Cryogenically Freezing Car Parts

[bditty50]

Ok, I came across a couple companies that do this. They freeze your engine or brake rotors etc. to -300 F. It is supposed to relieve your parts of stresses of heating and cooling and make for perfect wear. Most charge 600 for a full engine to be done. I think this could help with the stress fractures in cross drilled rotors maybe. I figure if I'm going to put like over 10grand in a motor maybe I should consider an extra 600 for this.

Anyway my question is has anybody done this to any of their parts and is there anything noticeably different? If this works I might get my 300 dollar misono chef knife frozen lol.

links:
http://www.cryoplus.com

http://www.300below.com

http://www.frozenrotors.com

 

[cenok is family]

my family actually used to own a cryogenics lab here in my town. my uncle, a co-owner, has a dragster that he runs. he cyro froze ALL parts on/in his motor. a chevy 454 bored/stroked/etc. motor was pretty much bullet proof after that. he ended up selling it for a bigger one though.

 

[Turkey Sammich]

To bad I can't cryogenically freeze my ****, for longer life

 

[bditty50]

I was thinking about getting drilled rotors but, was afraid of then getting hair line cracks from stress. You think this would stop this? You think this would help make my chef knife keep an edge longer? Also, do you cryo the engine before you machine all the parts?

 

[cenok is family]

I was thinking about getting drilled rotors but, was afraid of then getting hair line cracks from stress. You think this would stop this? You think this would help make my chef knife keep an edge longer? Also, do you cryo the engine before you machine all the parts?

if i remember right, he machined the parts first. this was all yeeaarss ago, before i could drive. like 10 years ago. they've since sold the company. yeah i think it would help with stress cracks in rotors.

 

[cenok is family]

To bad I can't cryogenically freeze my ****, for longer life

ohh it can be done....i just couldn't even IMAGINE how that'd be.

 

[grey5.0beast]

That's cool, but I don't see the point on rotors. They are alot cheaper than 600 and you would have to replace them after awhile anyway, seems like an unneeded expense.

 

[cenok is family]

That's cool, but I don't see the point on rotors. They are alot cheaper than 600 and you would have to replace them after awhile anyway, seems like an unneeded expense.

rotors wouldn't cost that much to freeze, he said an entire motor would be $600. does the $600 include all the internals, or just the block?

 

[BlooDReigN]

I was talking to a road-race guy last night, and he says cryo treating his brake rotors makes an AMAZING difference in how long they last. Instead of needing 2-3 sets of rotors a season, he only needs 1. I think it costs him about $50 a rotor to get them treated.

Apparently some other guy who road races has his rotors last 5x longer with the cryo treating.

 

[Ozz]

The internals on my transmission had this process done to them prior to the build. It was a fully new unit so I can't compare, but I believe 'em

 

[nisreo]

Ive heard of cryo treated gear, never knew it could be dont to anything.

When I read the topic, I thought you wanted to freeze rare parts so they would preserve...

 

[bditty50]

The 600 includes everything on the motor(heads,internals, etc.) You have to get everything machined first then send it to them to cryo all the parts before assembly I think 600 hundred is nothing for extending the life on a maybe 5,000-10,000 dollar motor. Rotors are 60 a piece but, just buy slotted ones from frozenrotors.com. I think I'm going to do my whole boss 331 motor that I'm planning.

 

[Mustang5L5]

Cryo treating does work.

They sell rotors already treated on tirerack. Don't know if they are a quality brand though. If you freeze crap, it' s still crap no matter how stress-free it may be

 

[bditty50]

What are the advantages of doing this any feedback who has done a motor etc?

 

[cenok is family]

What are the advantages of doing this any feedback who has done a motor etc?

did you not read the thread? it makes whatever you're freezing stronger/last longer.

 

[stykthyn]

when you dip the materials into a liquid gas it compresses their molecules as tight as they can possibly go. So in essence they are in fact denser and harder. This makes them more durable.

 

[Hizzle]

To bad I can't cryogenically freeze my ****, for longer life

+1

 

[Mike85000]

What happens to the sizing and tolerances or all the rotating parts etc?

 

[Mustang5L5]

They return to previous dimensions before the freeze.

 

[Darkwriter77]

So if you condense the molecueles of your weiner, Turkey, even though it would theoretically make it denser and harder ... it'd be SMALLER, right? I mean, if you think it gets tiny when you get out of a cold swimming pool, then ...



IDEA: Buy a whole bunch of ashtray door springs and cryo them suckers, then sell them online as ever-lasting ashtray door springs. I mean, unless the cryo treatment thing only benefits rigid pieces and doesn't work for flexible parts...?