine Alliance. The engines feature an

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engine block with siamesed

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cylinder liner In a reciprocating engine, the cylinder is the space in which a piston travels. The inner surface of the cylinder is formed from either a thin metallic liner (also called "sleeve") or a surface coating applied to the engine block. A piston is se ...

s (that is cylinder liners that don't allow coolant to flow between adjacent liners). By using cylinder liners the engine's bore can be altered, therefore the displacement as well, just by adding a different set of cylinder liners. The engine also features an aluminum cylinder head with double overhead camshafts and

variable valve timing In internal combustion engines, variable valve timing (VVT) is the process of altering the timing of a valve lift event, and is often used to improve performance, fuel economy or emissions. It is increasingly being used in combination with varia ...

1.8

The 1.8L I-4 is a dual overhead cam (DOHC) inline 4-cylinder gasoline engine capable of and of torque. The engine has displacement of with a bore of and a stroke of . The compression ratio is 10.5:1. The 1.8L DOHC inline 4-cylinder engine served as the standard engine in the Dodge Caliber ''SE'' and ''SXT'' trim for the 2007–2009 model years. Applications: *2007–2009

Dodge Caliber The Dodge Caliber is a compact hatchback manufactured and marketed by Chrysler's Dodge division from model years 2007 to 2012, replacing the Dodge Neon and Chrysler PT Cruiser. Following the Caliber concept which debuted at the 2005 Geneva Mot ...

''SE'' and ''SXT'', torque

2.0

The 2.0L DOHC inline 4-cylinder gasoline engine capable of and produces of torque. The engine has a displacement of with a bore and a stroke of . The compression ratio of the engine is 10.5:1. The 2.0 L engine was offered by Dodge in the

. Outside North America, the 2.0 was the base engine for the 2007 Chrysler Sebring and 2008 Dodge Avenger. Applications: *2007–2012

''SE'' and ''SXT'', and torque *2007–2017

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(4x2 models only) *2007–2017

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(4x2 models only) *

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(outside North America) *

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(outside North America)

2.4

The 2.4 L, engine was used by Dodge in the ''R/T'' trim line of the Caliber. The dual overhead cam (DOHC) inline four-cylinder engine had of displacement with a bore and a stroke of . A

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variant of this engine was used in the high-performance ''SRT-4'' version of the Caliber. Applications: *2007–2010

*2011–2014

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*2008–2014

*2007–2011

''R/T'', and ''SRT-4'', *2009–2020

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*2011–2016

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(Brazilian market) *2007–2017

*2007–2017

Tigershark

The Tigershark engine family is the name for the next generation of World Gas Engines with work starting on them shortly after acquisition of Chrysler. The major differences compared to the first generation are the updated valvetrain and intakes.

2.0

The 2.0 L Tigershark DOHC inline 4-cylinder gasoline engine has dual-variable valve timing and produces and of torque. It utilizes a bore and

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of and a 10.2:1

compression ratio The compression ratio is the ratio between the volume of the cylinder and combustion chamber in an internal combustion engine at their maximum and minimum values. A fundamental specification for such engines, it is measured two ways: the stati ...

. Applications:

2.4

The 2.4 L Tigershark SOHC inline 4-cylinder gasoline engine uses MultiAir 2 variable valve timing and

variable valve lift Variable valve lift (VVL) is an automotive piston engine technology which varies the height a valve opens in order to improve performance, fuel economy or emissions. There are two main types of VVL: discrete, which employs fixed valve lift amounts, ...

technology and produces and of torque. Only Multi-Air heads feature electro-hydraulic

and lift, although only on the intake side. The system is based on FIAT technology. It utilizes a bore and stroke of and a 10.0:1 compression ratio. Applications:

References

External links

Additional information on the World engine
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1.8

2.0

2.4

Tigershark

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2.4

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