The inline five's back.

[Michael Guidotti]

>>> Tom Nas <tnas at euronet.nl> 01/14/03 04:12PM >>>
Ed Birch <edwbirch at comcast.net> wrote:


>Alloy, not steel block??

Yup.

it might be a CGI block (Compressed Graphite Iron) Audi and Ford are both in a battle for bragging rights to make the first massed produced CGI blocks. when used in a high output diesel engine its actually lighter than an aluminum alloy block of comprable strength. Mercedes BMW and I think Audi all use it for their V8 Deisel engines but I guess they are not considered mass produced. This material is difficult to work with and requires very special tooling to machine it.
I have no idea if thats what this block will be made of but I do know Audi and Ford want to use it on all of their diesel stuff.

Mike Guidotti