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 ...

To sleeve or to bore your engine block? That's the several-hundred-dollar question (maybe into the thousands) as you ...

Much has changed in the automotive industry since the beginning of the 20th century. Traditionally, the material trusted under the hood for engine blocks was iron. In fact, some brands like Dodge and ...

Rheinmetall has won a follow-up order from an unnamed German carmaker to produce aluminium engine blocks with a total value of more than EUR100m (US$117m). The company has been supplying the automaker ...

General Motors has announced it will invest $890 million in its powertrain facilities, part of which will go towards development of a new generation of powerful and efficient small-block V8 engines.

All-aluminum small-blocks have mystique. Even today, when production V-8s come with aluminum blocks straight from the showroom, there is still something magical about an all-alloy Gen I Mouse motor.

Aluminum engines aren't new at Chevrolet Engineering. They've been evaluating the possible use of aluminum production V8 engines for a number of years. However, it wasn't until 1969 that Chevy ...

It's long been known that the key to making power is having a good cylinder head. Although all of GM's divisions produced big-block-powered musclecars back in the day, most of which have gone on to ...