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Aluminum in the Camaro future?
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03-08-2014, 10:31 AM
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Magnesium doesn't ignite like in a lab. Yea magnesium shavings from machining can ignite, but Indy cars been using mag wheels for decades, hit walls at 200 mph and guess what, no fires. My oem valve covers on my BMW are mag. You can throw a match into diesel and it won't ignite. Lots of misinformation.
Wanna bet? Look at this video around the 1:12 mark. When water meets the burning magnesium transfer case of this jeep.
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