It’s lighter, but can’t take as much power probably. I don’t know exactly, but I hope someone does.
It would cost a bloody fortune be a nightmare to machine but titanium is very light and extremely strong and has a very high resistance of absorbing heat which is why it’s used in exhaust systems and as brake pad backing plates so it probably would make an excellent engine block but the inner parts of the block would inevitably fail long before the integrity of the block so there’s not really any point
A titanium block would last longer and the innards would give out. So basically it’s more of a weight reducer. Though I imagine that if an engine were to have as many titanium components as possible it would be more durable and efficient than an aluminum engine. I’ve seen this done on a motorcycle on TV and was curious to see if it was that much better than aluminum.
Ferrari had F1 engine blocks from cast titanium, so ther must be reason that they didnt go for aluminium.
That must have been an expensive block to manufacture! I live in America so F1 is difficult to follow closely. Wonder how they did with those?
The titanium plates last years, are strong and are really light. They are used on submarined so…
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It’s lighter, but can’t take as much power probably. I don’t know exactly, but I hope someone does.
It would cost a bloody fortune be a nightmare to machine but titanium is very light and extremely strong and has a very high resistance of absorbing heat which is why it’s used in exhaust systems and as brake pad backing plates so it probably would make an excellent engine block but the inner parts of the block would inevitably fail long before the integrity of the block so there’s not really any point
A titanium block would last longer and the innards would give out. So basically it’s more of a weight reducer. Though I imagine that if an engine were to have as many titanium components as possible it would be more durable and efficient than an aluminum engine. I’ve seen this done on a motorcycle on TV and was curious to see if it was that much better than aluminum.
Ferrari had F1 engine blocks from cast titanium, so ther must be reason that they didnt go for aluminium.
That must have been an expensive block to manufacture! I live in America so F1 is difficult to follow closely. Wonder how they did with those?
The titanium plates last years, are strong and are really light. They are used on submarined so…