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Originally Posted by BrianM

Please excuse the ignorance, but does "one piece bearings" mean babbit?

Update: Sorry, I didn't pay attention to the title, but how are inserts one-piece?

Brian:
No, the engine has insert bearings instead of babbitt. I just got off the phone with the engine builder and what he meant by stating "one piece bearings" refers to the fact that most engine rebuilders who do inserted engines have historically used what he calls "old technology" meaning they use MG bearings that are not wide enough to fill the gap in the block and used two separate bearings on each half. He uses a single bearing on each half (obviously you can't have a one piece bearing that wraps around the crank). He pointed out another advantage in doing so in that the old technology resulted in a gap between the two bearings at the rear main; his single bearing fills the entire space resulting in no gap.

Hope this answered your question.

Thanks,
Fred