Auto engine designers are turning to a long-neglected version of iron that can handle the much-higher internal pressures of modern diesel engines. Compacted graphite iron, or CGI, has a different ...

Australian researchers have developed a new magnesium alloy they say is a "frontrunner" in the race to make a new generation light-weight engine block. The CRC for Cast Metals Manufacturing – with ...

Hello Paul, Thank you you your help and these are my questions: 1.Is it true that all engine blocks for Toyota Alphard are made of aluminium? Emmanuel Ampe Dear Emmanuel, that is correct the engine ...

That Chevy LS1 small-block V-8 sitting under the hood isn't too bad, but, of course, it would be nice to make some power improvements. Ahead lie the tools and procedures that will make this possible: ...

General Motors introduced the third-generation small-block V8 engine, the 5.7-liter LS1, in conjunction with the new C5 Chevrolet Corvette in 1997. That launch marked the beginning of the LS engine ...