I've suffered such a failure, though it was a case of the bolts backing out
of the crank, not a lack of dowel or surplus of HP.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Lang [mailto:LANG@ISIS.MIT.EDU]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 1998 3:08 PM
> To: fot@autox.team.net
> Subject: Crank Question
>
>
> Hi,
>
> No, I mean crank-shaft.
>
> When you guys crank up the power in your cars, do you add three more
> dowel pins to the crank/flywheel connection??? I think I'm
> getting one of
> my cranks back from the Shoppe, and I was wondering if I
> shouls have this
> done. I'm not buildinf this motor for max. power, but I was
> wondering if
> anyone on the list has suffered from flywheel bolt failure of other
> catastrophic ocurrances on the business end of the crank. I
> recall the
> fellow in the yellow GT6 at BRIC as a case in point.
>
> Is this a rare occurance (flywheel/crank bolt failure), or
> was this a fluke?
>
> regards,
> rml
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