Anyone hear anything about these? I was doing some research on rod bearings since I'm gonna pull my pan and do some maintenance anyway, and came across these.
King Engine Bearings is offering a new bearing as part of their King Racing product line and are calling it GPC technology. The product code is CR 222GPC and is an alternative to the normal CR 222SV they offer already. Says the applications are for N54, N55, N52, S55, N20, and N26 engines. Apparently it has a much higher load capacity and is coated in case of oil starvation. Oddly enough the video on the GPC website shows Ghassan and his 135i even though he runs the standard CR 222SV (I believe).
Taken from their website, the bearings have several layers including a top coating:
1) coating - 10 micron polymer coating containing solid lubricant and ceramic additives
2) top - silver based overlay
3) middle - lead free bronze with additional tin
4) base - steel
Load capacity is 17,000 psi compared to "available race materials" at 11,000 psi. Not sure about the testing methods or what brand they tested against - probably just marketing but I'm not an expert.
GPC product line: http://kingracebearings.com/product_king/gpc/
CR 222GPC: http://www.king-catalog.com/Catalog/Set/CR_222GPC
King Engine Bearings is offering a new bearing as part of their King Racing product line and are calling it GPC technology. The product code is CR 222GPC and is an alternative to the normal CR 222SV they offer already. Says the applications are for N54, N55, N52, S55, N20, and N26 engines. Apparently it has a much higher load capacity and is coated in case of oil starvation. Oddly enough the video on the GPC website shows Ghassan and his 135i even though he runs the standard CR 222SV (I believe).
Taken from their website, the bearings have several layers including a top coating:
1) coating - 10 micron polymer coating containing solid lubricant and ceramic additives
2) top - silver based overlay
3) middle - lead free bronze with additional tin
4) base - steel
Load capacity is 17,000 psi compared to "available race materials" at 11,000 psi. Not sure about the testing methods or what brand they tested against - probably just marketing but I'm not an expert.
GPC product line: http://kingracebearings.com/product_king/gpc/
CR 222GPC: http://www.king-catalog.com/Catalog/Set/CR_222GPC
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