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      12-18-2010, 02:20 PM   #19
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I hope you aren't saying that BMW was the first manufacturer to produce aluminum blocks.

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Originally Posted by philsteroni View Post
This topic makes me laugh because 20 years ago BMW introduced aluminum blocks to the car industry with the e36 model. They had a recall on them and everyone started to put in their 2 cents about how BMW was stupid for using aluminum blocks... Now every car manufacturer uses aluminum for their engine blocks. Why don't we all learn from history and let the BMW (industry leading) engineers do the thinking.
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