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That's a good one, Tim, thanks. It's the first time I've read that the 3.5 V6 and the 5.0 engines are all aluminum. All aluminum engines? Reckon that means they have some kind of harder steel cylinder sleeves?
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With that said, cast iron cylinder liners are becoming a thing of the past for aluminum engines. Ford and a few others have started using a plasma thermal arc spraying process in some engines. They essentially spray in a hard coating that acts as the cylinder liner. It weighs less than cast iron liners, it can allow for more displacement out of a smaller block, and it has less cylinder friction than cast iron. It's pretty trick stuff. Currently the GT500 and Nissans GT-R both use it.
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