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Originally Posted by johndallman
There are also components that need to be forged for strength, notably engine crankshafts. Again, they need expensive custom dies, and this is one of the reasons why engine design and manufacturing is fairly separate from car bodies these days: many car models will share an engine design. |
Do you have a sense of what percentage of the cost of the forge comes from the custom dies, vs. components that can be re-used for a different design?