The Zavolzhye Engine Factory (russian: Заволжский моторный завод, Zavolzhskiy Motorniy Zavod, ZMZ) is a Russian automotive engine producer. The plant was founded in April 1958 to provide GAZ with engines, in particular for its new GAZ-21 Volga. The factory's first product was a brand-new OHV engine. Unusual for the era, it had aluminum block and head, with chain-driven

camshaft A camshaft is a shaft that contains a row of pointed cams, in order to convert rotational motion to reciprocating motion. Camshafts are used in piston engines (to operate the intake and exhaust valves), mechanically controlled ignition systems ...

and

compression ratio The compression ratio is the ratio between the volume of the cylinder and combustion chamber in an internal combustion engine at their maximum and minimum values. A fundamental specification for such engines, it is measured two ways: the stat ...

of 6.6:1; it produced at 4,000 rpm and at 2,200 rpm. The first engine was assembled 4 November 1959; by December 1968, ZMZ had produced one million units. ZMZ became independent in 1961, and was bought by UAZ in 2001. It produces spare parts for many vehicles of Soviet origin, as well as for some Ford models. Thompson, p.66.

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Sources

* Thompson, Andy. ''Cars of the Soviet Union''. Somerset, UK: Haynes Publishing, 2008.

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