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Originally Posted by BirdDog
...356Guy - I've read that tips have a lower incidence of IMS bearing failure. As far as the higher revs better lubricating a ball bearing based IMS bearing - I'd question that. I remember seeing a Pedro video where he spun an IMS bearing up in oil. At higher RPMs oil is slung out of the bearing and the bearing was shown to be running dry. I won't base a theory on one test, but it sure had me thinking.
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Yeah I saw that demo. I worked in the rotating equipment business for 20 years. Most of the equipment had splash lube bearings which worked very well. Others ran in an oil mist. The bearing needs very little oil. Too much isn't good either. Small amounts of moisture in the oil is a killer too. LN's bearings are open on the exposed side right? They seem to run fine even though the engine was not designed for a splash lube bearing.
ps I'm going to talk myself out of buying a Boxster at this rate
