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It was a bad idea to put an anti-friction bearing in an IC engine.
I believe that higher engine speeds helped lubricate the bearing better after the seal fails. This is why I think that tip cars had more failures but I'm only going on what the local Indy says on that one.
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'58 356A coupe, just a driver
'00 Boxster S fair weather - daily driver
'11 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited - winter daily driver
'92 F250 - junk hauler; previous Porsches '95 993;'08 Cayman S;'70 911E
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