Moskvitch DM
The Moskvitch DM was an automobile engine developed by Avtomobilny Zavod Lenin Komsomol (Lenin Komsomol Automobile Factory, AZLK) under the Moskvitch brand, for the Moskvich 412.[1]
Design of the 1,478 cc (90.2 cu in)[2] DM began in response to the increasing power of Western Europe's competitors to the just-introduced Moskvitch 408.[3] The existing engine's displacement could not be enlarged profitably, so the AZLK team, led by Igor Okunev, started with a clean sheet.[4] It had a very stiff five-bearing crankshaft, and a very high-mounted camshaft (resembling the Hillman Avenger).[5] Oknuev, drawing on his experience in motorcycles, saw he could eliminate pushrods and raise the top rev limit, to 5,800 from the earlier engine's 4750.[6]
The cam was chain-driven, an the block, head, sump, rocker cover, intake manifold, and other parts were aluminum.[7] It weighed only 146 kg (322 lb), just 6 kg (13 lb) more than the previous 1,360 cc (83 cu in), but produced 75 hp (56 kW; 76 PS).[8] It had removable cylinder liners, with both the aluminum oil pump and distributor driven off the crankshaft.[9]
Prototype engines were delivered in 1964.[10] It was tested in racing in summer 1966, before entering full production, in a higher tuned state, producing 92 hp (69 kW; 93 PS), in the Moskvitch G4M racer.[11]
It was produced by Ufa Motorniy Avtomobilny Zavod (Ufa Automobile Engine Factory, UZAM), and the first production engine was completed 15 March 1966.[12] It was first used in the Moskvitch 412 in March 1967.[13] It was also supplied to IZH, which also assembled the 412.[14]
The planned 1975 Moskvitch 356 was to use an enlarged 1,799 cc (109.8 cu in) version of the DM, with twin Zenith carburetors, giving 103 hp (77 kW; 104 PS).[15] None was built.[16]
This was followed by the 1975 four door fastback Moskvitch C1 (Series One), with a 1,702 cc (103.9 cu in) version of the DM, offering 81 hp (60 kW; 82 PS).[17] It inspired the Moskvitch C3, which was very similar but a five-door hatchback.[18] The engine would have been fitted at an angle from the vertical (like the Chrysler slant six).[19] Neither project reached production.[20]
Notes
- ^ Thompson, Andy. Cars of the Soviet Union (Haynes Publishing, Somerset, UK, 2008), p.145 & 147.
- ^ Thompson, p.149.
- ^ Thompson, p.145 & 147.
- ^ Thompson, p.137.
- ^ Thompson, p.147.
- ^ Thompson, p.147.
- ^ Thompson, p.147.
- ^ Thompson, p.147.
- ^ Thompson, p.149.
- ^ Thompson, p.147.
- ^ Thompson, p.147.
- ^ Thompson, p.149.
- ^ Thompson, p.149.
- ^ Thompson, p.149.
- ^ Thompson, p.164.
- ^ Thompson, p.164.
- ^ Thompson, p.167.
- ^ Thompson, p.167.
- ^ Thompson, p.168.
- ^ Thompson, p.164.
Sources
- Thompson, Andy. Cars of the Soviet Union. Somerset, UK: Haynes Publishing, 2008.
