[Fot] Cranks

[Kramer, Robert]

It would be great if someone that knows what is needed could coordinate
a piston and rod order, spliting sets of V8 rods etc. I talked to a
machinist that seemed to think a 6 cyl. Chevy rod was preferable but I
don't remember the details.

Bob Kramer
Sales Manager
RDO Equipment Co.
16415 North IH 35
Pflugerville, TX 78660
512-272-4141
Fx 512-272-9365

-----Original Message-----
From: fot-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:fot-bounces at autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Gasket Works USA
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 5:42 PM
To: fot at autox.team.net
Subject: [Fot] Cranks

>One of the factors in choosing the crank maker was to have the ability
to change journal sizes and widths to accomodate different folk.


Good news:
One of the manufacturers agrees to make the journal size to your spec.
So, if you want chevy, ford or Honda (or  for that matter any size..)
that has to be known in advance and placed with the order.  But, this is
a very good thing as domestic (chevy/Ford)rods are easy and cheap.
Bearings are easy to get and this solves a whole lot of issues.  The
Center to Center distances may mean ordering pistons, however.
I know some of you have already looked into this in detail.

 Which domestic rod legnth comes closest to std Triumph?

I will let you know tommorrow about costs.

mordy


M.N.Dunst
Gasket Works USA, LLC
gmt-8 Pacific time
626.358.1616 voice
626.628.3777 fax
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