Upgrading an existing cast-iron block-based engine to an aluminum engine block is a great way to reduce the weight on the front area of a vehicle. It makes it easier for the vehicle to accelerate, ...

Aluminum is the material for lighter structural components, and is also advantageous for the purpose of heat transfer. The automotive powerplant requires an efficient material with less weight and ...

Whether you're spinning your very first set of wrenches or tuning engines for a Pro Stock team, there's no denying that the beginning of any engine buildup is the cylinder block. Let's review its ...

When the molds used to manufacture aluminum engine blocks are built, visibility into the entire assembly process can help ensure that any defects are caught before the finished block is shipped to a ...

Every GM aficionado knows that factory engine blocks have practical limits, both in terms of durability as well as displacement. Although production LS1 and related Gen III and IV family engine blocks ...

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 ...

During an era when a cast iron block was the main ingredient for building mass-produced internal combustion engines, General Motors' Buick division unleased an all-aluminum V8 that revolutionized the ...

Of all the different types of automobile racing in the world, only a select few can claim that the engines used were developed "for competition use only'' and are not reworked passenger car ...