<VV> Not expected to last

[ScottyGrover at aol.com]

In a message dated 3/6/2008 10:01:51 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
kenpepke at juno.com writes:

Metallurgy and Petrochemestry have come a long way since the 60s.   A car 
built to the design of the Corvair but using modern materials could be  expected 
to last almost forever ... certainly longer than any two far east  vehicles 
regardless of price.



Ken,
If you were designing the Corvair in present time, what aluminium alloy  
would you use for the cylinder head; or for that matter, would you still use  
cast-iron for the cylinders, or some kind of specially heat-treated  aluminium?
 
Scotty from Hollyweird



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