13-05-2021, 11:32 AM
I may be buying a 1937 ruby with a three bearing engine, the question is how do I make sure the cars bottom end is reliable, what options other than converting to a 2 bearing crank is there.
I drive my cars daily so she'd be seeing around 5k miles a year, I'm not bothered about having the most power, valves, pistons etc can be left well alone I really don't want to have to and can't afford a full rebuild, just to give myself confidence in the bottom end as I really do use the cars as if they're new, keeping at low rpm up hills to protect it isn't practical and presume no new three bearing cranks are being produced?
Hope to hear back!!
I drive my cars daily so she'd be seeing around 5k miles a year, I'm not bothered about having the most power, valves, pistons etc can be left well alone I really don't want to have to and can't afford a full rebuild, just to give myself confidence in the bottom end as I really do use the cars as if they're new, keeping at low rpm up hills to protect it isn't practical and presume no new three bearing cranks are being produced?
Hope to hear back!!