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26-03-2018, 07:40 AM
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Au Falcon = Mr Reliable
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A very interesting & cool Ford new engine tech link -
http://www.thedrive.com/tech/19601/f...-cylinder-head "Ford has been working with composites for quite some time now to develop a powerplant out of materials other than just metal. In 2016, Ford showed a one-off 1.0 liter EcoBoost engine that utilized carbon fiber injection molding for its cylinder head, reducing overall engine weight by 15%". The ICE keeps on keeping on, big kudos to Ford!!   cheers, Maka
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26-03-2018, 07:56 AM
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That is really cool.
This reminds me a little bit of a discussion we had a few months ago. The concept started taking shape back in the 70s. Though not Ford specific there are some links to earlier articles here: https://www.fordforums.com.au/showth...in#post6036781 |
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26-03-2018, 01:06 PM
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Honda Motorcycles were playing with Ceramic pistons i remember reading in a dirt bike magazine about 20 years ago also which would have been mid 80's back then from memory!
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26-03-2018, 03:49 PM
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Excessive Fuel Ingestion
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They've been running plastic cylinder head bolts on E Series for years.... :P
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26-03-2018, 04:09 PM
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Shenanigans..............
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A MacGyver episode had an experimental plastic race car motor, and that was back in the 80's.
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Ford patents plastic cylinder head, wow!
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