How It's Made Engine Blocks

Discovery / Science Channel's "How It's Made" Engine Blocks episode

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• Engine
• Blocks
• block

[Serostern]

@scott1391990 A block of aluminium, a file and about four years of work.

[YoungJim409]

@scott1391990 Depends on what you mean. If you want to build a replica of a car engine from scratch, a lot. The cheapest way to do it would probably be to machine everything - there is a video of a block being machined from billet - but even that would cost a fortune. The auto companies can do it because as much as the first engine of a new type costs a mint, those they produce afterward are pretty cheap.

[intheshitter]

It would be awesome to re create an old iron block into an aloy block.

[makedoandmend2]

excellent video

[grumbern]

@scott1391990 A fried of mine casted his own motor block at home. Well, it only was a small moped-engine, but it worked!

[mrg00ddude]

@Serostern or just melt put it into mold then file down

[superbungabunga]

@Serostern you might also need a chisel and a knife and maybe a hammer

[dzuari]

@superbungabunga no, this is basically air set molding with lots of robots

[MustangGTR2]

any one knows how they avoid hot spots on a casting ?

[superbungabunga]

so this is a lost wax casting process?

[rustypro98]

@scott1391990 if you have to ask and don't own your own machining shop then you can't afford it

[KPAracing]

@soundspark You will be suprised mate! In Australia we have companies that work only this way, you give them the engine block specs you want and they build it for you. All you do after that is to fit in the sleeves and there you have a nice forged alloy block. This is done for high performance in mind and it doesnt come that cheap dont forget