[Steve C.]

"Steve C has broke 2 cranks. One is Crower billet broke in the fixture like you said Paul. The other was a cut down 455N crank that had the thrust welded. I think the N broke in a couple places and mortally wounded the block. If I recall right it was still running fine and they caught that on a tear down inspection."

Jay is correct.

The first was a 455 crank modified for my original '70 400 block. It went into service in Feb 1998 (626 hp at 6400 rpm). The engine was running at the time we found the damaged crank and damaged block.

The second was a custom Crower 4.250" billet crank made for my current 505. Its first dyno session was in March of 2007. In April of 2018 we had to tear down the engine for an bearing issue and found the crank bent. When the machine shop tried to straighten it the crank broke. It was replaced with a SCAT 4.250" forged crank that I bought from Paul.


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