In this video, we explore a state-of-the-art engine factory operated by HORSE, a joint venture between Renault and Geely, ...

If you have ever been racing down the straightaway at your local track and been blown away, you've probably had time to reflect on the things that you could have done better to go faster. Many times ...

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 ...

Ford Motor's flexible-manufacturing strategy pays off for its newly reopened Cleveland Engine Plant No. 1. The newly renovated Ford Cleveland Engine Plant No. 1 builds the Duratec engine for the 2005 ...

Toyota's Tundra pickup truck and the Lexus division's LX 600 sport utility vehicle have been hit with a recall totaling 102,092 units in the United States of America. Turns out machining debris not ...

In a release from the automaker, it mentions that during production, machining debris may not have been removed from the engine. In affected vehicles, this can cause “potential engine knocking, engine ...

Toyota has issued a safety recall for more than 100,000 Tundra pickup trucks and Lexus LX600 SUVs in North America as a result of debris inside of the models’ V-6 engines left over from the machining ...

Tundra forums are full of horror stories alleging catastrophic engine failures. Toyota has finally issued a mea culpa for a metric ton of trucks and Lexus LX 600 sport utility vehicles equipped with ...

Follow the process of acquiring parts from Area Diesel and receiving a machined engine block. Final cleanup and prep work set ...