Dennis sent my Ford 1500 crank to a guy in Colorado for nitriding. He said it
would be about $800, including final straightening and grinding to spec (Monday
Iâ??ll pick it up and find out what the final cost is).
Duncan
> On Dec 11, 2015, at 3:36 PM, Greg Blake <gblake58tr3@icloud.com> wrote:
>
> Sounds like a deal considering what we pay Dennis these days which does not
> include the nitriding process.
>
> Can you specify bearing clearances and radius treatment?
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Dec 9, 2015, at 9:46 AM, rkramer3@austin.rr.com wrote:
>>
>> Does anyone have experience with APT nitrided cranks? They list a fully race
>> prepped and nitrided 6 cylinder crank at just under a grand.
>> Bob Kramer
>> rkramer3@austin.rr.com
>>
>> ---- Brian Schirano <bschirano@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> 2 Cents from a modest built GT6 racer (IE 10:1 CR, stock rods, crank, Good
>>> GP3 cam, etc). Russ's comments are dead on - building the car is one
>>> expense, racing it is a recurring one and his estimate of $1000 per event
>>> is good. So build in margin of safety in the motor (and other components)
>>> where you can.
>>> aluminum flywheel and clutch & PP I went to Ted Shumaker, TSI - TS Imports
>>> RE the rods - at the time of my first (only) rebuild a couple years ago I
>>> couldn't afford carrillos or Pauters, but did spend some long green on
>>> nitriding and polishing the crank, balancing everything, and of course the
>>> ARP hardware everywhere that counts . My car is NOT a high rev machine, I
>>> self limit at 6200 - 6300 RPM and it seems all the straights are uphill so
>>> she never redlines there anywise!
>>> So to me, it can be done, but has to be consistent with the rest of your
>>> build. my next build will be a higher CR and hotter cam, so will be
>>> upgrading rods, and pistons as well. But the first build was built
>>> conservative for longevity.
>>> Brian 26A GT6+, 28 TR6Brian Schirano
>>> 585-305-0349 Cell
>>> BSchirano@yahoo.com
>>> From: Spitfire Racing <spitfire_racing@twcny.rr.com>
>>> To: 'Jamie' <tr6driver@yahoo.com>; 'McKearn McKearn' <mckearn2@gmail.com>
>>> Cc: 'FOT list' <fot@autox.team.net>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, December 9, 2015 8:02 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [Fot] GT6 Connecting rods
>>>
>>> A properly built and modified race engine represents a mighty investment not
>>> only of dollars but of time. Is that really where you want to pinch pennies?
>>> After all, with the exception of pistons and crank that is one of the
>>> primary components and all it takes is one piece inside an engine to reduce
>>> all your work and investment to nothing more than scrap metal. One seized
>>> valve, or substandard bolt even can be a disaster. It doesn't take much.
>>> Realize all the ancillary invested expenditures that are also at risk like a
>>> weekend's entry fee you lose in an engine failure; the cost of time off from
>>> work to go to a race weekend; the cost of food and lodging for the race
>>> outing and the cost of just getting there. When asked, I usually advise
>>> folks to figure a race weekend is ~$1000 minimum when you roll all in.
>>>
>>> A number of racers have run Pauter rods as stated before by Bill and these
>>> do present a less expensive alternative. I had the opportunity to rebuild an
>>> engine last year with Pauter rods and they were quite substantial and were
>>> well designed, constructed and balanced. Personally I have seen far too many
>>> Chinese knock-offs; reproductions (call them what you will), that fail to
>>> come close to the parts they try to mimic.
>>> I suggest you perhaps delay your build until your war chest allows for top
>>> quality internals. Do it once and do it right the first time and reduce the
>>> potential for disappointing expensive disaster.
>>>
>>> Russ Moore
>>> Spitfire #49
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Fot [mailto:fot-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Jamie
>>> Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2015 6:22 AM
>>> To: McKearn McKearn
>>> Cc: FOT list
>>> Subject: Re: [Fot] GT6 Connecting rods
>>>
>>> Although I was initially very wary, they have worked well for over 1,000
>>> race miles in our (horror) MGB engine.
>>>
>>> Jamie Palmer
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Dec 8, 2015, at 11:52 PM, McKearn McKearn <mckearn2@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Gents.
>>>> I am looking for feedback on the MaxSpeeding connecting rods for GT6.
>>> Can't afford Carrillos and I'm hoping these are good. Also am still
>>> searching for an aluminum flywheel without having something custom made. and
>>> would like input on what type of clutch to use as well . Lets call it a race
>>> car for the sake of argument....
>>>> Thanks. P.J.
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