If you look at a gear (transmission or rear) that has had the REM
treatment, you'd swear that it was chrome plated. I expect to treat my
entire driveline as well as some engine parts with this process. Don't
mean this as a commercial but you can see more about the REM process on
my web page www.musclemotorsports.com and click on "In The Know" You'll
also find some info on the EDM process that is used extensively in
NASCAR for lightening and surface matching. There are some really
interesting and exciting ideas being borne out of this process for
performance parts.
The big teams have rear-end dynos with all kinds of instrumentation to
prep the gear as well as pick the best of a few they will build for a
race.
In regards to coatings, they seem to be less popular due to the life of
the coating. The only thing I see as a necessary coating (it's not
really a coating, more a process) is the Casidiam treatment done by
Anatech. It is truly an amazing surface to the touch. They started with
wrist pins (and now everybody has Casidiam wrist pins in Winston Cup)
but have gone on to trials in just about all friction bearing surfaces
in an engine. Rather expensive, but with Winston Cup (excuse me, Nextel
Cup) budgets, it doesn't really matter. I'm not using much of it in my
new engine, just a few items.
Grib
"Do what others Won't and you'll do what others Can't for the rest of
your life"
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