alternative engines, now Hemi

[Todd....!!]

COOL DEAL!

I know that Aluminum(AL) is a bit less than half the weight of Iron(FE)
at the moleculer level, but how much lighter is plastic than either?

They MUSt've used steel cylinder liners in that plstic block, right?

Just wonderin....

LATER!

Todd....!!


AL8001 at aol.com wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 99-05-21 16:57:28 EDT, atc347 at c-com.net writes:
> 
> >You're correct Fred,
> >
> >Didn't Popular Science already 'do' the plastic engine article quite a
> >few years back(10-15 years ago?)
> >
> >I forgot about it...
> >
> >
> Yes, it was based on the Ford 2.3L  4 Cyl engine.   It was also raced for a
> time in IMSA in a GTU car.
> 
> Harold