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Selection of engine bearing materials

Dr. Dmitri Kopeliovich

Selection of bearing material suitable for a particular engine should be based on the following engine parameters:

Stock engines, street performance and circle track racing engines may use conventional aluminum-tin-silicon bi-metal or copper based tri-metal bearings depending on the load and crankshaft materials (AlSi bi-metal – for nodular cast iron shafts, tri-metal - for forged steel shafts).

Tri-metal bearings are recommended for off-road and off-shore racing engines (typically higher loaded applications).

High strength tri-metal materials (e.g. Sputter bearings) are recommended for applications with high bearing loading where conventional tri-metal material undergoes fatigue (for example upper conrod bearings in diesel engines with direct fuel injection).

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