CPC F02F 1/16 (2013.01) [B22C 9/10 (2013.01); F02F 2200/06 (2013.01)] | 16 Claims |
1. An automobile vehicle engine, comprising:
multiple water jackets individually formed in a cast engine block proximate to successive ones of multiple cylinder bores;
multiple cast-in place transition regions individually formed during a casting operation of the cast engine block at entrances to individual ones of the multiple water jackets;
multiple sawcuts having individual ones of the multiple sawcuts opening into individual ones of the multiple cast-in place transition regions; and
a curved region of the multiple cast-in place transition regions which opens into one of the multiple water jackets, the curved region formed during casting at a junction of individual ones of the multiple water jackets and individual ones of the cast-in place transition regions,
wherein the multiple cast-in place transition regions define a semi-circular shaped slot extending through the curved region.
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