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I was wondering if this dude was on the up and up. Claims he can toughen up a turbo and improve spool up and wear in a competiton enviorment.



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That be pretty cool if his product had potential. :cool:
 
I went and read the patent and it's pretty straightforward. Their main contribution is not the tungsten disulfide, but rather the fine grit-blasting process used to get the WS2 to stick to the surface.

I have no data to refute their claims, but they don't have much data to support their claims, and that brings my skepticism. if it's that good, you'd think they'd have real data showing spool times and whatnot. But I went through the web page thoroughly and there just ain't much data. The only good stuff I found was on the I-R hydrodynamic milling spindle, and even that was pretty thin.

You see the same thing from cryotreaters and coatings people. Lots of marketing hype, little data.

The inventor has degrees in finance and marketing, so it's not surprising that what you read is, uh, marketing, more than anything. He says he got "an education you can't find in books," and that just makes me wince.

Just like the cryo nuts, IF they can come up with real tests and real data, then it would be a lot more believable.

So, I say, try at your own risk. It might work, might not. As a metallurgist, I'm on the fence.
 
Snake oil... .



WRONG...

we build spec miata's that race 12 endurance races. have to use stock rearend components. we were having trouble with carrier & pinion bearings not lasting the whole race. tried almost every oil & additive out there. had one set of each (carrier & pinion) bearings done by microblue, and ran a non-synthetic gear oil. that same set of bearings went the wole race season & could have went longer, but replaced with new for next season.



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this company and product is legit. they were on the leading edge of a few top nascar team having the extra edge of a few winning seasons. the product works! BUT are you at that point that you are going to benifit from that last 2-5% of power?????? for the cost???
 
Sfrey, that's good data. Thanks.

Marshall, Nascar teams would switch to purple paisley undershorts if they thought it would being them a win. And besides, winning in Nascar is 99% chassis setup anyway.
 
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