Mikronite Metal Treatment

85blue4runner · 12-02-2006, 02:50 PM

Mikronite (www.mikronite.com) has recently purchased Crane Cams. Also a part of the new company is Liberty Gears. Mikronite is a revolutionary treatment process for metal, ceramics, plastics and many more materials that increases material durability and strength beyond many currently existing technologies. A video link to an interview from SEMA follows below; this is really cool stuff, especially for comp guys or ppl who are really hard on their junk...

http://videos.streetfire.net/search/...7100245b61.htm

blown4x4 · 12-02-2006, 04:14 PM

looks very promising. But its also pretty darn expensive! $500 to do a ring and pinion. I think that is what they said at the end of the video $250 for the ring and $250 for the pinion.

blacksheep312 · 12-02-2006, 04:31 PM

Nice. hopefully this process will be cheaper down the road. I would love the whole truck done. j/k

affende · 12-02-2006, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by blown4x4

looks very promising. But its also pretty darn expensive! $500 to do a ring and pinion. I think that is what they said at the end of the video $250 for the ring and $250 for the pinion.

i think he meant 250 for both the ring and pinion, not each

MrShoeBoy · 12-02-2006, 06:51 PM

Maybe this new company and metal treatment will help with the quality of Crane Cams. I had one of their cams flatten out a lobe and destroy a few lifters in my Jeep 4.0L block. I know of several others who have had the same thing go wrong with their motors and who where also running Crane cams.

AARON

85blue4runner · 12-03-2006, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by affende

i think he meant 250 for both the ring and pinion, not each

That was my understanding as well. Due to wear conditions on used parts, they will only treat new parts i believe, so if you are building or upgrading keep that in mind. A friend of mine is looking at having oem 27 spl yota inners done and see how they hold up...

Blue MT. SnowRunner · 12-03-2006, 12:10 PM

This is a pretty interesting process. I like the bling factor too. Hopefully it gets cheaper as it becomes more popular. I would like to see some real numbers on the power gains associated with just treating these gears alone. 14 horse seems like a lot of freed up power.

12-02-2006, 02:50 PM	#1
85blue4runner Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Member # 33536 Location: Georgia Posts: 2,080	Mikronite Metal Treatment Mikronite (www.mikronite.com) has recently purchased Crane Cams. Also a part of the new company is Liberty Gears. Mikronite is a revolutionary treatment process for metal, ceramics, plastics and many more materials that increases material durability and strength beyond many currently existing technologies. A video link to an interview from SEMA follows below; this is really cool stuff, especially for comp guys or ppl who are really hard on their junk... http://videos.streetfire.net/search/...7100245b61.htm __________________ 85 4runner, 5.29s, spool/detroit, linex interior, 4" lift, custom sliders & bumpers, 33" Swampers on MT2s, M8000

12-02-2006, 04:14 PM	#2
blown4x4 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Member # 43190 Location: Eugene OR Posts: 722	looks very promising. But its also pretty darn expensive! $500 to do a ring and pinion. I think that is what they said at the end of the video $250 for the ring and $250 for the pinion. __________________ 90 ford to much lift. 44" boggers, 466 cid bbf, c-6 203/205

12-02-2006, 04:31 PM	#3
blacksheep312 Registered User Join Date: May 2004 Member # 31174 Location: Southern California, CA(AZ home) Posts: 264	Nice. hopefully this process will be cheaper down the road. I would love the whole truck done. j/k __________________ 98 Taco w Crawler. SAC.Front:Dana 60 HP Kingpin 69",Cromos, 300m Superjoints,Bilstein 9100 17in Shaft Coilovers. 3 Link,Rear:Full Floater Corp. 14 bolt,40in. Goodyear MTR's and more.....

12-02-2006, 06:51 PM	#5
MrShoeBoy Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Member # 25117 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 365	Maybe this new company and metal treatment will help with the quality of Crane Cams. I had one of their cams flatten out a lobe and destroy a few lifters in my Jeep 4.0L block. I know of several others who have had the same thing go wrong with their motors and who where also running Crane cams. AARON __________________ 91 MJ truggyfied, Custom Suspension and Axles on 35s

12-03-2006, 12:10 PM	#7
Blue MT. SnowRunner Granite Guru Join Date: Oct 2004 Member # 37649 Location: Dayton, WA Posts: 559	This is a pretty interesting process. I like the bling factor too. Hopefully it gets cheaper as it becomes more popular. I would like to see some real numbers on the power gains associated with just treating these gears alone. 14 horse seems like a lot of freed up power. __________________ Link to my 85 yota build: http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showt...ight=snowdemon

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