Volvo side valve six cylinder engine

Volvo side valve six cylinder engine

Volvo introduced its first straight-6 engine in 1929. It was a side valve engine with a cast iron block and seven main bearings. These engines powered all six cylinder Volvo passenger cars and taxi cabs between 1929 and 1958.

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ee also

* List of Volvo engines

References

* Volvo Personvagnar-från 20-tal till 80-tal av Björn-Eric Lindh, 1984. ISBN 91-86442-06-6


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