For years, there has been an almost mystical quality associated with the word "blueprinting." Visions of Grumpy Jenkins and Ed Pink are conjured up, along with clusters of guys in white coats with ...

A flexible hybrid machining system from Heller Machine Tools works on a diesel engine block at Detroit Diesel. Walk the floor of any automotive manufacturing facility and see several types of ...

To make the dream work, it was going to take some teamwork. And who better to call in such a situation, but Late Model Engines in Houston? In addition to cranking out all of the 7-second LS motors for ...

General Motors has used RFID tags on engine assembly systems for process tracking for many years. Now GM's Gen 5 Small Block engine program is also using RFID-enabled track-and-trace databolts as a ...

General Motors will invest $76 million in two plants in New York and Ohio to meet full-size pickup demand, the automaker said this week. GM will commit $70 million to its Tonawanda, N.Y., engine plant ...

Last month we introduced you to our latest engine buildup project, a salvage-yard '66 Pontiac 421 V-8. In that first installment ("The Teardown") we examined the engine closely to determine its ...

General Motors will invest $70 million in its Town of Tonawanda engine plant, to increase capacity on its engine block machining line.

Magnesium has found use in the broader automotive industry since the 1920s for a variety of applications, ranging from chassis to powertrain construction. Many vehicles utilize magnesium and its ...