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Crankshaft options - Made in USA
Lets say a guy can't stand Chinese parts and wants to build a 4.00", 4.21" or 4.25" stroke x 3.00" main motor. Are there any made in USA options for sourcing such a crank?
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A Crower or some other brand of crank machined from a solid billet is probably the only made in USA option, and even then there’s no guarantee that the billet was USA sourced. Very expensive in the thousands and long lead times.
All the forged cranks come from China nowadays there’s really no way around that, finish machined either over there or in the USA.
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As b-man said, Billet is the only true American choice and you would need to verify where the billet came from if that's important to you. Crower current lead time is about 6 months and approaching 4K now with all the price increases. A more budget friendly, sort of USA made and with good quality control may be a Molnar Crankshaft. The machining is done in the USA, and their quality control is excellent from my limited experience so far. Other Chinese cranks say the machining is done in the USA as well but that doesn't guarantee quality. Eagle, Scat and some others make those claims. No matter what, you as the customer will need to check it yourself or have a trusted machine shop verify ALL the dimensions when you get it. Good luck.
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Thank you b-man and mgarblik for the quick and helpful replies.
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https://www.molnartechnologies.com/d...-crank-shafts/
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Happiness is just a turbocharger away! 960 HP @ 11 psi, 9.70 at 146. Iron heads, iron stock 2 bolt block , stock crank, 9 years haven't even changed a spark plug! selling turbos and turbo related parts since 2005! Last edited by turbo69bird; 06-14-2022 at 12:06 PM. |
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It's just about a pipe dream anymore to build an engine and have everything "made in the USA"
You might have it machined in the USA and assembled in the USA, and in some states the law allows those companies to claim "made in the USA" when all they are doing is machining or assembling the foreign made parts. California is one of those states. Other states won't allow companies to claim "made in the USA" if there is one single part in the assembly that comes from over seas, doesn't matter whether it's assembled and machined here in the states or not. So you can see how this becomes a problem. What you see claimed "made in the USA" actually may or may not be depending on which state you purchased it from. Very few heads are cast here now. Only some of the AFR stuff is cast here, their cheaper line is cast over seas. I think Brodix is the only head company left that casts their own heads currently in house. Even your good Ferrea valves come from Argentina. Basically your engine is going to be a mismatch of various over sea parts, it's about impossible to avoid it. Best you can do is buy the best parts you know how, and they all won't be "USA", and then find the best machinist you trust to do the work. Then you hope for the best. |
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FWIW, this outfit claims 100% US made cylinder heads, made in Johnstown Ohio, NE of Columbus.
Of course they don't make anything for a Stratostreak Pontiac. And another Ohio company, Fostoria Ohio, Callies, cranks, rods and camshafts, claims all their high end is US made. the budget is offshore forgings, machined in Ohio. Also don't make a single part for Pontiac Stratostreak V8. If you have a SBC, BBC, or and LS, and some foreign stuff, Callies makes parts for them. They also do prototype stuff, so maybe they'd make a billet Pontiac crank....... More than likely it would be cost prohibitive though. |
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Build it off of a 421, 428 or 455 block and drop in a factory 4.00”’or 4.21” stroke cast crank.
Plenty durable for most any Pontiac street engine up to 600 hp which should be more than sufficient. 100% USA made. There’s no big advantage having a 3.00” main engine on the street. I do get that at one time 455 and other 3.25” main blocks were hard to source and the more plentiful 3.00” main 400 blocks were one of the driving factors for the introduction of the 3.00” main stroker cranks. Now even the 400 blocks aren’t all that plentiful so I guess it’s a toss up.
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b-man: I really like that idea allot, if USA made is the driving factor. 455 blocks are still out there. Friend of mine recently bought a pair of 455's standard bore with crankshafts, kept indoors for 2K for the pair. They look good.
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If I had to have a US forged crank I would look fo a 990,cut down to 3 in and weld up the thrust.Tom
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Tom, in other words do a Smokey Yunick.
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Doing all that work on a 990 SD crank makes little economic sense just to end up with something that’s more or less equal in strength to a new offshore forging at probably 3 or 4 times the cost when you consider what the price of a workable 990 crank is nowadays.
If cost isn’t really a consideration then a worked 990 or a new billet are really your only USA made options if you’re not into running a cast factory crank. As Tom would say, this is the street section. I can’t imagine that a prepped factory cast crank couldn’t handle 99% of the hot real street Pontiac engine builds. There’s one member here running 9.40s with a turbocharged 2-bolt main 455 block and crank that’s been together for over a decade.
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Im running 2 cars with factory 421 cast cranks,the one in my Tempest has been in there 22 years now and never out.It had been nitrited,does have Carillo rods and Ross pistons.Many runs over 6000,retired to a 100% street car.Tom
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Tom, there is no doubt that Pontiac cast ArmaSteel and nodular crankshafts are tough pieces. I think nitriding just makes an already durable crank a little more durable. God knows the nitrided diesel cranks I have ground in the past were tough pieces.
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Gentlemen,
Some of you have seen my post here and on Facebook with the same issue. I was recommended by a gentleman on FB to contact Dave Olsen at Mile High Crankshaft in Denver (303) 781-6764. I spoke with him at length this morning and he can/will weld up the thrust area and turn down our 3.25 main cranks to fit a 3" main block. He's only about 100 miles from me and I will be taking a crank to him this week. Though he's never done this to a Pontiac crank, he's done it to many Chrysler cranks. I'll gladly share the results. Like most machine shops, he's a bit behind but this is an option.
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