* New 6.4 litre V8 diesel engine based on a SinterCast-CGI cylinder block * Cylinder block production underway at the Cifunsa foundry in Mexico * CGI provides 15% weight reduction, increased ...
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 has a molecular structure ...
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 ...
The first Iron Age flickered out a millennium or two ago, but its automotive equivalent is still going strong. Well, if not strong, it's at least still going. Dodge, Ram, and other automakers still ...
We have lightened the block, cleaned it up, and done a thorough inspection. Where do we go next? "Basically, after you have the fundamentals done, you can talk about the bore itself," Jenckes says.