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This Paper presents a study of weight reduction in an exhaust manifold of a four cylinders, 3.0 liters Diesel engine. The mass of the entire engine shall be reduced from the current 290kg to 260kg and many components will be redesigned focused on this target. Basically, the wall thickness and flanges of the exhaust manifold will be redesigned and reduced to a value which shall guaranties the component durability. The calculations will be made determining the life cycle of the proposed exhaust manifold, checking if no structural problems can occur. The shape and size of the ducts remain unchanged for performance purposes and no material changes will be considered for the new component.

Withdrawal of heat from internal combustion engines is a major concern in today's automotive industry, mainly due to material constraints and components durability. A well-designed cooling system may increase engine's reliability. In the light of this, a numerical study has been conducted to analyze the water flow inside MWM INTERNATIONAL's high-speed diesel engine. The study has been done in order to determine possible cavitation and boiling regions, which can reduce the heat transfer efficiency. The analysis was carried out with the help of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) commercial software ANSYS FLUENT®. The flow was considered to be steady-state, turbulent, with heat transfer and the fluid was treated as a single phase. For this reason, the possible cavitation and boiling regions are identified through vapor pressure and boiling temperature, respectively.