Trick Bearings? Anyone hear of this outfit?

[Donttreadonme]

Anyone hear of this outfit? Looks pretty trick....
http://www.microblueracing.com/
http://www.microblueracing.com/custom_shop/cs_cool_stuff/crank_800.php
Supposedly they will do set of bearings for anything....Do you all think it is worth it? I run a self financed late model...

[RiverDave]

Definately an interesting concept.. I've never heard of those guys before, but that's not saying much as I'm not in the industry.
All my aerospace engineer buds (customers) have heavily recomended the use of dichronite for various applications (bearings, gear boxes, certain aspects of engine internals). I was going to look into it further when I started to put together an engine down the road.
One of my guys over at Parker Hannifin told me a story about how they took apart a motorcycle, dichronited various parts of the engine etc.. and noticed a ridiculous improvement in loss of drag on those parts.. Idle went up quite a bit do to loss of drag etc.. etc..
Here's a website if you want to look into it. I think it basically does the same thing that these people are doing, but probably cheaper.
http://www.dicronite.com/Applications.htm
RD

[RiverDave]

I can't believe with all the experts on here nobody had anything to add to this thread?
RD

[Donttreadonme]

Wait till they need new bearings for their drive, they will be all over it...
I need new spindle bearings in both the Mori and the Cincinnati, maybe I will waste money on those and see how they hold up....
http://www.microblueracing.com/store/images/large/a_r_12.jpg
That's a pretty bearing...

[RiverDave]

I'm not sure if that company supplies bearings? I think you get your standard bearing, gear etc.. and then they just coat them (if they are bearings) and or micropolish them, cryo, and then coat them if it's other things like gears etc..
RD

[edog_103]

Is this the same place that Bubba the love Sponge was talking about this afternoon?

[Donttreadonme]

Yuppers...BTLS baby...

[Racey]

Fellow Bubba listeners in the house! They sounded pretty cool, definatley worth checking out.

[edog_103]

I have a hard time getting any work done from 12:00-4:00 west coast.