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6/13/2025, 3:47:54 AM
>>28456006
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GMC_V6_engine
you can make more power with a v8 but at the expense of durability, which is important in a working truck but not so much in a sports car.
the v6 has a shorter and more compact block and crank than a v8 and an i6 which means its deck seals better and its crank whips less under heavy loads. i6s were made for ease of casting, assembly, and maintenance. to make high power they must be made incredibly stout to counteract the torsion or just not make all that much power at all.
v6s also do not "need" balance shafts, those were just a bandaid over the fact that the correct firing order and angle was not fully understood in the early days of motoring. no modern 60-degree sequential-firing v6 has a balance shaft.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GMC_V6_engine
you can make more power with a v8 but at the expense of durability, which is important in a working truck but not so much in a sports car.
the v6 has a shorter and more compact block and crank than a v8 and an i6 which means its deck seals better and its crank whips less under heavy loads. i6s were made for ease of casting, assembly, and maintenance. to make high power they must be made incredibly stout to counteract the torsion or just not make all that much power at all.
v6s also do not "need" balance shafts, those were just a bandaid over the fact that the correct firing order and angle was not fully understood in the early days of motoring. no modern 60-degree sequential-firing v6 has a balance shaft.
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