Has anyone used a crank from Ohio Crankshaft?
 

I am looking for any information on the company

I was looking at 4340 BBC 4.250" stroke crankshaft. Who makes it?

http://www.ohiocrank.com/chevybb_cranks.html

their made in china! But then again all but bryant are made in cina..i believe the lower grade 4340 is made by cat out of california is what ive been told..
just remember cheep is not always good! the nicer the nice the higher the price..


http://www.catpep.com/catproducts/cr...Crankshaft.asp

I beleave callies are made in the USA.

The Callies compstar is thier budget crank and is made offshore, and finish grinding is done by callies. They are pretty affordable cranks, and I was told by Sunset race engines that they have used them up to 1000hp with great results.

Lunati has them and they advertise as being 100% U.S. made.http://www.summitracing.com/parts/LUN-BP425IN/

That was my first choice the Callies compstar.
I building a pair of 496's strokers and would be happy with
:drink:450HP

I wonder if the crank they advertise is Cast Steel? Or forged steel from China?

Howard's are also forged in the U.S. and ground by Callies.

Sunset had nothing but good things to say about the compstar. They and I would prefer to use a dragonslayer or a magnum from callies, but compstar fit in the budget. Callies does a first rate job grinding cranks, and i feel they would not risk their name on a crank if the quality was sub-par.

I bought a Magnum last year and was told it was forged in Japan, just like the one I bought in 1999. Their opinion, best steel comes from Japan...

If you are only looking to get 450 HP why bother stroking?

Agreed. No reason to stroke it to 496 if all you want is 450hp. That can be done with a 454, roller cam, port work on the heads and exhaust.

I have had good luck building strokers in the past. I have all cast parts now after being told they where Magnum parts.
I need new cranks, heads where from 1973 and did not have hardened seats and I don't want to throw money at them. And last it has a flat tappet cam. So all I have to work with is a block, oil pan and flywheels.:eek:

I was given 13k worth of reciepts for work done, If I had to do it over again I would have spent the $500 and got a survey and the boat would still be sitting in a garage in AZ.

So that is why I was asking about Ohio Crank, but the saying goes you get what you pay for:drink:

In that case, you might as well stroke it then.

Fixx
 

I'm not saying their bad crankshafts its the final process of grinding that should be checked,some of the china cranks are good but sometimes when balancing the assemblies could cost more then just buying a decent crankshaft..

We ran a Ohio crank in a dirt track car for years,never had any issues with it, if your on a budget i would say go for it,it is a 4340 forged crank which is stronger then cast and if your looking for 450 ish hp you wont have any problems..

just make sure the crank journals are smooth so you don't have any bearing problems..