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Old 11-30-2007, 12:35 PM
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Re: stock crankshaft- 420a

You may just want to make sure the crankshaft is balanced when doing a rebuild, but the stocker is fine for about 8k rpm and ~400hp or so IIRC. Even then, it could still probably hold up to even more. Cranks are strong... they have to be. As Silver said, the rods/pistons are weak. They're moving all over the place and held into position by basically one part. The crank on the otherhand is held on by basically the whole engine. And unless you have a 7-bolt, isn't going anywhere.
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