Stock Elem Crankshafts??

Greg Reimer 7376 · 09-17-2015, 11:09 PM

I remember the aftermath of a 350 stocker motor that broke a crank,several rods, the windage tray and the pan when the cast crank broke.I also worked with a guy who was rebuilding the good 427 in his boat,but while that engine was down, he put a cast crank stock rod 402 in it with the big roller cam,heads,pan and the tunnel ram from the big motor, and went out. While hot dogging it, it blew up,and the next week at work he brought in a bag.In it were two mangled rods, one crank pin,and part of a piston. It broke on both ends of the same crank pin, and the pin and rods went through the pan and necessitated a fiberglass repair on the hull to fix a leak. I'm scared of cast cranks,but some people use them without incident. Good luck,I guess.

09-17-2015, 11:09 PM	#15
Greg Reimer 7376 VIP Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Glendora,Calif. Posts: 1,137 Likes: 172 Liked 719 Times in 220 Posts	Re: Stock Elem Crankshafts?? I remember the aftermath of a 350 stocker motor that broke a crank,several rods, the windage tray and the pan when the cast crank broke.I also worked with a guy who was rebuilding the good 427 in his boat,but while that engine was down, he put a cast crank stock rod 402 in it with the big roller cam,heads,pan and the tunnel ram from the big motor, and went out. While hot dogging it, it blew up,and the next week at work he brought in a bag.In it were two mangled rods, one crank pin,and part of a piston. It broke on both ends of the same crank pin, and the pin and rods went through the pan and necessitated a fiberglass repair on the hull to fix a leak. I'm scared of cast cranks,but some people use them without incident. Good luck,I guess.