The cylinder block is the foundation of any engine. It houses the crankshaft; connecting rods and pistons; camshaft; and oiling system passages. During each revolution, the block endures extreme ...

Although all of GM's divisions produced big-block-powered musclecars back in the day, most of which have gone on to become legendary, serious performance efforts have often been forced to rely on the ...

Discover the multi-stage working principle of the Gigapress, a revolutionary machine designed for large-scale manufacturing of aluminum parts. This video provides a detailed look at each step of the ...

BROOK PARK, Ohio -- Next year, all of Ford Motor Co.'s cars and most of its trucks and sport utility vehicles will use aluminum engine blocks. But that's a decade too late to save the failed Cleveland ...

In the early 1960s, an aluminum performance engine was as exotic as fuel injection, independent suspension and four-wheel disc brakes. The first mention of an all-aluminum engine for a Corvette was in ...

The second process is used in the foundries for producing cast products. This is the oldest and simplest (in theory but not in practice) means of manufacturing shaped components. Other techniques, ...

Cylinder heads are understandably a vital ingredient in any recipe for "porcupine" horsepower pie, so whether the big-block in your Corvette is being built for street performance, drag racing, road ...

Magna has opened its aluminium casting facility in Telford, England, to supply structural castings to Jaguar Land Rover creating 300 new jobs. The new 225,000 square feet facility – first announced ...

Magna International has announced it will build a new world-class aluminium casting facility in Telford, UK, to support Jaguar Land Rover. The new facility is expected to be approximately 225,000 ...