Thread: will a reground stock crank work

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Originally Posted by 76GMC1500

The $200 cranks are probably typical porous Chinese castings. I would feel more confident with an older American ground crank. I personally have a cast iron crank turned .020 under in my truck and it is holding up just fine to over 400 ftlbs of torque. It only costs about $90 to have a crank turned. The crank grinders radiused the jornals and chamfered the oil holes as well.

Guess what??
Scat,Eagle,etc. are all made in China.
If you are buying a crank under $800 other than a factory steel it's made in China.
Also don't worry to much about we have a crank made in China in a 700+hp dirt burner.
Night after night at 7,500+ rpm's.
Yes,it is made from4340 steel.
Our back -up truck that pulls the race car around has a 496 BBC and it has a cast steel crank in it.
30k miles later and still working great.