Plastic Fantastic: Introducing The Carbon Fiber Engine
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The single heaviest component on a car, next to that pesky frame, is the iron-lump engine block. Even when it’s honed from aluminum, it’s still a lump—unacceptable, when almost the entire rest of the car can be crafted from svelte, slinky carbon fiber. Until now. Florida engineer Matti Holtzberg has been working on a composite...