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No doubt the negatards here will find some way to turn this into a doomsday scenario.
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I heard that Bosch wanted to sign for five years but Ford would only go three..
Don't get me wrong, it's a great contract and good money spinner for an underused plant, I'm just wondering about the length of the contract and just what Ford is planning.. Do they use that income windfall as a source for funding some new infrastructure? Quote:
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They wouldn't be cast iron blocks though would they. Could do crank and rods though, although thats not enough work to keep it going.
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The casting plant would be better off used for those sorts of ancillary parts like brake rotors, suspension uprights, brake calipers, and crossmembers. Which would keep the plant busy if it was all for fitment to a locally made vehicle or vehicles exported to countries in our region.
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Are the Brembo rotors for FPV's made there ?
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Not that I'm aware of Rodge, I think they come from Brembo's Asia plant.
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Yeah I know Brembo spent a fortune on their China plant, from what Ive heard its a very nice facility. I think you fill find its Ford taking advantage of the Brembo name tag and jacking up the price.
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IIRC, I-3 Eb uses Cast iron, perhaps a new 1.3 I-4 Ecoboost with 160 hp/200 lbft....120 Kw/270 nm? |
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Give the direction of the industry, they should try and cast turbo housings.
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have Ford figured out how to cast rotors that dont warp yet?
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