Thread: stock 428 with a $ steel crank?
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Old 03-05-2003, 05:51 PM
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The $ sign is a sure indication that it is a steel crank. The $ sign was a marking so that Ford factory workers could quickly identify the high dollar forged steel crank. Ford management did not want the assembly shop dropping expensive forged cranks into low compression 390's.
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