📰 Auto News Chevy Cruze & GM Powertrain: An Inside Look

[RICH17]

This is a link to a friend of mine who owns a Cruze. He is the one who brought up the problem of people having spark plugs incorrectly gapped on thier 1.4T and 1.8L motors to GM. So when GM heard from him they decided to gim a once in a life time tour. It is an unbiased look at how the new GM works. And definately a good read.

Chevy Cruze & GM Powertrain: An Inside Look

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[02BlueGT]

Interesting read

 

[RICH17]

If you go through te whole thread it gets even more interesting. Someone talks about how the motors are still cast iron instead of aluminum. I guess its to help with start up temps and also theres oil and coolant passages molded into the block.

 

[Yaj Yak]

and of course to save cost...

 

[02BlueGT]

and of course to save cost...

With shipping costs (due to the additional weight of Iron/Steel), more expensive machining costs, stronger equipment needed (due to the additional weight of Iron/Steel), and other misc stuff. I'd bet it is similar cost to even slightly more expensive to use iron than cast aluminum.

Raw material cost isn't the final cost in manufacturing.

 

[Mike K]

Interesting read. On a separate note, Mook if you ever make this site do what that site does with the ad's on the pictures I will find you and stab you. It was so incredibly annoying to go through and have to x out 55 million Toyota ads.

 

[02BlueGT]

Interesting read. On a separate note, Mook if you ever make this site do what that site does with the ad's on the pictures I will find you and stab you. It was so incredibly annoying to go through and have to x out 55 million Toyota ads.

Seems like it only does that to Guests, members have no ads

 

[Mook]

I won't.

 

[Mike K]

I won't.

Then I still love you.

 

[Yaj Yak]

With shipping costs (due to the additional weight of Iron/Steel), more expensive machining costs, stronger equipment needed (due to the additional weight of Iron/Steel), and other misc stuff. I'd bet it is similar cost to even slightly more expensive to use iron than cast aluminum.

Raw material cost isn't the final cost in manufacturing.

Ya that difference would be small
Aluminum is stupid expensive.

Then I still love you.

Werd

 

[Primalzer]

Ya that difference would be small
Aluminum is stupid expensive.

This

 

[Euro]

Definitely a cool read. But goddam Andrei sounds like he was getting paid by GM to write that.

 

[Mike K]

Definitely a cool read. But goddam Andrei sounds like he was getting paid by GM to write that.

Nah, it sounds like they buttered him up with a badass tour, great treatment and the opportunity to drive some cool cars. You take someone who's already a fan of the brand and this is what you end up with.

 

[RICH17]

Just goes to show everyone that Im not the only GM nutswinger out there

 

[smug]

Only if GM would put that much effort into building transmissions so that I can get more then 70K out of one.

 

[boostedguy05]

on my 2nd gm car with over 90k and original trans????
and i know there are others with a lot higher miles with no issues....