{"id":114528,"date":"2024-04-22T18:48:55","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T23:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=114528"},"modified":"2024-04-22T18:49:37","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T23:49:37","slug":"katech-billet-2-7-l-inline-four-on-the-dyno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=114528","title":{"rendered":"Katech Billet 2.7 L Inline-Four on the Dyno"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=114534\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-114534\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"114534\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=114534\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Katech-billet-2.7-L-inline-four-04.jpg?fit=1400%2C788&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1400,788\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Katech billet 2.7 L inline-four 04\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Katech billet 2.7 L inline-four on the dyno&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Katech-billet-2.7-L-inline-four-04.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Katech-billet-2.7-L-inline-four-04.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Katech billet 2.7 L inline-four on the dyno\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-114534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Katech-billet-2.7-L-inline-four-04.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Katech-billet-2.7-L-inline-four-04.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Katech-billet-2.7-L-inline-four-04.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Katech-billet-2.7-L-inline-four-04.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last year <a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=108657\">we shared<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/katechengines.com\">Katech&#8217;s<\/a> new &#8220;LTM&#8221; 2.7 L (165 ci) inline-four developed for USAC Racing, Xtreme Outlaw Series, and POWRi National Midget League. The motor features a LTx-based billet block, custom billet crankshaft, CP-Carillo rods and pistons, ported LTx head, titanium valves, Kinsler individual throttle bodies, and dry sump. Katech recently released a video of the motor screaming on the dyno. No details on power output.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/andw5uk7530?si=Ix-QIpFi0QwR969l\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@KatechPerformance\">Katech Performance<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year we shared Katech&#8217;s new &#8220;LTM&#8221; 2.7 L (165 ci) inline-four developed for USAC Racing, Xtreme Outlaw Series, and POWRi National Midget League. The motor features a LTx-based billet block, custom billet crankshaft, CP-Carillo rods and pistons, ported LTx head, titanium valves, Kinsler individual throttle bodies, and dry sump. Katech recently released a video&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=114528\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Katech Billet 2.7 L Inline-Four on the Dyno<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":114534,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":70,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1227],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-katech-2-7-i4"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":108657,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=108657","url_meta":{"origin":114528,"position":0},"title":"Katech Billet 2.7 L Inline-Four","author":"swaptastic","date":"December 11, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Katech unveiled their new 2.7 L (165 ci) inline-four at PRI 2023 for use in USAC Racing, Xtreme Outlaw Series, and POWRi National Midget League. 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