Originally Posted by
Maximo
myself I am not really into ceramic bearings.... IMO they typically fail sooner then steel and offer absolutely zero performance benefits....it kills me to see people saying ceramics help performance as they do absolutely nothing measurable or noticeable...IMO a whole bunch of hoopla over nothing tangible ! I have dyno and track tested ceramics many times over and my results were nothing noticeable...dyno didn't show any gains, and neither did any back to back track testing........that is my story and I am sticking to it,..bur hey, what do I know about engine performance !
You know I'm no idiot. I've been racing rc cars for over 20years, and I've had nitro buggies since 1990. and I'm just saying when i clean and rebuild my x7 with ceramic balls in the bearings that monty did when I spin the crank with my hand before i reinstall the piston and sleeve those bearings are smoother than any other I've touched...
I never said anything about performance gain....but it does feel like a ceramic rear helps the motor spool up faster, but doubt it makes more measurable power.. I have a lot of attention to detail and I can feel very slight changes in my car so take it for what it's worth....maybe I can measure what your dyno can't with my highly tuned sensory input device....