The Zavolzhye Engine Factory (, ZMZ) is a Russian automotive engine producer.
The plant was founded in April 1958 to provide
GAZ
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with engines, in particular for its new
GAZ-21 Volga.
The factory's first product was a brand-new
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* Overhead valve engine
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* Off-roading
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engine. Unusual for the era, it had aluminum block and head, with chain-driven
camshaft
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and
compression ratio
The compression ratio is the ratio between the maximum and minimum volume during the compression stage of the power cycle in a piston or Wankel engine.
A fundamental specification for such engines, it can be measured in two different ways. Th ...
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
UAZ or Ulyanovsky Avtomobilny Zavod () is an automobile manufacturer based in Ulyanovsk, Russia, which manufactures off-road vehicles, buses and trucks. It has been part of the Sollers automotive group since 2000.
UAZ is best known for the ...
in 2001. It produces spare parts for many vehicles of Soviet origin, as well as for some Ford models.
[Thompson, p.66.]
Engines Produced
* ZMZ-409051.10, ZMZ-409052.10 (gasoline/CNG) — used in UAZ Cargo, UAZ Profi
* ZMZ-40906.10 — used in UAZ Patriot
* ZMZ-40905.10 — used in UAZ Hunter
* ZMZ-409.10 (Euro-0) — used in UAZ vehicles
* ZMZ-40911.10 — used in UAZ "Bukhanka"
* ZMZ-409061.10 — used in BAW-RUS
* ZMZ-51432.10 (diesel), ZMZ-5143.10 (turbo diesel) — used in UAZ vehicles
* ZMZ-52342.10, ZMZ-5245.10 (fuel-injected V8, gasoline/CNG) — used in PAZ-3205
* ZMZ-5231.10, ZMZ-5233.10 — used in GAZ-3308
* ZMZ-40522.10 (Euro-2), ZMZ-40524.10 (Euro-3) — used in GAZelle
* ZMZ-40525.10 (Euro-3) — used in GAZ-31105
* ZMZ-4062.10 — used in Volga
* ZMZ-4063.10 (Euro-0) — used in GAZelle
* ZMZ Pro (a variation of ZMZ-409)
References
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Sources
* Thompson, Andy. ''Cars of the Soviet Union''. Somerset, UK: Haynes Publishing, 2008.
External links
Official website
Sollers JSC
Diesel engine manufacturers
Marine engine manufacturers
Automotive companies of Russia
Companies based in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
Companies listed on the Moscow Exchange
Engine manufacturers of Russia
Engine manufacturers of the Soviet Union