Hyundai Supplies Mitsubishi With I4
05-10-2008 | 03:13 AM
#1
Thread Starter
Senior Member
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 636
Likes: 0
From: Croatia
Vehicle: 1999 Hyundai Tiburon
Well, I came across this article at Winding Road and later on at Automobilemag. Basically, we all know Hyundai was taking its engines and engine design from Mitsubishi earlier. Apparently now the situation turned and Hyundai supplies Mitsubishi and Chrysler with 2.0L and 2.4L Theta I4 engines (can you see EVO driving on H power here hail.gif ) and apparently even MB is interested into putting Hyundai I4 into its vehicles fing02.gif . More about it can be read here:
http://www.automobilemag.com/features/news...ines/index.html
http://www.automobilemag.com/features/news...ines/index.html
05-10-2008 | 11:51 AM
#3
Senior Member
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 722
Likes: 0
From: Bryan, TX
"How quickly things change in the automotive world. And how quickly one realizes that Hyundai is a force to be reckoned with."
This is what people need to hurry up and learn. Its happening little by little, but hopefully the Genesis will speed that up drastically.
This is what people need to hurry up and learn. Its happening little by little, but hopefully the Genesis will speed that up drastically.
05-10-2008 | 03:53 PM
#9
Administrator
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 13,943
Likes: 0
From: ɯooɹpǝq ɹnoʎ
Vehicle: ǝdnoɔ sısǝuǝƃ
Kind of old news....
Please read this before posting anything further:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Engine
It's the "World Engine" that's being developed.
The Global Engine Manufacturing Alliance, or GEMA, is a manufacturing arm of Global Engine Alliance LLC, which is a joint venture of Chrysler, Mitsubishi Motors, and Hyundai Motor Company for developing a line of shared engines.[1][2][3][4][5]
GEMA has five factories worldwide; two in Dundee, Michigan, United States, two in South Korea and one in Shiga, Japan. Production began in 2005 and will continue at least through 2012 with an annual capacity of approximately two million engines; each plant will be capable of producing 420,000. Twenty different automobile models from the three companies will use the engines. Each manufacturer has configured their variants of the basic GEMA design differently, so consumers will likely experience different power, fuel efficiency, and "feel" from each manufacturer.
GEMA produces a single family of 4-cylinder engines with variable valve timing, marketed by Chrysler as the World Engine. The range starts with a 1.8 L unit which will principally find use throughout the world, and includes 2.0 L and 2.4 L variants which will find use in the United States. Turbocharged and supercharged versions may also be produced, as in Chrysler's similar Tritec engine.
Chrysler expects to use the GEMA family of engines in nine other models and projects that it will buy up to 840,000 GEMA engines annually.
The initial design of the engine block was handled by Hyundai. It features siamesed bores, meaning that there is no coolant flow between cylinders. The aluminum block has cast iron cylinder liners, and different liners can be fitted to alter the engine's bore.
The heads feature electro-hydraulic variable valve timing on both the intake and exhaust side. The system was based on that used by the recent Mercedes-Benz 24-valve V6 and is quite sophisticated and expensive for a low-end engine. A variable tumble control system creates air tumbles in the intake runners at low rpms for better mixture. Valves are directly actuated by solid Bucket tappets.
Please read this before posting anything further:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Engine
It's the "World Engine" that's being developed.
The Global Engine Manufacturing Alliance, or GEMA, is a manufacturing arm of Global Engine Alliance LLC, which is a joint venture of Chrysler, Mitsubishi Motors, and Hyundai Motor Company for developing a line of shared engines.[1][2][3][4][5]
GEMA has five factories worldwide; two in Dundee, Michigan, United States, two in South Korea and one in Shiga, Japan. Production began in 2005 and will continue at least through 2012 with an annual capacity of approximately two million engines; each plant will be capable of producing 420,000. Twenty different automobile models from the three companies will use the engines. Each manufacturer has configured their variants of the basic GEMA design differently, so consumers will likely experience different power, fuel efficiency, and "feel" from each manufacturer.
GEMA produces a single family of 4-cylinder engines with variable valve timing, marketed by Chrysler as the World Engine. The range starts with a 1.8 L unit which will principally find use throughout the world, and includes 2.0 L and 2.4 L variants which will find use in the United States. Turbocharged and supercharged versions may also be produced, as in Chrysler's similar Tritec engine.
Chrysler expects to use the GEMA family of engines in nine other models and projects that it will buy up to 840,000 GEMA engines annually.
The initial design of the engine block was handled by Hyundai. It features siamesed bores, meaning that there is no coolant flow between cylinders. The aluminum block has cast iron cylinder liners, and different liners can be fitted to alter the engine's bore.
The heads feature electro-hydraulic variable valve timing on both the intake and exhaust side. The system was based on that used by the recent Mercedes-Benz 24-valve V6 and is quite sophisticated and expensive for a low-end engine. A variable tumble control system creates air tumbles in the intake runners at low rpms for better mixture. Valves are directly actuated by solid Bucket tappets.
05-11-2008 | 11:42 AM
#10
Senior Member
Joined: Mar 2002
Posts: 34,642
Likes: 0
From: Los Lunas, New Mexico, USA.
Vehicle: 2001 Hyundai Tiburon, 2004 Kia Sorento, 2010 Kia Soul
Yeah, reading the site once in awhile will show you that this is wrong, and just plain OLD news.
WORLD ENGINE PROJECT FTW!
WORLD ENGINE PROJECT FTW!