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Originally Posted by UTRacerX9
Just something to keep in mind guys, ALL cars are capable of spinning bearings. It happens to Porsche, Chevy, DSM cars, Mercedes... I know of examples from all of these makers.
That being said, there's nothing magical about our engines. Perhaps we get more than our fair share of spun rod bearings (my first car spun one at 59k) but I tend to believe that poor maintenance and human error are the cause for most of these failures.
Here's an old thread regarding drilling the crank for extra lubrication (to my knowledge no one has done it yet, and this goes back to 2004.)
Cross Drilling the crank - stop spun bearings ? |
Nice read. I would like to see how one of our cars would do with this mod. I would be worried about long term longevity of the crank under strong loads. I would also only do this to the later forged cranks.