Federal-Mogul to supply aluminium piston for BMW’s diesel engine  [ Germany ]

Federal-Mogul Corporation has developed an aluminium piston that meets the higher strength and thermal performance demands of very high-power diesel engines. BMW is the first to use the piston in its triple-turbo 3.0-litre diesel (N57D30S1) engine, which with a specific power output of 93kW/litre (124bhp/litre) is a powerful light diesel. The aluminium piston's design uses the company's Durabow...