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(Note that when I say "cheap" I am not referring to the quality but the fact that plain bearings are less expensive than ball bearings)
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Incorrect. The material that must be utilized for the IMS SOlution plain bearing is super expensive. We have paid as much as 1200 bucks for a 2' long piece of the blank material. This does not include the manufacturing process of the bearing which must maintain tolerances to .0005".
A ball bearing that is omitted from the engine is a ball bearing that cannot fail within the engine. Collateral damage from foreign object debris generated by ball bearing failure is the most expensive collateral damage that can occur from IMSB failure.
That said, I developed the IMS Solution for my engines and honestly could care less if anyone else ever buys one. My engines are my primary objective with every development that we create.