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[Tony Underwood]

At 05:33 hours 08/14/2006, Padgett wrote:


>The news they are avoiding saying is that the future at GM is for 
>aluminum engines, iron blocks are passing quickly.



Expect to see more of this as time passes.   With modern molding 
techniques, aluminum can be made into very complicated shapes with 
precision, which eliminates a lot of machining and waste, and what 
machining that is necessary is easier than cutting on iron.   It also 
allows for a more compact result, which is getting to be pretty 
important anymore when you look under the hoods of todays cars 
crammed with everything you could imagine.

Then there's weight...  ;)

Take note that a lot of all this reflects back to Corvair days, where 
such was exploited for making 'Vair engines.


tony..