General Motors India has launched a new 1.2-litre engine. The new engine is called SMARTECH and it will be seen in Chevrolet models.
The SMARTECH is a four cylinder motor with a displacement of 1199cc that churns out a respectable 80.5 bhp at 6,200 rpm and a max torque of 11.1 kgm at 4,400 rpm.
This new engine has been created by the GM Technical Centre-India in Bangalore in cooperation with GM’s new engine plant in Talegaon. It will be produced at the firm’s Talegaon facility in Maharashtra.
The SMARTECH engine features aluminum cylinder heads, deep skirt cylinder block and lightweight pistons with low tension rings, which helps in weight reduction and better fuel economy. The engine also has a DOHC valve-train with direct acting valve actuation a long runner plastic intake manifold for good low-end torque and lightweight counterbalanced crank shaft for great NVH.
According to General motors, the engine has a maintenance-free inverted tooth timing chain drive system. The chain links engage at a lower impact speed, which decreases the noise generated for quiet operation and has special epoxy coating on the cylinder heads for better durability.
The SMARTECH engine will first do duty in the Chevrolet Beat next month onwards.
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