this might sound stupid, but is the LNF made out of aluminum or cast?

 

lost sand cast i believe? something like that. basically the same thing all the other blocks are.

 

its aluminum

 

wow so which one is it??

 

aluminum

 

its cast aluminum.

 

319 Aluminum, cast in not a metal it a way of treating a type of metal to make it stronger

 

Its pure uranium.

 

i thought it was pastic?

 

It looks aluminum when you open the hood lol. Iron block is a waaaayyy different material. either that or is the engine painted silver?

 

It's cast aluminum. A ''cast'' part is a part that was obtained from a casting process. It's not a treatment to make metal stronger.

This video shows a home made version of the industrial process.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFpEqjCBmNM

 

^^this. but our engine blocks are called lost foam cast aluminum according to the build book

 

Unobtainium.

 

yes they are... i know where i can get one.

 

Lost foam technology is different from other casting methods like die casting and permanent mold casting.

The castings of LFC (lost foam technology) can have heat treatment and it makes castings (aluminum alloy)'strength better than others. LFC is called the casting with environmental protection in 21st century. And it saves energy mostly. LFC can lower CO2 to avoid Green House Effect. The process of pouring is in vacuum so many sand and air holes are decreased efficiently. LFC makes castings have stable quality, especially in high pressure environment. The main difference between LFC and permanent mold casting is cores are eliminated.

Nowadays, LFC is throughout Europe and America almost. It includes world vehicle manufacturers like Mercedes-Benz , GM, VOLVO and SAAB. All they set up LFC factory to produce auto parts, especially for engine parts.

Here are some items are usually produced by LFC: engine parts,intake manifold,exhaust manifold,turbocharger parts,transmission box,gear box,cooling system,heavy castings,propeller,valves,compressors,cylinder cover,cylinder head. MANA MANA Enterprise is devoted to research lost foam technology. The product quantities of can be feasible. We develop high strength aluminum and parts consolidation technology to reach the goal of MANA MANA.

 

i love it how people go into technical detail of what it is, its aluminum, just leave it at that. lol does anyone even make cast iron blocks anymore??

 

^^ sooo you don't like having accurate information? It's sorta nice having a few informative people floating around in here.. That's sorta like telling Termi to go **** himself for going into an in depth answer on a tuning question. Not to you would actually do that (or at least you hopefully wouldn't) but point being, don't knock the guy for knowing his ****

 

Uhhh, yea plenty of companies make iron blocks. They resist deformation better than aluminum. The block is aluminum and so are the sleeves. I wouldn't worry about the block as you are never, ever going to be making too much power for it. The sleeves on the other hand, could have to be replaced beyond certain power levels. I really have no idea what the tolerances of the sleeves are, but I would guess the limits are under or around ~550hp. You really don't have to worry about that kind of stuff right now though. Your rods and pistons will be long gone before you have to worry about sleeves.

 

im never gonna make that kinda power anyway, im good with 330hp

 

Zinc

 

i wouldn't say that... the sleeves are junk

 

03-05 srt4 blocks were iron....i think

 

Not sure if thats a joke, but I am pretty sure the sleeves are steel.

 

My bad, I miswrote. I believe the sleeves are thin-wall iron, not steel or aluminum. I don't know what you would think is a joke there.

 

for real x2