Thread: chevy 383

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When Smokey Yunick was promoting offset cranks, it seem to be the "rage". As I grew with the hobby and found that changing firing order around to match rod throws was a better way to achieve what the "pro's" were trying. I started grinding cranks when I was a kid and didn't understand the reason for some of this stuff. I have found though, a lot of off sets can create a "flat" style crank when it's running under it given conditions. Dirt track mostly. I have now gone back to running on index with the grind. And that's tougher than it seems because of a seasoned crank being "twisted" during it's life. Especially for the customer's engines, I keep it "square" and use the rest of the geometry to do the job I selected the parts for. By the way, were you referring your question to me? I always jump in where I'm not needed.