Quote Originally Posted by Dave Severson
Don't think I'd be putting a 30 year old crank in a brand new block!!! I'm with sals, the extra $$$ for a new crank would be good insurance. The 4340 cranks will take a lot of pounding and hang together....


Are you guys the voices in my head?

I'm afraid I'm at the same crossroad. I have a new block and I keep staring at the fresh .010/.010 IUB 428 crank and rebuilt LeMans rods in the corner. I know the history on both but....40 year old parts I keep thinking. And you just never know. I had planned on using them to get my 452" in by the end of the summer. So I'm toiling with the idea to sell them and look into a better assy. Barry R from Survival MS (I'm sure some of you guys know him) bought a few of those new forged 4.250" stroker cranks. He had to true each up a bit at the crank shop. And he noted that Scat although cast steel not forged was a much better product out of the box. I found this interesting and refects the high and low prices I see on these. Now you can buy these new forged cranks direct thru Condor on ebay for $800. But I'll bet your still looking at another $200-250+ at the shop. So your looking at $1000+ for a new 4.250 forged unit ready to use sans balance with the other bits. In my case I'm looking for a little more rpm up top and was happy with the 3.98 stroke. A forged 4.250 arm, Oliver BBC rods and I'll possibly need custom Diamond slugs are in the $2400 range balanced. With the tunnelport heads 82-83 cc chambers I need a good dome piston but I'm working with a 4.250 bore which helps on selection possibly. At best I can get $600-700 for my crank and rods. And I'm only$1000 away (custom pistons and balance job) from having everything done to assemble it with what I have. So close..... It would be at least another year maybe longer before I'd be able to afford the new parts and the extra $1400+. But I'd have a 482" What to do??


G..