When you are in the market for a high performance bearing for your purpose built racing engine, it can be a difficult choice. There are many bearing manufacturers available to you, but the King Racing Race Bearings truly do live up to their namesake. We’ve built many sport compact engines as well as our Project 302 with the King lineup of race bearings, and as they say the proof is in the pudding.
We’re taking a look at why King Racing race bearings are the best on the market today, with a look at their lineup of main, rod and thrust bearings. We know many enthusiasts like to battle it out between ACL or King for their choice of bearing, so let’s see why King Racing lives up to their name.
King Racing has built their reputation on the engines that are winning many of today’s races. Equipped to handle the entire build process including manufacture of their own metallurgy, King brings a level of production that’s almost unparelled.
With over 50 years of racing experience, King continues to push the edge on what makes an excellent race bearing. Technologically equipped to continue to evolve their techniques and change in materials, King provides an extremely reliable and powerful product.
Dedicated to the exacting specifications required to generate such power reliably, King Engine Bearings is one of the top choices for your engine build. To keep up with today’s horsepower driven engines, King is always improving their product line. Their standard industry leading features help pave the way for their XP series rod and main bearings that can take the roughest of environments and harshest of abuse to keep things together. For more about King’s process and technical data, don’t forget to check out their TechLab.
Let’s take a quick look at what makes the King Racing Race Bearings the best.
Additional Strength – pMAX Black is a trademarked bearing design from King Racing effectively raises the bar on bearing load capacity. Multiple layers and a copper based intermediate layer provide a HV rating of 115, currently leading the industry. Their proprietary copper layer can withstand pressures up to 17,000 PSI, and the pMAX Black bearings are also capable of taking over 10,000 PSI on their primary layer.
Improved Lubrication – Features like King Racings’ U Groove design help keep things cool and lubricated. The 90° groove is smoothed to help evenly distribute load and keep the bearing within factory specifications under abuse. Maintaining proper oil pressure and keeping the bearing durable at higher RPMs, King Racing Race Bearings give you superior lubrication.
Coupled with their new oil slot design, named the ElliptiX™ your engine bearings can increase oil passage capacity and engine durability. No longer do engine builders have to enlarge or modify oil chamfers or oil passages.
Greater lubrication methods and increased oil pressures are vital to high performance turbocharged engines of today.
Exacting Measures – Completely dedicated to the craft of manufacturing bearings, King Racing sets the standard of thickness for bearing load. Capable of delivering the same thickness and quality no matter what the run, gone are the days of buying multiple sets of bearings when you choose King.
Bearing measurements and consistently mean that King Racing Race Bearings continually provide the best bearing crush height, leading to consistent results. The Radialock technology used in King Racing Race Bearings produces the best possible press fit, as well as improved heat transfer and less bearing distortion.
King Racing Race Bearings also feature the EccentriX elastohydrodynamic analysis process, which reduces vibration and increases life of the bearing. With this design and manufacturing standard, King Racing provides the superior hydrodynamic lubrication bearing.
Want more information on King Racing Race Bearings? Stay tuned for our new sales website with our complete lineup of engine bearings, from King to ACL and many more. New applications from King Racing include the SR20DET, 2JZGTE, B18C and A / B, as well as the 4G63, and many more. Make King Racing Race Bearings the bearing of choice for your performance motor.