Sharing the things that we know about spraying uncontrolled oil inside the crankcase would be targeting and would be frowned upon.
What we did was not a DOF, as that is the name that they have chosen for their specific product. Essentially it was the same thing, and there are more than a few ways to do it, some better than others.
I was simply stating that we have first hand experience with this form of potential increased bearing life. That's where our standing comes from, not just saying "Don't apply the pressure fed oiling to an LN bearing because we said so".
Like anything else, time will tell.. In fact you may experience some of the things that we did yourself. Just pay attention and share your findings fair and balanced, good or bad. Don't stop analyzing after the install, watch oil consumption, fuel consumption and pull the hose from your AOS after a hard drive before and after the intervention. Pay attention to every noise and every smell. In fact remove the hose from the AOS and block off the port on the intake and see what happens after a hard drive before and after.
Moreover, run your engine at 6,000 RPM for 10 minutes and drain the oil immediately after it shuts off, then do the same test and install a cut off valve in the line feeding the oil flange. Then shut that valve off and do the same test at the same RPM and drain your oil and see what you notice. Then carry out UOA and compare before and after.
The majority of development is just paying attention; listen to the engine as it doesn't know how to lie and it will tell you what it wants and what it likes. Throw the engine on an engine dyno, or the car on a chassis dyno and shut the valve off and on between runs, or utilize an inline electronic fuel shut off to kill the flow of oil at WOT during a run and see what happens. When you do that you can integrate some transducers in the exhaust system and wee what you find then. Maybe you'll see something, maybe you won't and you have to be looking for issues when doing this, because everything is guilty until proven innocent- right?
You might waste your time and thousands of dollars, or you might find something that someone else hasn't.
What I stated here barely scratch the surface of the things that one would need to pay attention to when carrying out this sort of development. These kinds of things are all I do, all day everyday and it is enough to drive someone crazy. Fortunately I was already crazy before I started all of this.
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You make me think that there is no good reason not to do this by not supplying one.
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Exactky. Your mind was made up before you even started posting.