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LS-ROYCE Motors has loped a commercial verof its naturally-aspirated /8 6.8-litre petrol engine use in rapid-intervention rgency vehicles up to 10es GVW.
le all-alloy engine, which Lsed on the same vee-eight : used in Rolls-Royce xi cars, has been deped by the company's ialist engine division in lunction with Reynolds Boughton. The first prototype engine is to be installed in a Dodge 50-Series chassis.
With its gross power rating of 1 7 OkW (2 2 8hp), the 6,750cc four-stroke engine is being offered as a higherpowered alternative to the 5.7-litre 145kW (195hp) General Motors vee-eight petrol engine currently fitted on the RB44. Peak torque on the Rolls engine is 514Nm (379 lbft) at 2,300RPM. By varying the piston crown depth, Rolls-Royce can provide a choice of compression ratios on the MPV8 so that it can be run on a wide variety of fuel grades from 75 to 96 octane.
The MPV8 commercial variant will be fitted with a GM Hydramatic THM400 automatic transmission which is also used with the GM engine in the Boughton 4x4 chassis.