Too brittle I’d think. Also would not stand the heat very good.
Idk if diamond is brittle or not, but Wikipedia says it can withstand up to 3000 °C
Just the block could be from diamond but I don’t believe all of the components could be and also if you have all of the moving parts from diamond they will be scratching themselves thus decreasing strength of it (that’s why when they ship diamonds in boxes the separate them by cloths so they don’t scratch themselves) but in reality if you think about it it would hold a lot of power without braking
Just the block. That’s what I thought… “If someone make a LS or 2JZ from diamond (which is highly unlikely)…”
Maybe graphene would be a better option. Ultra lightweight and incredibly strong. 0.13mm thick graphene is strong enough to stop a bullet. It’s rumoured that McLaren is going to use graphene instead of carbon fibre in their next hypercar due to it’s incredible strength and weight. It’s mostly used in armoured vehicles and sports racquets, as it’s very light (good for the arms, saves fuel) and ridiculously durable (bashing it is fine, saves lives in combat).
Man look…you stack up graphene and you got graphite….that is in your pencil. Graphene has unbelievable properties…but only in nano-scales. I dont know where you found that informations…but graphene is “almost” not even manufactureable yet.
what? the block can be made from aluminum and the cylinder liners and other friction plates can be made from “diamond” (probably will cost couple of millions). Some relatively modern engines use alusil and nikasil as cylinder liners in order to bring down the friction and so far the best cylinder liner material is just plain old cast iron. Its cheap, very hard and scratch resistant (IF the engine has not been overheated, if it has, the cylinder and piston are done).
So it’s not possible, right?
I do not think it’d be possible to get such a big chunk of diamond big enough to make an engine block. And also the material is unlikely to be uniform throughout. I do know they can make diamonds in laboratories, but those are the small ones. It’s not possible to synthesize such a big chunk of one of the most expensive stones in the world.
I think diamonds can’t be molten and casted.
What you’re also forgetting is the inherent problem with trying to shape diamonds. They are diamonds. They are pretty, fancy little rocks which cannot be glued, welded, or anything, into a flat sheet like metal.
The production methods required to produce an engine block are not available to diamonds. Diamonds don’t work like that. They’re useless, except when women get involved…
“fancy little rocks” are still fancy though.
So that’s why it’s impossible. You can’t mold rocks.
Hard but brittle
It would break
Hardness is only one thing. Being able to handle heat and flexibility is also needed. There are reasons why even space shuttles dont use carved out blocks of diamonds as their exhausts
Google got it wrong, the strongest material in the world is called “Nokia 3310”, and no, you can’t make blocks from them.
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Too brittle I’d think. Also would not stand the heat very good.
Idk if diamond is brittle or not, but Wikipedia says it can withstand up to 3000 °C
Just the block could be from diamond but I don’t believe all of the components could be and also if you have all of the moving parts from diamond they will be scratching themselves thus decreasing strength of it (that’s why when they ship diamonds in boxes the separate them by cloths so they don’t scratch themselves) but in reality if you think about it it would hold a lot of power without braking
Just the block. That’s what I thought… “If someone make a LS or 2JZ from diamond (which is highly unlikely)…”
Maybe graphene would be a better option. Ultra lightweight and incredibly strong. 0.13mm thick graphene is strong enough to stop a bullet. It’s rumoured that McLaren is going to use graphene instead of carbon fibre in their next hypercar due to it’s incredible strength and weight. It’s mostly used in armoured vehicles and sports racquets, as it’s very light (good for the arms, saves fuel) and ridiculously durable (bashing it is fine, saves lives in combat).
Man look…you stack up graphene and you got graphite….that is in your pencil. Graphene has unbelievable properties…but only in nano-scales. I dont know where you found that informations…but graphene is “almost” not even manufactureable yet.
what? the block can be made from aluminum and the cylinder liners and other friction plates can be made from “diamond” (probably will cost couple of millions). Some relatively modern engines use alusil and nikasil as cylinder liners in order to bring down the friction and so far the best cylinder liner material is just plain old cast iron. Its cheap, very hard and scratch resistant (IF the engine has not been overheated, if it has, the cylinder and piston are done).
So it’s not possible, right?
I do not think it’d be possible to get such a big chunk of diamond big enough to make an engine block. And also the material is unlikely to be uniform throughout. I do know they can make diamonds in laboratories, but those are the small ones. It’s not possible to synthesize such a big chunk of one of the most expensive stones in the world.
I think diamonds can’t be molten and casted.
What you’re also forgetting is the inherent problem with trying to shape diamonds. They are diamonds. They are pretty, fancy little rocks which cannot be glued, welded, or anything, into a flat sheet like metal.
The production methods required to produce an engine block are not available to diamonds. Diamonds don’t work like that. They’re useless, except when women get involved…
“fancy little rocks” are still fancy though.
So that’s why it’s impossible. You can’t mold rocks.
Hard but brittle
It would break
Hardness is only one thing. Being able to handle heat and flexibility is also needed. There are reasons why even space shuttles dont use carved out blocks of diamonds as their exhausts
Google got it wrong, the strongest material in the world is called “Nokia 3310”, and no, you can’t make blocks from them.