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Thanks for posting. Very interesting.

Henry Ford did a lot of early research and use of vanadium steel in the Model T.

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Anyone know what alloy BRIVADIUM steel is? It's used for sleeves on Old Jaguars & is almost indestructible, even when a piston seizes! On HIGH mileage cars, there's NEVER a ridge! Its' downside is that it glazes over, like GLASS, & doesn't have enough friction to seat in the rings properly.
Bill W.

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Hello Bill,
Curiosity got the better of me, I had worked on Jags but had no factory training, moved on to easier pickings, found this on Google.

I require the Rockwell or Vickers hardness of Brivadium & Brimol
metals patented by the Bristol Aircraft Company and used for aircraft
& motor engines by several manufacturers in the 1940's & 50's. The
material is an austenitic stainless steel, the Brimol being
centrifugally cast.

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Thanks, Brian,
Old Jags were OIL GUZZLERS ! We had to plug the rod squirt hole, just below the piston skirt. There's no oil ring that will scrape down that much oil ! We finished it with Grants' steel rings & the oil consumption was considerably BETTER.
Bill W.

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The trouble I've seen with magnesium is that it burns. I've seen ladders made of magnesium burn and also an over the snow vehicle (Trackmaster) that was made of magnesium, burn up.

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VW engines

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In the last, around 5 years or so, cars have been built with a harder steel which has resulted in better crash ratings from what I understand.

Perhaps it is this:
http://www.worldautosteel.org/why-st...ety-and-steel/

There is an interesting picture of the different steels used in the crash zones here.
http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars...been-17194116/

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You're SO RIGHT, Katy,
That's why our wheels are no longer MAGNESIUM, they're ALUJIMUM!
During WWll, Chief worked at Basic Magnesium Inc, a foundry in Henderson, Nevada, & showed me how magnesium filings would BURN with a bright white light. He also brought me small castings, made to test metal quality. One looked like a 6 cylinder distributor cap. We thought it would be FUN to paint it BLACK & put it on someones' car:D:D:D SEE, it's all Chiefs' fault that I'm a HECKLER!
Chief's Son