Somewhere, a heavy-set lady is singing a sad song about Ford's casting plant in Brook Park. That's because the curtain apparently is coming down on the 57-year-old, 1.6 million-square-foot plant that ...

At the dawn of the musclecar era, Chrysler engineers were pulling their hair out, replacing hefty iron parts with the svelte aluminum alternatives we've all come to know and love. From alternator ...

BROOK PARK, Ohio -- Ford Motor Co. this month will begin the gradual process of shutting down its Brook Park casting plant by the end of this year, union officials said, reducing the work force by an ...

Cracked block? There aren't many two-word combinations that send a shiver up a car guy's spine. In most cases that means the block is DOA, and it's worth its weight in scrap only. Sometimes there is ...

Hello Paul, Thank you you your help and these are my questions: 1.Is it true that all engine blocks for Toyota Alphard are made of aluminium? Emmanuel Ampe Dear Emmanuel, that is correct the engine ...

Back in the early 1990s the Gen II LT1 and LT4 engines powered GM's hottest performance cars, but GM read the tea leaves and knew that this platform would not be able to get them where they would ...