On Fri, 30 Aug 2002, Clive Smith wrote:

> I may be wrong, but you'll have to go some to prove that anyone would cast
> any significant quantities of mag ally's into an auto engine - for one, all
> the threads would have to have inserts.

Hmm...you sure?  I'd always heard that the Type 1 engine crankcases were
magnesium alloy, and would burn quite impressively.  Could be that's an
urban legend, though. The Type 4 crankcases are supposed to be aluminum,
so I suspect that's what the WBX ones would be made out of.  FWIW the Type
1 cases are considerably softer than the Type 4 ones.

Clearly we need to get someone to go out in the desert, light a big
bonfire, and toss on some engine cases. ;)

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