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I don't understand the relevance of what the profit margin of a vendor is. Do we crap on JRZ/MCS because they are more expensive than KW CS?

I'm grateful a company documented the rod bearing situation in depth like BE did. Almost a decade later they remain the only company to provide in depth information of what they sell and why they do what they do. I wish more companies were as interested in our platform as BE is, and provided incredibly in depth information vs crickets from other competitors. You can agree with them or not, but I hope we all agree that it's fantastic someone wants to provide this kind of insights.

The special thing about BE, besides documentation, is they measure all bearings and you get a matched set. Anyone who is familiar with quality control or engineering understands there is a gap between statistical quality control vs every controlling every single piece. Is this worth another $400? For some yes, for some not.

There is no argument about whether it's better to rebuild an engine with the right clearances and measuring everything vs just the bearings. Everyone agrees on that. BE seems to be a pretty reasonable bandaid solution that prevents the most common failure mode. Is my stroker with main/rod/side clearances corrected a better option? Yes, and at 36k without any supporting components it is not cheap.

In the Porsche world, LN engineering (IIRC) figured out the IMS bearing issue and has sold kits since then. I hope in Rennlist people aren't questioning why they charge what they charge whereas there are other kits put together that are cheaper.