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Old 11-12-2012, 04:37 PM   #18 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by serialk11r View Post
What? I've never heard of the Skyactiv engines being cast iron anything... I'm pretty sure they're all aluminum.
You were right the Skyactiv are aluminum I have corrected my post to reflect so.

The engine I was thinking was the Ford Ecoboost 1L:
"The engine block is cast iron instead of aluminium for up to 50% faster warm-up, at the expense of additional weight." Ford EcoBoost engine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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