Transport Topics

Engine Casting Capacity Shrank In Recession, Foundries Say

This story appears in the Jan. 9 print edition of Transport Topics. While heavy-duty truck makers said last week that they do not share Navistar International’s assessment that engine castings are in ...
Hot Rod

How It Works: Edelbrock’s HIP Cylinder Head Casting Tech

Horsepower: 2,500. Cubic inches: 430. Boost pressure: 45 psi. Cylinder pressure: Absolutely ridiculous. Running 6.80s at nearly 210 mph, today's 275 drag radial door-slammers incinerate the ...
Carscoops

GM Investing $71 Million In Ohio’s Toledo And Defiance Plants

General Motors has announced its plan to invest $71 million into two of its Ohio manufacturing facilities for transmissions and engine casting components. Of these, $39 million will go to GM’s Toledo ...
Machine Design

Magnesium Engine Blocks Without Inserts? New Die-Casting Technology May Make Them Practical

Researchers at the North American Die Casting Assoc. (NADCA), Wheeling, Ill., are developing a die-casting material and process that improves mechanical properties of aluminum and magnesium alloys and ...