* New 6.4 litre V8 diesel engine based on a SinterCast-CGI cylinder block * Cylinder block production underway at the Cifunsa foundry in Mexico * CGI provides 15% weight reduction, increased ...
Auto engine designers are turning to a long neglected version of iron that can handle the much higher internal pressures of modern diesel engines. Compacted graphite iron has a molecular structure ...
Auto engine designers are turning to a long-neglected version of iron that can handle the much-higher internal pressures of modern diesel engines. Compacted graphite iron, or CGI, has a different ...
MaxxForce 11 and MaxxForce 13 big bore engines are engineered specifically for International Class 8 trucks using compacted-graphite iron (CG Iron) technology for a lightweight block. International ...
We have lightened the block, cleaned it up, and done a thorough inspection. Where do we go next? "Basically, after you have the fundamentals done, you can talk about the bore itself," Jenckes says.