Ceramic wheel bearings. Anyone tried these?

[steffen707]

Originally Posted by DIMS

Yes it made me laugh too This was a link I found trying to find someone with ceramic wheel bearing experience.

Here is another. Located
ceramic bearings for street use - Page 2 - Kawasaki ZX-10R.net

I've been in the bearing business for 13 years now. So I will tell you yes ceramic or hybrid-ceramic bearings will work just fine on the street. Just be prepaired to pay a hefty price for them. I can also tell you that I put hybrid- ceramic bearings in the rear of my old zx9 haven't done it to my 10 yet and it accounted for one horsepower on the dyno. I also did a coast test from 60 to 0 miles an hour and it accounted for an extra 300 feet.That was both front and rear hybrid-ceramic bearings.Just my

I know a guy that races in SCCA formula 500 with snomobile engines, and he uses ceramic wheel bearings. He said it was a definate improvement, but i'll have to see if he has any hard data. 300 more feet from that motorcycle is pretty awesome though. Bet the EOC guys would love these bearings.