Alum Engine
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 TLR2061 Team Losi Alum Rear Camber Block Mid Engine22 $30.75 Time Remaining: 11h 6m Buy It Now for only: $30.75 |
 FC 34mm Flywheel + Alum Clutch Shoe + Spring RC WillPower 21 Nitro Gas Engine $27.00 Time Remaining: 2d 18h 9m |
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 New Golden Horizons 02163 Alum Engine Mount Blue $9.43 Time Remaining: 25d 7h 54m Buy It Now for only: $9.43 |
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 DYNAMITE BLUE ALUM HEAT SINK ENGINE MNT DYN7891B NIB $16.95 Time Remaining: 15d 18h 48m Buy It Now for only: $16.95 |
 Team Losi TLR2061 Alum Rear Camber Block Mid Engine 22 $27.39 Time Remaining: 19d 19h 48m Buy It Now for only: $27.39 |
 Traxxas TRA5160 5160 Engine Mount Alum $7.15 Time Remaining: 8d 16h 43m Buy It Now for only: $7.15 |
 HPI 86583 BILLET ALUM ALUMINUM ENGINE PLATE HELLFIRE $31.87 Time Remaining: 14d 17h 51m Buy It Now for only: $31.87 |
 Alum Combined Engine Mount Brace HSP Gladiator 1 10 Scale Nitro RC Truggy $23.70 Time Remaining: 23d 10h 26m Buy It Now for only: $23.70 |
 Z Car Alum Clutch Shoe 11351 1 RC WillPower 21 Nitro Gas Engine Buggy Truggy $18.09 Time Remaining: 5h 17m Buy It Now for only: $18.09 |
 Alum Engine Mount ACME 1 16 Scale NB16 Buggy NB16T Truggy $5.82 Time Remaining: 26d 10h 30m Buy It Now for only: $5.82 |
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 Engine Mount for CL XUT Series Fit 21 25 Engines w Heat Sink 7075 T6 Alum $37.94 Time Remaining: 19d 10h 1m Buy It Now for only: $37.94 |
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 Traxxas Engine Mount Mach Alum TMX152533 $37.80 Time Remaining: 20d 15h 8m Buy It Now for only: $37.80 |
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Alum Engine
Aluminum, the Modern Metal
Aluminum is one of the modern worlds more versatile materials. It is used in everything from soda cans to airliners. Aluminum can be molded, extruded, machined, cast, shaped and formed into such a variety of things that it is a wonder of modern metallurgical art. It was only during the 1880's that a process was developed that made the widespread use of aluminum possible. Before the development of this process aluminum as a metal was more valuable than gold in it's pure form.
Elementally speaking, aluminum has an atomic weight of 13 and is a member of the boron group of chemical elements. In its metal form it has a melting point of 660 degrees centigrade. Aluminum is the most abundant metal in the earth's crust. However it never occurs as a metal in nature because it is chemically too reactive. It is found as a compound in over 270 different minerals. The chief of these minerals being bauxite.
The ancients used alum, which most modern sources refer to as alumina from which aluminum comes from, as a astringent and a mordant for dyes. The scientist Wohler is generally credited with first isolating the metal in 1827. Alumina was used in the textile industry during the 1800's as a mordant. It was through the discovery of a process for separating purer forms of alumina that the modern aluminum industry was born.
The Bayer process has changed very little since it was first used in 1887 and is still the chief method for separating aluminum from bauxite. The bauxite is washed in a caustic solution which separates the alumina bearing ores from the oxides and other material in the bauxite. Through the use of heat, pressure, and chemical processes, the alumina bearing ore is extracted and purified. Ultimately the ore is refined into aluminum which is used in its metal form by much of the world.
By itself aluminum is not a strong metal, however when alloyed with other metals such as copper, magnesium, manganese, silicone, and other elements, it develops very useful characteristics such as corrosion resistance, lightweight, and tensile strength. Aluminum is also insoluble in alcohol though it is be soluble in water in certain chemical forms.
In its alloyed form it has about a third of the density and stiffness of steel, which makes it useful as a structural material. Aluminum has replaced steel as the armor of choice for modern warships. It is also used as armor sheeting on many modern vehicles, due to it's lightweight.
We are most familiar with aluminum as a metal. Its properties as a metal are highly desirable. It is corrosion resistant, nonmagnetic and non-sparking. When tempered and alloyed with the proper element, such as copper or manganese, it has enough tensile strength to be useful in many applications as a light yet durable structural material. Aluminum is also useful in the chemical industry, as an ingredient in explosives and other chemical processes. Aluminum retains its high reflectivity when powdered making it an important component in paints and coatings.
Aluminum is used extensively in our daily lives. The aerospace industry would be at a standstill without aluminum which makes up the material in most aircraft. The automotive industry also uses aluminum in engines, car frames, wheels and other parts of the vehicles we drive. Aluminum is in our kitchens as pots, pans, aluminum foil and various cooking utensils. Aluminum is also used in power transmission lines. Though not as conductive as copper it's lightweight makes it ideal for power lines.
We live in what could be called the aluminum age, for it is the most commonly used metal in our daily lives, and is all around us in the cars we drive, the planes we fly in, the cans of soda we drink. Aluminum products are in all facets of our lives. There would be no space program without aluminum, which forms the major components of the International Space Station and space shuttle.
One of the advantages of aluminum is that it is 100 percent recyclable. All the various products made of aluminum can be melted down and reused to make more products, which when their usefulness is over can in their turn be recycled. From the soda can to the car engine, aluminum is a reusable resource.
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Just replaced stock 351 heads with alum. performance, headers are getting red hot what could be the problem?
Headers are getting red hot on only 2 cylinders...engine is not running well...Could the valves be out of adjustment or what else could be the problem?
Red hot headers are a sign of leaking exhaust valves. Most commonly, "burnt" (unlikely in a new head) "bent" from over-revving, or the adjustment is off, keeping the exhaust valves from closing. Also push rod too long or rocker interference and valve guide misplacement. can do this.
The only reason I know is because I have blown a few engines like that.
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