07-01-2005, 05:02 AM
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You can get a forged steel crank two ways JP....one is by using a 427 piece....or you can turn an FT truck crank's snout down and use it. However, I don't think the truck cranks are crossdrilled.
I don't know how much technology has advanced in 40 years....but I would think it would be the same as attaching H-Beam'ers and forged pistons to a new Scat crank. Sure, the Scat crank is brand new...but it's still cast.
I'm curious now to find out what would be different between new cast cranks and cranks of yesteryear....porosity? Heat treating?
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