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Lately there´s some sources that are claiming the Ford Nano engine with 3. 0 l V6 petrol is made with two dirrerent block materials . This engine is guessed to come in the coming Bronco Raptor
This is a complete misunderstanding.
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Prominent among the cylinder blocks on display is the world’s first high volume CGI petrol engine cylinder block, the Ford 2.7 litre V6 EcoBoost, establishing a new benchmark for CGI in petrol applications. The display also included a direct comparison between the Audi 3.0 litre V6 CGI cylinder block and the Mercedes 3.0 litre V6 aluminium cylinder block, highlighting that the assembled Compacted Graphite Iron engine is 125 mm shorter and weighs 15 kg less than the aluminium engine.
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https://www.sintercast.com/market/exhibitions-2012-19/
GIFA World Foundry Trade Fair, 16-20 June 2015
You can´t make an engineblock with two such different materials without have a completly different size. The aluminium block must be much bigger in size and as you see above the aluminium therefore often weighs more than the CGI-engine. I think an aluminium version of the EcoBoost 3,0 needs a bigger enginebay.
https://www.sintercast.com/market/sintercast-passenger-vehicles/
This is a complete misunderstanding.
Read this:
Prominent among the cylinder blocks on display is the world’s first high volume CGI petrol engine cylinder block, the Ford 2.7 litre V6 EcoBoost, establishing a new benchmark for CGI in petrol applications. The display also included a direct comparison between the Audi 3.0 litre V6 CGI cylinder block and the Mercedes 3.0 litre V6 aluminium cylinder block, highlighting that the assembled Compacted Graphite Iron engine is 125 mm shorter and weighs 15 kg less than the aluminium engine.
from
https://www.sintercast.com/market/exhibitions-2012-19/
GIFA World Foundry Trade Fair, 16-20 June 2015
You can´t make an engineblock with two such different materials without have a completly different size. The aluminium block must be much bigger in size and as you see above the aluminium therefore often weighs more than the CGI-engine. I think an aluminium version of the EcoBoost 3,0 needs a bigger enginebay.
https://www.sintercast.com/market/sintercast-passenger-vehicles/
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