Build a diesel engine by printing it and you won't have near the gasket or leak problems that are so common with all internal combustion engines.
Do it cheap because failure of the engine will mean replacement.
Just one observation coming from a tech.
They need to be able to print parts as they are meant to live, in close tolerances with each other.
I can in-vision complete redesigns in injection and air fuel control by porting
control instead of the valves of today.
There are so many more possibilities.
This technology is huge.
I was looking around the kitchen to decide what I would want out of Ti. My number 1 choice is the grinder body and screw feed for my commercial KitchenAid(tm) mixer.
That alone would be worth a couple of hundred bucks.
/johnny
"Build a diesel engine by printing it and you won't have near the gasket or leak problems that are so common with all internal combustion engines." I only have a basic understanding of diesel engines (I've rebuilt many 2 and 4 stroke gassers)...
Why would a diesel, with higher cylinder pressure, have less stringent tolerances for seals? Less volatile / caustic fuel?