2019 Chevy Silverado’s 6.2L V8 Earns Wards Best Engine Award
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The 6.2-liter L87 V8 engine found in the 2019 Chevy Silverado and 2019 GMC Sierra has been named to Wards 10 Best Engines list.
The powerplant earned a spot on the coveted list thanks to its Dynamic Fuel Management technology. The list combs through every significantly improved engine or electric propulsion system available in production vehicles in the U.S. To qualify for an award, the vehicle that houses the engine must cost less than $64,000 and editors score the engine on horsepower, torque, technology, observed fuel economy, relative competitiveness and noise characteristics.
On its award, Wards Auto said:
General Motors’ thundering 420-horsepower V8 in the Silverado exemplifies how engineers continue to find ways to improve efficiency without giving up something in return. DFM determines 80 times per second exactly how many cylinders require fuel to meet power demands. And, incredibly, it uses as few as two cylinders to propel the full-size pickup down the highway. The truly amazing part is the cylinder deactivation is imperceptible, so seamless that the only thing the driver notices is fewer stops at the pump.
GM said Dynamic Fuel Management is a natural progression from Active Fuel Management, which the automaker introduced in 2005. Dynamic Fuel Management operates the 6.2-liter V8 engine on as few as two cylinders to power the 2019 Chevy Silverado and 2019 GMC Sierra. In the process, it saves fuel as the system computes how many cylinders must fire to provide adequate power. Unlike Active Fuel Management, which switches between eight and four cylinders, Dynamic Fuel Management has 17 different cylinder patterns to maximize fuel economy.
The system is also available with the 5.3-liter V8 engine, though the engine was not named to the award list this year.
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It is a great engine…..that you can’t get in an affordable truck.
When the new HD comes out it will become cheaper to get a 6.6L gas HD with about as much or more power than a 1500 with the 6.2L.
it will be available across all lines in the future. with the diesel coming to the 1500 it will help the corp average MPG
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Any proof about future avalibility or just wishful thinking? Would be nice if Chevy or GM for that matter would make more things available across the model line. I would love to see this without having to buy expensive packages.
Silverado chief engineer was on auto line recently. He said the 6.2 will be available across all lines. No date was given for this.
that was me who called in and asked the question of the chief engineer
Too bad this didn’t actually translate to the window sticker EPA ratings which are the same or lower compared to heavier 2018 models that use the old AFM technology.
Who cares what the window sticker says. From my experience with the 6.2L, you WILL do better than the EPA ratings.
new models are heavier than 2018 am sure about that
The new ones are lighter
Stop reading the media. Go onto TFLtruck (youtube), They do a real world comparison. Chevy won by the way. They compared the Raptor, TrailBoss and Rebel.
Check current issue of Car and driver for comparison of three top -line pickups. High Country finished last!. Took knocks again for cheap interior and unrefined rude. Positive for 6.2.
Very nice power train , i wish i can have it on a fully aluminum pickup truck like the F-series
My 5.3 with active fuel management is very far from being unnoticeable. The whole truck vibrates when it tries to run on four.
My 2012 5.3 AFM is flawless and you cannot tell when it’s in 4 or 8 cylinder mode. From other forums I read everyone agrees on this, unnoticeable. You must have a problem and get it checked out. DFM has to be better since it will spread the wear instead of the same four cylinders.
What the Silverado needs is to drop the new I-4 and have a V6 turbo. Then Chevy would be head to head with the F150.
my 2018 5.3 I can not tell when it is in 4 or 8 cylinders unless I look at the display.
I agree that there is some problem. But the dealer says that if it does not show a code there is nothing they can do. We used to tune an engine by ear. You can’t do that any more. You have to have a computer tell you what to do.
GM probably makes the best engines all around even though they do have their share of problems. When AFM first came out there was a major snafu that hurt many and in some cases GM made good on the repairs. With all of the GM K2 vehicles using AFM, that is around 1 million engines a year built or about 3200 engines per day on a 6 day work week. Quite an achievement.
I participate in this forum for GM truck owners and you can asked if anyone can help on your problem. https://www.gmtruckclub.com/forum/
New trucks don’t have Active….they have Dynamic Fuel Management. My parents 77 Ford Granada shook and got terrible mileage…..relevancy to todays Ford product….. 0.
Khaled….enjoy your Ford fanboy.
I’ve been driving the 6.2l in GM trucks since 2011 with an ’11 Chevy and 15 GMC both with the trailering Maxx package. The 11 did not have afm which the 15 does. The 15 does have much better mileage than the 11 did. My only complaint is the exhaust tuning is much quiter and less throaty on the 15. I did have the step at 2/3 throttle removed on the 15 because it drove me nuts. It does tear up just about everything else on the road. It’s fun to watch the looks at the light when a burp on the throttle chirps the tiresloud and clear. The motor is just real fun to drive. I just wish they would put paddle shifters on them!
I got a 2018 Silverado with the 6.2 L last January and it’s a great, fun engine that gets decent mileage.
As for the people who complain about the sound when the AFM drops the cylinders down to four. You’re going to hear a slight deference because you just cut out four less cylinders from firing. Duh.
I find it barely noticeable and I added Borla exhaust.
Just turn the radio up.
changed stock muffler for oem replacement with 2 outlets for duels on 2013 5.3, sounds a bit deeper but not loud, can’t really hear the 8 to 4, “built CHEVY tough”
You can have your afm and dfm turned off and reprogramed by HP tuners should be able to find one online near you takes about a half hour and u wont believe the difference!