What Vortec means on Chevy engines

Chevy has employed a number of engine series over the years, each intended to improve on its predecessors. What does its ...

This GM Truck V8 Turned Itself Into Shrapnel—Here’s How It Happened

A teardown of a locked-up GM Vortec 350 reveals bent rods, destroyed bearings, a ventilated block, and why these workhorse ...
New Atlas

ORBITEC flight tests new vortex liquid fuel rocket engine

Orbital Technologies Corporation (ORBITEC) successfully flight tested its patented vortex liquid fuel rocket engine on October 25. The engine was installed in a Prospector-class Garvey Spacecraft ...
Business Wire

CORRECTING and REPLACING PHOTO Sierra Space Expands VORTEX® Product Line with New 1,500 lbf Hypergolic Engine

LOUISVILLE, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The photo has been updated. The release reads: SIERRA SPACE EXPANDS VORTEX® PRODUCT LINE WITH NEW 1,500 LBF HYPERGOLIC ENGINE VORTEX® VRM1500-H is a new addition to ...
GM Authority

1974 Volvo C303 With LL8 Vortec Engine Just Sold For $65,000: Video

For those readers out there who may be scratching their heads, the big red Swedish meatball you see before you is a 1974 Volvo C303, hailing from the automaker’s line of military vehicles. This ...
NextBigFuture

Peter Thiel Funds Atmospheric Vortex Engine for controlled tornado power

The Thiel Foundation announced today three new grants awarded through Breakout Labs, its revolutionary revolving fund to promote innovation in science and technology. The most recent award takes the ...
SpaceNews

ORBITEC Expands Vortex Rocket Engine Family with Successful Demonstration of New Propellants

Sierra Nevada Corporation’s (SNC) wholly-owned subsidiary Orbital Technologies Corporation (ORBITEC) recently completed successful testing and demonstration of three different propellant combinations ...