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Originally Posted by bigblockv6
GM's LS V8 engines are all aluminum and they've seemed to have good success with these powerplants to the point of superseding the Northstar engines.
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It's not the materials. It's how you make it.
I'm sure many of us remember the throw away 140 CID aluminum Vega mill. How many remember when it first came out that the engine fabrication involved new materials and processes developed with Reynolds Aluminum?
It took a while for Detroit to look at a aluminum again, thanks to the Vega.
Meanwhile as all those "push 'em out the door as fast as you can" Vegas were burning gallons of oil, oxidizing away, and generally self-destructing, a German car maker was planning a new V-8 luxury sport couple and the engine would use the Vega's Reynolds materials technology.
THe Porsche 928 was a great success. More often than not it's all in the execution...
Now as to how long my V6 will last... I'll just say I'm not planning to ever get a truck to replace it. (That's why I bought the V6!)