The 2024 Chevy Silverado 1500 slots in as the sixth model year model year for the latest fourth-generation pickup, bringing with it several important updates and changes. Among these is new branding for the Silverado 1500’s turbocharged 2.7L I4 L3B gasoline engine, with the boosted four-banger adopting the TurboMax name. Now, GM Authority has learned from sources familiar with the matter that new units of the Silverado 1500 equipped with the 2.7L I4 L3B TurboMax engine will also include a new TurboMax badge.
Sources indicate that the new TurboMax badging will be added to units of the Silverado 1500 equipped with the 2.7L I4 L3B TurboMax engine starting with Q2 production. This makes the L3B TurboMax the fourth engine to include a powertrain badge when cradled by the Silverado 1500, with previous examples including the naturally aspirated 6.2L V8 L87 gasoline engine, as well as the 3.0L I6 LM2 turbodiesel Duramax engine, the latter of which was replaced by the 3.0L I6 LZ0 turbodiesel Duramax engine.
Last year, GM Authority was the first to report that the 2024 Chevy Silverado would adopt the TurboMax branding in conjunction with the turbocharged 2.7L I4 L3B gasoline engine. As for specs, the L3B doles out 310 horsepower at 5,600 rpm and 430 pound-feet of torque at 3,000 rpm, besting peak torque figures for the naturally aspirated 5.3L V8 L84 gasoline engine (355 horsepower and 383 pound-feet of torque at 4,100 rpm). The TurboMax four-cylinder also delivers an available 9,500-pound max tow rating.
The L3B TurboMax engine is equipped as standard on 2024 Chevy Silverado 1500 WT, Custom, Custom Trail Boss, LT, RST, and LT Trail Boss trim levels. The four-cylinder is not available for ZR2, LTZ, or High Country trims.
As a reminder, the Chevy Silverado 1500 rides on the GM T1 platform, while production takes place at the GM Fort Wayne plant in Indiana, the GM Oshawa plant in Canada, and the GM Silao plant in Mexico.
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If $10k cash on the hood will not attract buyers, a pair of glued-on trinkets certainly will.
If anything it will give negative connotation for Chevy turbos. If they wanted it to be popular, then putting the 3.6 turbo LF3 would have been a bettter choice. A base engine is still a base engibe
As a 24 1500 turbo Max owner. I actually picked this motor out on purpose. I had a 3.0 Duramax on order. But the emissions nightmares I kept seeing made the small fuel saving of $300-400 a year for me, wasn’t worth the hassle those guys are having.
My 2wd double cab is sitting at 22.2mpg all city average right now with a 1/4 tank to go. It’s been a pleasure to drive with little throttle needed like a mini diesel.
Add in I got $8k off from GMC and the dealer took some off too. I love my fantastic value I got for the money. Mines used for work m-f and the bed is fully loaded 24/7 with tools and supplies. Great truck.
And I’m a Ford guy at heart. This is my first GM product.
Cheers!
Thank you for your honest opinion.
It’s a fine base engine. Certainly better than a Pentastar, but not as good as the Ford 2.7. We will see what the 6th gen V8 brings as it needs big power and economy improvements, or maybe GM is ok with more meh it’s good enough.
The ford 2.7 was originally to be priced against the 5.3. The 5.3 with the 10 speed is a way better combo than the 2.7 EB. The 2.7 turbo max was to go against the now discontinued ford 3.3, which it totallly outclasses. To try and fix this, ford is discounting the 2.7 EB something terrible, and it’s still not a cheap combo for the consumer. This is part of the reason ford is dying while GM is surviving the EVpocalyspe. GM is making a killing on trucks while for is barley matching overhead.
The 6th gen SBC will annihilate the fords.
Gm is making a killing because they’re giving you the least truck for your money. How anyone besides GM brass is ok with this blows my mind. Ford however has this mentality that they will be the best (trucks) no matter what. Ram cam out with the TRX, so they did the Raptor R. They will not be outdone and this is expensive. GM is more content with “So your truck vibrates on the highway, it’s fine. It would cost us 1 billion to fix that or 900 million to limp it along until next gen. Let’s do that and give that 100 million saved to the top management for a job well done”.
A ford 2.7 truck will out accelerate, out tow and get better mileage than a GM 2.7 or 5.3. It’s also their most reliable engine as it was built like a brick crapper house and they have been very robust. There is a lot of info on how they are built, but a lot of the design is what you would find in a diesel.
I still feel like a GM guy but I’m not coming back until they make a better product than the competition. F there buy our truck because Chevy runs deep, even if it’s not as good.
Mr. Mike the only problem with the Ford turbos are that they constantly fail my mechanic friend told this and it’s a $3000 dollar job to fix the Turbo. Me I would rather have the 5.3 liter V8 but remember GM’s 2.7 liter turbo 4 is the base engine while Ford does not offer any V8 anymore as far as RAM goes I think they are also making a mistake by totally dropping the V8 from their lineup and GM is currently working on the next generation new small block V8!
6th gen will annihilate the Fords? We don’t even know a thing about it. This comment shows you will just buy whatever they’re selling no matter what.
6th gen would need significant improvements to MATCH Ford. Could they surpass the 2021 offerings from Ford in 2026? Maybe. I wouldn’t hold my breath and you’re also assuming Ford won’t make any improvements by then. Sorry but GM isn’t passing anyone without opening their pocket book and they haven’t done that in a loooooong time.
