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Re: Babbitt Bearings in FRC

Large stationary engines (if you count ships & trains, semi stationary) typically have poured Babbitt bearings. Most car & motorcycle motor have insert Babbitt bearing. As long as you keep the oil flow, the bearing and shafts do not actually touch. Hydrodynamic layer and all that. MEs spend a lot of class time on that. In the end it is really a bunch of Voodoo.
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