Researchers at the North American Die Casting Assoc. (NADCA), Wheeling, Ill., are developing a die-casting material and process that improves mechanical properties of aluminum and magnesium alloys and ...

With LS swaps all the rage these days, it's easy to forget big-blocks are still alive and thriving. That's because when it comes to making big power and even bigger torque, building it with a ...

ZL-1 Nothing gets your Chevy nerves tingling like the mention of this legendary piece of big-block history. For those who need a reminder, the ZL-1 was an aluminum version (heads and block) of the ...

BROOK PARK, Ohio -- Next year, all of Ford Motor Co.'s cars and most of its trucks and sport utility vehicles will use aluminum engine blocks. But that's a decade too late to save the failed Cleveland ...

GM has had - and continues to have - an impressive track record with its small block V8 engines. Looking at the V8 juggernauts such as the 556-hp LSA behemoth featured in the acclaimed CTS-V models, ...

General Motors is showing some love to its 92 year-old Saginaw, Mich. metal casting operations facility to the tune of $215 million in order to properly retool the plant for future engine block and ...