As we look forward to the New Year in Memphis, it always seems like there is never ample enough time to spend time with those closest to us. We hope that the last few holiday weeks have provided for you some time to get with those most important to you, and recall all of the great memories of holidays past. This is also the year when all of us dealers recognize that Chevy Trucks have successfully carried their namesake for an entire century! The actual twisting force that engines generate is known as torque, and over 85 million Chevy truck buyers have relied on this force to go about their daily business. Hauling different types of cargo, escaping into the wild if work has gotten too much to bear, and getting the jet skis to the lake are all some of the tasks that you can accomplish when you have just the right truck to take care of your duties.
Things have really developed in a major way since the 2.8-Liter, 4-cylinder engine featured in the first one-ton model back in 1918 roared to life. Its closest-related engine is the very standard 2.5-liter engine that you can now find in the Colorado, which is rated at 191 lb-ft of torque, and 76 lb-ft per liter. A whopping 480 percent power increase is at hand here, a sign of just how much promising and high-tech development has taken place since the very early days. Dominating the pack at the top of the truck heap is the contemporary Silverado 3500 HD Truck, which weighs in at a full ton. Two of the most significant advances in truck technology have been direct injection and turbocharging, which really led the way in the quest for Chevy truck engines ultimately being able to provide more torque.
The very first Stovebelt Six was released in 1929, and was a very iconic notch in history, in that it boosted the Chevy namesake and truck-load rating from 1 to 1.5 tons. The nickname came about because the external fasteners put to use are similar to the bolts that you see on some unique wood-burning stoves. They quickly became symbols of just how durable this engine is, and there were several more well-liked generations of Chevy overhead-valve straight-six engine that came about from this design.
Chevy's First Small Block V-8 was released during 1955, and in later days was known simply as the “Small Block”. Equipped with a 265 cubic-inch engine that produced 238 lb-ft of torque, it eventually evolved into the truck industry's architectures that stuck around the longest. A decade after this version was introduced was when the big block family made its debut, which really boosted performance level for the wide array of gas-powered trucks. A fun fact about it is that it is still around: the fifth generation of 2018 Chevy Trucks shamelessly puts it to apt use.
During 1987, Chevy made the very important choice of exchanging high-compression ratings for levels of technology that had been boosted drastically, which developed fuel injection in higher efficiency numbers. This very same year, torque in the small-block engine was boosted to 300 lb-ft. When the 5.7-Liter Vortec Small Block came around a few years later, it offered another 10% boost in this department. Direct injection and variable valve timing are two of the such well-developed gifts that keep on giving as far as trucks are concerned, and superb models such as the 2018 Silverado 1500 has seen a very exciting rating of 460 lb-ft of torque made possible.
Duramax Technology was first introduced in 2001, and was designed for Chevy's HD trucks. A new era of very high capability was brought about, and technological advances were on hand to push output even higher than before. Esteemed Car and Drivermagazine recorded the 0-60 MPH gallup in 6.2 seconds in a Silverado with use of a Duramax, the fastest time ever recorded for an HD truck. Seeing how the Chevy brand has evolved over the years has been a pleasure, and all of the staff here at Chuck Hutton in Memphis are eager to see the very heavy dose of swagger and style that the 2018 truck line possesses. So much has evolved since the original Stovebelt six rolled off the line, and we can't wait to see what another ingenious decade of production will provide!
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