Engine blocks boast numerous benefits from magnesium alloys due to their overall weight savings versus cast iron or even aluminum blocks, like many of GM's LS engines.

Australian researchers have developed a new magnesium alloy they say is a "frontrunner" in the race to make a new generation light-weight engine block. The CRC for Cast Metals Manufacturing ...

A new die-casting material and process improves the mechanical properties of aluminum and magnesium alloys.

The Indy Maxx 500, built by Indy Cylinder Heads, is an ultra lightweight 500ci low-deck Mopar big-block with their new aluminum Maxx block.

This 5.0 liter Boss block built by Ford Racing Performance Parts is a cast-iron Modular Motor block built to handle a tremendous increase in horsepower and torque in Ford Mustangs - 5.0 Mustangs ...

Check out big-block Mopar engines, specifically the 505ci big-block, in this line-up of tech pictures and step-by step instructions on how to gain maximum performance from these Mopar engines ...

The block was also made extra transparent with a coat of additional resin applied by hand, to cover the rough surface that had transferred from the original engine block casting.

Ford hasn’t cast a 302 engine block since 2001 (last used in the Ford Explorer). After 15 years of service, many of these engine blocks are no longer serviceable for aftermarket crate-engine ...

The 6.2-liter V8 – internally nicknamed the "Boss" engine – powered Ford's toughest workhorses from around 2010 to 2022. It ...

Engine blocks boast numerous benefits from magnesium alloys due to their overall weight savings versus cast iron or even aluminum blocks, like many of GM's LS engines. A magnesium engine block is ...