We get it, you’re a Ford shill. Mosey on over to Ford Authority ‘lil cowpoke.
All of the cute little badges in the world will not make up for the fact the this is a busy, buzzy, noisy, unrefined engine. All you hear when you drive a Silverado with this engine is engine noise!
If I may defend it, today’s cabins are so quiet that the noise won’t be an issue. Comparing a 2.7 to a GMT800 there is less engine noise. Also comparing to a GMT800, for budget buyers, pairing the 2.7 custom against a say, 2006 LT Z71 with the tire package, the low end torque of the 2.7+8 speed beats the GMT800/900 despite the single speed transfer case, towing is up, creature comforts are up. It’s the best budget truck out there. Not inspiring, but a fabulous budget truck new, and used prices are terribly tempting with no one wanting a 4 cylinder.
Got my Silverado with this engine back in February and the engine noise in the cabin is not bad. I hear the whine of the turbo more than anything. The noise isn’t bad when approaching it when I remote start it either. I thinks it’s pretty quiet. Only have 793 miles on it to date so I haven’t tried towing with it but it does have some get up an go. I was a little skeptical about the turbo four in a full-size truck, but so far I’m happy with it.
As an owner I’d have to disagree. I hear some turbo noise and that’s it. It’s not loud at all. If anything I wish I could hear the motor more.
The difference is, you have actually driven a truck with this engine rather than parroting what he’s been told.
I have a ’22 with the 6.2, neighbor has one with this motor. Theirs sounds like any other Cruze when they drives by.
any new information on the baby 2.4L clone?
Other badge ideas: “TurboCracks”, “MaxCracks”, “RebateMax”, “BlockbusterMax”
It’s funny ya know all of the “MANLY MEN” don’t like the 2.7 turbo but they will buy a V6 that doesn’t sound anymore “MANLY” then the turbo 4! Lol 🤣😆🤌🤌🤌
Put $20k on the hood along with the new fancy badges and it might save the so called “TurboMax”
Personally, I love the sound of 4 cylinders over a V6. Nothing beats a cross plane 8, but between 4 cylinder tractors and the original exotic that was in the S10, 4 cylinders doesn’t sound bad. I guess it helps GM was dropping a 2.4L in cars Toyota was dropping 1.5/1.8L in, so there was plenty of low end torque, but I do remember Chryslers 2.7 V6. That thing needs to scream to get power, and didn’t help it was in car classes GM was using the 3.8 in. I don’t like screamers. How about an 8L 4 cylinder. 😈 that would drive like an ol allice-chalmers
Well GM won’t sell a truck with this engine and a center console so that’s the biggest reason I picked up a 5.3. The 10-speed would also be nice to have and bring parity with the F150.
GM continues to impress with cutting edge engine technology. Power and efficiency are important but I still prefer a reliable, low compression GM V8 that will provide 350,000+ miles of useful life.
Actually, the compression ratio is LOWER on the L3B turbo-4 than the L84 V8.
So there goes that theory.
Dump on the L3B all you want, but its specs are seriously impressive (as long as you don’t get a Ryobi cracked block).
Only static compression is lower, add boost and it raises. Lower compression allows you to run pump gas while under boost because of the cylinder pressure increase.
I see lots of people here “crapping” on the 2.7…how many of the crappers have actually driven or own one?
I have a 2022.5 with the 2.7 HO. Its a fantastic powertrain. Better than the 3 different 5.3s I’ve owned. Plus the 2.7 is built like a diesel engine. All forged lower end, tri metal bearings, etc. AND…2024+up have a 5yr/100k warranty unlike the 5.3 and 6.2 which are still 5yr/60k.
What’s the mileage on your 2.7?
But will it crack?
with a cracked block from factory too! they upped the power train warranty to boost sales and match competition because no one was buying them.
I had an opportunity to buy a GMC Sierra Elevation with the 2.7L last summer, but that was before GM upped the warranty on the 4cyl trucks. When I asked about the highway mileage difference between the 5.3L and the 2.7L, I was told that they were about the same. If the warranty was better, I would have gone with the 2.7L, but I ended up going with the 5.3L. On the highway, I have been getting around 21mpg, so no complaints here after 9500 miles.
I hope this is true. I love the TurboMax.
It’s been a fantastic engine.
I wish GM would figure out what power train they want their customers to purchase. GM touts and wants customers to purchase the 2.7L Turbo to help meet their CAFE standards. But then GM doesn’t allow anyone to select the 2.7L Turbo power train when:
– Selecting an LTZ Trim
– Selecting a High Country Trim
– Adding a Z71 package to any trim where it’s not standard (Trailboss, Z71 package is standard)
– Adding any kind of upgrade package to a Trailboss trim (adding any package forces the 5.3)
With this, is it any wonder why GM has to discount the 2.7L Turbo to get anyone to buy it? Anyone that wants any kind of luxury/convenience/off-road features, which is almost everyone, can’t get the 2.7L Turbo even if they wanted it. And the only way to entice these customers to give up on the luxury/convenience/off-road features they really wanted is to create a significant price gap.
Update:
The TurboMax badge is now plainly visible when you “build and price” your Silverado. Looks neat.
The 5.3 should get the same love too.