Originally posted by Cougar Bob:
The Porsche 911 (and VW Beetle) used to have a magnesium engine block. The Honda Insight, and may other cars, use a magnesium oil pan.
While pure magnesium does burn quite quickly and at a very high temp, magnesium alloys can be made to have a very high resistance to burning. Some types of magnesium compounds are actually being used as liners in furnaces for the steel industry, withstanding temps upwards of 3000C.
I'd like to think that safety was an issue Ford considered when they picked the material. If Honda feels magnesium soaked with oil is not a fire hazard, then why should a magnesium transmission case be a fire hazard?
Bob
Ahhh i see what your saying....honestly i am not sure if our Trans are made of an MAG alloy. I thought this was an aftermarket trans case that someone built with MAG.
A Magnesium Blend or Alloy I can see being used...and yes Porsche uesed a magnesium alloy in there engines(Im a porsche parts buyer, by the way  ) But in the Ebay (i didn;t see it stated in the ad atleast)ad it does not say weather its an Alloy or Pure (and I was refering to Pure) magnesium.
So...give that....buying this off of ebay i see as a high risk in my opinion. Im not a chemist in any way, but considering my background and job, i need to know about the diffent metals that are used in parts...and if i don;t know, i find out.
Though it would save some weight, buying this off ebay is a big rish IMHO....find out what your getting first (pure or alloy) If its pure i would stay away.
Roz
3.0 SVT hybrid...all the fixens...Track/Race ready very soon!!!!!! 20,000 + miles
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