[DeTomaso] 351C Crankshaft Question

[Garth Rodericks]

Doh!  I'm mixing up my posts.  I now realize this reply was to my Crankshaft questions post, not my other post. Got it.
 
Still need answers to the other two questions though.
 
Thanks for all the help.
 
Cheers!
Garth

--- On Fri, 7/18/08, JDeRyke at aol.com <JDeRyke at aol.com> wrote:

From: JDeRyke at aol.com <JDeRyke at aol.com>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] 351C Crankshaft Question
To: garth_rodericks at yahoo.com, detomaso at realbig.com
Date: Friday, July 18, 2008, 12:06 PM


Can't tell from the photo, and don't want to discourage you, but this is a MAJOR project. Beware of piecing a stroker together from parts sourced from all over the world, unless -A- you aren't in much of a hurry, and -B- you have good measuring equipment and -C- have built hot-rod engines before. Some chinese strokers have undersized rear main seal journals, causing oil leaks at higher rpms while working fine up to 2500, and some also have undersized noses for quicker harmonic balancer removal.... which also make the balancer not work very well. Some Eagle and Scat cranks are made overseas and finish-machined here in the U.S by low-bidder backyard shops, and some are completely made overseas.
If its a useable crank, you'll need different rods and pistons, a balancing job and likely a die grinder to recontour the block and oil pump for clearance on most 351-C or -W strokers. If you're in a hurry, any crank-grinding shop in the Bay Area has multiple cranks available for a couple hundred dollars totally finished that are drop-ins to a stock engine. Or call Pantera owner Al Liest in Placerville- before  he retired, his San Mateo shop was grinding ALL the cranks in the SF Bay area, and he took a bunch with him- along with all his machinery. Good luck- J Deryke



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