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Originally Posted by boxster
Hehe, thanks for your comment, I know that sometimes I might go too far with my questions,but since as I said before I know nothing in this field,I like learning new stuff and i learned a lot in this thread, never imagined it would turn out the way it did, and I must admit I found it very entertaining and interesting. I was just looking for an independent unbiased opinion of what the forum members think Is the best ims replacement bearing available and lo and behold the manufacturers got involved as well��. I know people like Jake raby must be sick of hearing these questions,and find certain questions silly,but I like to be given reasons as to WHY things work the way they do, instead of "because thats the way it is". I ask not to get people annoyed but to learn from people who know much more than me and who I know are professional in their work. Thanks for guiding me where to buy cam plug covers,ill order them as soon as I'm SURE which direction to go to regarding the ims bearing. Now I'm sorry,but im going to ask one of those "annoying" questions that I know would drive the manufacturers up the wall. To my ignorance I would think that the DOF together with the retrofit ceramic bearing would be the best of both worlds. Is it, or would both applications together be a hazard to each other? I know people say ceramic bearings can withstand high operating temperatures,but would they be "happier" working in more oil or not? And another thing, I just learned that there are full ceramic bearings and hybrid bearings,where apparently the cage is still made of steel. Any idea why the retrofit kit isn't full ceramic?
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Simple: It doesn't need to be.
The LN bearing performs excellently without a direct source of engine oil; the 20K+ units running around on the street attest to that fact. And, if LN could think of any circumstance where an oil feed system would be advantageous, they are perfectly capable of producing one, after all, they make the IMS Solution kits, but they have never seen the need.
You are way, way
overthinking this. We have customers that put less the 1K miles on their cars every year, and those cars are LN equipped; none have ever had a problem. Other customers with LN bearings average over 35K a year, with the exact same results. The system works, exactly the way it is designed to work.
This entire dialog entered the "paralysis by analysis" mode about a week ago..........