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Re: 289 Hi-Po Crankshaft Identification

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Subject: Re: 289 Hi-Po Crankshaft Identification
From: Dick Barker <dickbarker@earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2004 19:18:48 -0800
At 07:48 PM 3/3/04 -0700, Ron Fraser wrote:
>Dick
>         I just stood my standard 289 crank on end and it rang like a bell.
>
>It has been my experience that any metal casting will ring like a bell
>unless it has a crack or flaw within the casting then it goes "thunk".
>
>Ron Fraser

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Ron,

OK, I guess I got it backwards, so disregard my last.  If you are right 
about the cracks and flaws, then apparently all those Hi-Po's I put 
together years ago had bad cranks. One is in 7734KV, so for heaven's sake, 
don't tell Chris Gruys!

Guess I'll go back to my lurking mode now.

Dick Barker





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