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Puma was an Italian automobile company which specialized in kit cars and was active from the 1970s to 1990s. Its headquarters were in Via Tiburtina , Rome . The company's models ranging from off-road vehicles such as dune buggies to sports cars and limited edition, reworked Volkswagen Beetles , redesigned aesthetically and tuned for performance.
The gerotor-type oil pump was located at the bottom-rear of the engine, and provided oil to both the crankshaft main bearings and the cylinder heads (via the lifters and pushrods, as opposed to a bored passage on LA engines). Chrysler's engineers also redesigned the oil seals on the crankshaft to improve anti-leak seal performance.
The first design, codenamed "Puma" during its development, replaced the older Endura-D unit which had been around since 1984. Commercial versions of the Puma unit replaced Ford's older "2.5Di" type unit used in the Transit , and many other manufacturers' vehicles - most notably the London Taxi and in the Land Rover Defender .
The Puma GTB was not exported to North America or Europe, although at least one S2 is known to be in the U.S. There were also two other versions of the Puma GTB before the factory's debts led to their demise: the GTB S3 (late 1983), using Brazilian Sugarcane Alcohol as fuel with the Chevrolet 4.1-liter engine, and the S4 (1984), with a turbo ...
The engine specified by Karnon is the Nissan SR20DET or the Nissan SR20DE with donor parts from other sources. Original donor vehicles were Ford Escort Mk2, and Ford Cortina TC. Newer (series 2) Puma cars use donor parts from Holden Commodores including brakes and differential. Series 2 cars also have re-located suspension points in order to ...
Crankshaft, pistons and connecting rods for a typical internal combustion engine Marine engine crankshafts from 1942. The crankshaft is located within the engine block and held in place via main bearings which allow the crankshaft to rotate within the block. [3] The up-down motion of each piston is transferred to the crankshaft via connecting ...
The O-340 family of engines covers a range from 160 hp (119 kW) to 170 hp (127 kW). All have a displacement of 340.4 cubic inches (5.58 litres) and the cylinders have air-cooled heads. [2] The O-340 series was certified under Type Certificate E-277 and first approved on 20 July 1954.
A crankpin or crank pin, also known as a rod bearing journal, [1] is a mechanical device in an engine which connects the crankshaft to the connecting rod for each cylinder. It has a cylindrical surface, to allow the crankpin to rotate relative to the "big end" of the connecting rod.