Unfortunately my original crank is the tough N cast Jobbie and is in excellent shape,however it’s been cut 40 under and there’s just zero 40 over bearings available now,
Far Eastern Cast cranks have a bad reputation for being rubbish, it would seem a Forged one is one way of lessening
the likelihood of a broken crank??
I personally have very little experience in the oily parts and have been out of the reconditioning side for absolutely bloody years,
Pulled loads of fords and chebbies when I was younger and in the marine trade,
So now I’ll be reliant on local machine shops,
There’s a engine centre the specialise in balancing etc,
Located in Essex so I could drop off and collect to remove some of the worries that postage gives one!
But yea your obviously correct I don’t need a race type motor, just a strong reliable 400hp,
I could just rebuild it with all the stuff I’ve already got,
But putting it back together with used and obviously worn shells would cause me sleepless nights !
