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My experience is with my GT6, but should be very similar to your TR6.
I get my bearings from Richard Good at GoodParts.com =
<http://goodparts.com/>. They are sold as King tri-metal bearings and =
come in King boxes, but they usually have =E2=80=9CCounty=E2=80=9D =
stamped on them. There=E2=80=99s an old commentary on the web from =
Uncle Jack, who said he investigated that, and King told him County was =
their largest customer, so a lot of bearings are stamped County.
Anyway, I=E2=80=99ve been running these for years. In my experience, =
they hold up pretty well. By that I mean after three race seasons (call =
it five-six race weekends a year) the rod bearings need to be replaced =
due to mild wear. The rods go a bit quicker than the mains.
I=E2=80=99ve been running them with a Calico coating for the past few =
years, and they do hold up better, but eventually the coating wears =
through too. Richard will ship directly to Calico, and Calico=E2=80=99s =
turn-around is only a few days, so it doesn=E2=80=99t take much extra =
effort to go this route. The Calico coating seems to add about 1-2 =
10,000" to the bearing thickness.
For comparison, I run 20-50 Penngrade partial synthetic (the former Brad =
Penn), and peak revs are about 7000; with the occasional 7300 or so.
Scott Janzen
68 GT6
On Jun 26, 2019, at 9:39 PM, CHARLES KENT via Fot <fot@autox.team.net> =
wrote:
Hi, I have finally depleted my stash of vandervell bearings. I was =
wondering if there are suggestions from the group regarding the best =
choice of today's suppliers. Any input based on race engine use would =
certainly be appreciated. thanks!
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-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D"">My =
experience is with my GT6, but should be very similar to your TR6.<div =
class=3D"">I get my bearings from Richard Good at <a =
href=3D"http://GoodParts.com"; class=3D"">GoodParts.com</a>. They =
are sold as King tri-metal bearings and come in King boxes, but they =
usually have =E2=80=9CCounty=E2=80=9D stamped on them. There=E2=80=99=
s an old commentary on the web from Uncle Jack, who said he investigated =
that, and King told him County was their largest customer, so a lot of =
bearings are stamped County.</div><div class=3D"">Anyway, I=E2=80=99ve =
been running these for years. In my experience, they hold up =
pretty well. By that I mean after three race seasons (call it =
five-six race weekends a year) the rod bearings need to be replaced due =
to mild wear. The rods go a bit quicker than the mains.</div><div =
class=3D"">I=E2=80=99ve been running them with a Calico coating for the =
past few years, and they do hold up better, but eventually the coating =
wears through too. Richard will ship directly to Calico, and =
Calico=E2=80=99s turn-around is only a few days, so it doesn=E2=80=99t =
take much extra effort to go this route. The Calico coating seems to add =
about 1-2 10,000" to the bearing thickness.</div><div class=3D"">For =
comparison, I run 20-50 Penngrade partial synthetic (the former Brad =
Penn), and peak revs are about 7000; with the occasional 7300 or =
so.</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">Scott =
Janzen</div><div class=3D"">68 GT6</div><div class=3D""><br =
class=3D""></div><div class=3D""><div><br class=3D""><div class=3D"">On =
Jun 26, 2019, at 9:39 PM, CHARLES KENT via Fot <<a =
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<div class=3D""><p class=3D"">Hi, I have finally depleted my stash of =
vandervell bearings. I was wondering if there are suggestions from the =
group regarding the best choice of today's suppliers. Any input based on =
race engine use would certainly be appreciated. thanks!</p></div>
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