Engine, automobile & transaxle
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- OBJECT TYPE
- GASOLINE/6 CYL
- DATE
- 1994
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.0944.001
- MANUFACTURER
- General Motors of Canada Ltd.
- MODEL
- 3.4 LITRE
- LOCATION
- Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL & SYNTHETIC COMPONENT PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 97.0 cm
- Width
- 84.5 cm
- Height
- 117.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Motorized Ground Transportation
- Category
- Automotive engineering
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- General Motors
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Oshawa
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS ENGINE USED SPECIFICALLY BETWEEN 1994-1995
- Canada
-
THIS ENGINE WAS REMOVED FROM A 1995 GMC LUMINA (BUILT IN OSHAWA) AT GM OF CANADA'S EXPERIMENTAL LAB IN OSHAWA. THE ORIGINAL POWER PLANT WAS REPLACED WITH AN EXPERIMENTAL MODEL ENGINE TO PROVIDE A TEST BED FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS & OTHER TESTING PURPOSES. - Function
-
POWER SOURCE FOR AUTOMOBILE - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF A 6-CYLINDER, 3.4 LITRE ENGINE DESIGNED FOR USE IN N. AMERICAN PASSENGER CARS. THE ENGINE IS ATRANS-AXLE, FRONT-WHEEL-DRIVE DESIGN. TESTS DEMONSTRATED THAT IT USED 13.6 LITRES PER 100 KILOMETERS IN CITY USE & 8.2 LITRES PER 100 KILOMETERS IN HIGHWAY USE. A HIGHLY EFFICIENT "L" TYPE ENGINE BUILT BY GMC. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- 'GMPT-B 706/ 242C0113/ Hydra-matic' CAST IN RAISED PRINT NEAR BASE/ '24200481/ GMPT-B/ DIE 22' & SPOKED WHEEL SYMBOL WITH TEXT '..194' CAST IN RAISED PRINT TO LEFT OF ABOVE; 11-DIGIT CODE STAMPED BELOW NOT LEGIBLE/ VARIOUS PART NUMBERS CAST ON COMPONENT PARTS; NUMEROUS DECALS APPLIED TO ENGINE & TRANSAXLE COMPONENTS/ '3.4 L DOHC V-6' APPEARS ON SYNTHETIC COVER ON TOP/ '2RF334320' STAMPED INTO BASE/ NOB: UNIT SERIAL NO. 'PLATE' NOT STAMPED
- Missing
- NONE
- Finish
- MOST METAL COMPONENTS HAVE SILVER COLOURED FINISH; MOST SYNTHETIC COMPONENTS ARE BLACK. BLACK METAL DISPLAY STAND
- Decoration
- N/A
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General Motors of Canada Ltd., Engine, automobile & transaxle, 1994, Artifact no. 1995.0944, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.0944.001/
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