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The Benefits of the REM Finishing Process

3/16/2016

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Design Engineers for automotive engines and transmissions need the high performance boost from the REM Isotropic Finishing Process. Metal-to-metal contact components such as bearings, gears, valve trains, connecting rods and crank shafts all have achieved performance increases when finished with the REM Process.
  • Significant Reduction in Surface Friction: Less friction means more horsepower
  • Reduces Wear on Metal to Metal Contact Surfaces: Less wear means expensive parts last longer and races get finished
  • Reduces Lubricant Temperatures: Lower operating temperatures benefit any component
  • Reduces Vibration and Noise: We all know how this can benefit a racing drive train
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Now you can enjoy a cost effective improvement that the professional race teams and OEM manufacturers have used for years.

Longer Life

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Planet Gear Assembly Before
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Planet Gear Assembly After
Processed components show as much as a 30% gain in life cycle tests on metal to metal contact surfaces. Isotropic Finish produced a reduction of 10x in frictional forces when compared to an engineered ground finish

More Horsepower

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Differential Assembly Before & After REM Finishing
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Differential Assembly Components after REM Finishing
A 390 HP Car equipped with a T101 transmission showed a 5 HP gain over untreated gears on a chassis dyno. Isotropic Finish produced a 20x reduction in wear when compared to an engineered ground finish

Less Friction and Less Heat

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Gears
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Helical Gear Shafts
Processed components show as much as a 10x reduction in frictional forces and up to 20C degree reduction in operating temperature. Isotropic Finish produced a 20C degree reduction in sump oil temperature when compared to an engineered ground finish
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To find find out more about our REM Finishing services, give us a call at +1 724.536.6661 
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Radical SR8 passing: Speed Ventures at Fontana Nov 8, 2015

11/18/2015

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​Bret Moyer from The Race Place at a speed of 170mph on the straight at the Autoclub Speedway in Fontana, CA during the Speedventures weekend November 8, 2015.  Bret is racing in his Radical SR8.

About the Radical SR8

​Radical Sportscars is a British manufacturer and constructor of racing cars. The company was founded in January 1997 by amateur drivers and engineers Mick Hyde and Phil Abbott, who built open-cockpit sportscars which could be registered for road use and run on a track without modification. Although most of Radical's sportscars are road legal, they also build some purpose-built racing cars.
Based on the SR3, the Radical SR8 is a more extreme version intended for track use but can be registered for the road. The SR8 also features one of the largest engines Radical has ever put in their cars, with the 2700 cc RPE RPX V8 constructed by combining elements of Suzuki inline-4s, and producing 430 horsepower (321 kW). A further variant, known as the SR8LM, increased the engine to 2800 cc and brought power output to 455 hp (339 kW). In August 2009 Michael Vergers, driving an SR8LM, set the new lap record (6 minutes, 48 seconds) for a road legal production car at the Nürburgring Nordschleife circuit.  It is still officially unbroken as of June 2015, though Mclaren claims their P1 to have completed a lap of 6 minutes and 47 seconds. The previous record (6 minutes, 55 seconds) was also set by Vergers, though in 2005 at the wheel of a Radical SR8.
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About Speed Ventures

Speed Ventures was back in Fontana for a weekend of fun on The Roval. We where running at the open track days over the weekend at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif, running the course in counter-clockwise (CCW) configuration. Saturday was open track day and also featured the Bimmer Challenge and wheel-to-wheel action in SUPERMIATA and Speed Ventures Cup. On Sunday, the SV Cup and SUPERMIATA races where book-ended with the next rounds of S2K Challenge and Miata Challenge. 
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