Editing General Motors Vortec engine (section)

{{Short description|Line of gasoline truck engines}}

'''Vortec''' is a trademarked name for a line of [[Gasoline engine|gasoline]] [[internal combustion engine|engines]] for [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors]] [[truck]]s. The name first appeared in an advertisement for the 1985 model year 4.3&nbsp;L [[V6]] that used "vortex technology" to create a [[vortex]] inside the [[combustion chamber]], creating a better air / fuel atomization.<ref>[https://jl-discourse-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/original/2X/4/450304d1f4f1bdce16fd8490bfa40a315db0df19.jpg 1985 advertisement]</ref> It has since been used on a wide range of engines. Modern Vortec engines are named for their approximate [[Engine displacement|displacement]] in [[cubic centimetre|cubic centimeters]].

*I4
** For the '''Vortec 2200''', see [[General Motors 122 engine]].
** For the '''Vortec 2800''', see [[General Motors Atlas engine]].
** For the '''Vortec 2900''', see [[General Motors Atlas engine]].
*I5
** For the '''Vortec 3500''', see [[General Motors Atlas engine]].
** For the '''Vortec 3700''', see [[General Motors Atlas engine]].
*I6
** For the '''Vortec 4200''', see [[General Motors Atlas engine]].
*V6
** For the '''Vortec 4300''', see [[Chevrolet 90° V6 engine]].
*V8
** For the '''Vortec 4800''', see [[General Motors small-block engine]].
** For the '''Vortec 5000''', see [[Chevrolet small-block engine (first- and second-generation)]].
** For the '''Vortec 5300''', see [[General Motors small-block engine]].
** For the '''Vortec 5700''', see [[Chevrolet small-block engine (first- and second-generation)]].
** For the '''Vortec 6000''', see [[General Motors small-block engine]].
** For the '''Vortec 6200''', see [[General Motors small-block engine]].
** For the '''Vortec 7400''', see [[Chevrolet big-block engine]].
** For the '''Vortec 8100''', see [[Chevrolet big-block engine]].