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Originally Posted by Armagon
Well i understand your point of view but i'll expose you mine.
The bearing that is in the car from the manufacturer is a 15$ bearing #6204DU17.
Considering this, it means that the IMS bearing allready in place from the porsche factory that has allready less than 10% chances of failing is a 15$ bearing.
I conclude that if a install there a hybrid ceramic (plane turbine) bearing that can endure much more stress, heat and rpm will have less chances of failing than the oem one.
By the way, my car that has now 75 000 km and is a 2002 still had a 15$ bearing in good condition. I replaced it by prevention.
LN engineering said that they tried many bearings and found one that did not fail blablabla.... I'm curious what they had to do to make other bearings fail. I don't believe that. They just did like me and stopped a little bit to think about it and came with the conclusion that a hybrid ceramic bearing will perfectly work there. They don't make bearings, they just chose one for the application. And still you have to consider that the 15$ bearing could last 200 000 km there but in some case of unusual use, it can wear out.
I operate a repair shop specialized in european cars and this way of thinking drove me to success ever since.
So i wish myself good luck and will keep you updated if anything happens :-)
Maxime Routhier
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Before you start to criticize LN, just be aware that they brought in a bearing design engineer to help on the selection process, and then ran prototypes in engines until they failed at Jake Raby's shop.....................