19-11-2018, 11:36 AM
Thanks for the input, everyone.
I scared myself looking at the prices of cranks for a 2 bearing jobbie. I do have one rebuilt engine here with original circa 1930 bits that came with the 'project' car that has an original crank, rods etc but a second set of oil spray nozzles. I did wonder whether to risk using it as-is or to strip it back and re-test everything.
On a side note, what about a new crank with these resized big ends that haven't yet run. False economy?
"Ding, Donk, merrily on high..." I think I could probably supply a big-end drum roll and a crashing Cymbal sound as a rod goes through.
I scared myself looking at the prices of cranks for a 2 bearing jobbie. I do have one rebuilt engine here with original circa 1930 bits that came with the 'project' car that has an original crank, rods etc but a second set of oil spray nozzles. I did wonder whether to risk using it as-is or to strip it back and re-test everything.
On a side note, what about a new crank with these resized big ends that haven't yet run. False economy?
"Ding, Donk, merrily on high..." I think I could probably supply a big-end drum roll and a crashing Cymbal sound as a rod goes through.