An aluminum internal combustion engine is an internal combustion engine made mostly from aluminum metal alloys.
Many internal combustion engines use cast iron and steel extensively for their strength and low cost. Aluminum offers lighter weight at the expense of strength, hardness and often cost. However, with care it can be substituted for many of the components and is widely used. Aluminum crank cases, cylinder blocks, heads and pistons are commonplace. The first airplane engine to fly, in the Wright Flyer of 1903, had an aluminum cylinder block.[1]
All-aluminum engines are rare, as the material is difficult to use in more highly stressed components such as connecting rods and crankshafts. The BSA A10 motorcycle engine had aluminum conrods, while the Škoda 935 Dynamic auto engine had an aluminum crankshaft.[2][3]
^"The Wright brothers: Inventing a Flying Machine", Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. (retrieved 10 June 2019)
^"BSA A10 1956-63 Large Journal Billet Aluminium Con Rod".
^"ŠKODA 935 Dynamic".
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