> An error in my post has been pointed out to me.
>
> Please look at my post again in case I may have miscommunicated, I meant to
> refer to the cases/blocks/mains as being magnesium, aluminum, and steel; I
> am fully aware that a crankshaft is made of steel. I guess I should have
> more fully emphasized the cases just prior to listing the materials. I'd
> hate to see what a magnesium crank would look like after a single run to
> redline(if it made it that far).
>
> Doug Jones

Actually, there's no magnesium in a waterboxer, except maybe as an
alloying element in the aluminum alloy case. Type I aircooled vw's,
and some european type IV engines have cases made from magnesium
alloy.

Joshua Van Tol -- jjvantol@uswest.net