Hot rodders played with blocks as kids, and still play with them as adults. This vast level of experience notwithstanding, enthusiasts often insist on monkeying around with production blocks. They ...

This technology underlies an early success for Advanced Magnesium Technologies in the US car industry. The USCAR coalition of the big-three US carmakers, Daimler Chrysler, Ford, General Motors and the ...

Die-casting is already the main manufacturing process for aluminium engine blocks in Europe and South-East Asia and is gaining momentum in North America. It is also the key process for manufacturing ...