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Anthony William Sloman
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On Sunday, June 11, 2023 at 8:50:10â¯PM UTC+10, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
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Toyota used roller bearings in it\'s car engines, which did rotate a lot faster than regular car engines. Toyota did start off as a motor cycle manufacturer.
I got told about this in Southampton in 1974 by one of the other chemistry post-docs who was mad about cars., and drove a very fast Toyota. It might have been a 2000 GT but probably wasn\'t - post-docs didn\'t get much money
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Bill Sloman, Sydney
On 11/06/2023 11:40, Max Demian wrote:
On 10/06/2023 17:59, Rod Speed wrote:
On Sat, 10 Jun 2023 20:23:24 +1000, Max Demian
max_d...@bigfoot.com> wrote:
On 10/06/2023 08:46, Commander Kinsey wrote:
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And the other point is, the load on the bearing is deeply significant, which is why (almost*) no piston engine uses roller or ball bearings routinely on a crankshaft.
*I think I recall one example on a small motorcycle engine, but I could
be wrong.
Toyota used roller bearings in it\'s car engines, which did rotate a lot faster than regular car engines. Toyota did start off as a motor cycle manufacturer.
I got told about this in Southampton in 1974 by one of the other chemistry post-docs who was mad about cars., and drove a very fast Toyota. It might have been a 2000 GT but probably wasn\'t - post-docs didn\'t get much money
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Bill Sloman, Sydney