Ernest Christley wrote:

George Lendich wrote:

Are they really going to have ceramic coatings on the side housings?

I have nothing to suggest that they will, other than it being the most realistic choice.  The other option is steel inserts.  Steel inserts are doable, but they carry a lot of machining, joining and dissimilar metal baggage.  The ceramics would be a cast/bake in place operation.

Why not AlTiN?  It's hard, durable, very heat-resistant, and it can be applied to aluminum.

Dale R.
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