Using an over-square bore-stroke configuration, lightweight forged pistons, and titanium connecting rods helps minimize inertia and prevent engine failure.

Using the titanium connecting rods, which Ferrari says are 35 percent lighter than the steel items used in the regular 296, was the easy part.

Following in the wheel tracks of the 360-based Challenge Stradale, 430 Scuderia, 458 Speciale and 488 Pista, the 296 Speciale features more power courtesy of revised engine management mapping and ...

Challenges to Adoption: Cost, Scalability, and Supply Chain Readiness Despite the technological promise, significant challenges remain before lightweight alloys and FSW become mainstream in connecting ...

It does this through the use of a ram induction manifold, titanium connecting rods and valves, and an Inconel and titanium exhaust system. Redline is also the highest here at 12,100 rpm.

Kramer has added a race-spec camshaft, CNC-machined ports, titanium connecting rods, high-compression Pankl pistons, and titanium valves. Two massive carbon fiber ducts are used to draw in air at ...

Designed from scratch for the Temerario, it has exotic features like a flat-plane crankshaft and lightweight titanium connecting rods that allow it to rev to 10,000 rpm.

The mechanical differences (over the 10R) include a variable air-intake system, Pankl lightweight systems, titanium connecting rods, DLC-coated tappets, and Marchesini forged wheels ...

A completed the first osseointegration, a surgery that involves inserting a titanium implant into the bone of a patient. This allows for the direct attachment of a prosthetic limb.

After the Canepa treatment—titanium connecting rods, upgraded cams, tungsten ceramic-coated headers, an upgraded valvetrain, new Borg Warner turbos, and Motec engine management—the ’80s twin ...