Comments by "James LaBarre" (@SenileOtaku) on "Carbon Fiber Inside the Engine - How CF rods and pistons change engines and why you can't have them" video.

I thought there was work being done on ceramic parts (the pistons themselves, as an example) for engine applications. Ceramic being more heat and wear resistant (whth the downside being prone to shattering from impacts). So as long as the ceramic part has simple stresses on it and isn't likely to be impacted they could be used (and probably a lot cheaper than trying to make an equivalent part in carbon fiber).
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