Been down the Average Road..... somehow it didn't work out... my what a
shock... So much for Getting By with Junk Parts...
K ( now for the Oiling system Failure that caused this in the first Place )
----- Original Message -----
From: "dahlgren" <dahlgren@uconect.net>
To: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
Cc: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 6:02 AM
Subject: Re: Crankshafts
> What you forgot to mention is you bought the best there is...besides
> them being honest..
> Dahlgren
>
> Keith Turk wrote:
> >
> > after we pulled the Rodeck apart... it was determined that the only real
> > weak link in the Motor was the Crank... Lot's of reasons... but mostly
it
> > wasn't as good as the rest of the equipment in the Motor... and If I
know
> > Dave he is going to test the combination Pretty well...( Read LOTS of
> > Nitrous and Long Runs at Terminal Velocity )( oh and Dave told me to
make
> > sure it would spin to 9800 rpm ...ahhh Okay)
> >
> > Anyway since it was Scored real Bad .. we decided to find us a new
one....
> > Called 6 different Crank companies and ended up with Sonny Bryant in the
LA
> > area.... Just liked Joe Squires attitude and willingness to build what I
> > needed not what he wanted to sell me... The biggest thing I liked was
that
> > there were no Hidden Costs... he started and Ended with the Same
Cost....
> > Balanced Nitrided.. winged counterwieghts... added Center counter
> > weights...all at the same cost.... the other folks would do all these
> > things... but they had the LOW Price up front and then they beat you up
with
> > the Little adds.... and to be honest they all ended up within $50 bucks
of
> > each other for the same Crank...
> >
> > Just thought I would share the day's phone calls....
> >
> > Keith ( yeah 9 weeks from now I can try again )
>
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