# Think i need my crank machined? (56k no) **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [September 28, 2006, 9:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/think-i-need-my-crank-machined-56k-no/18188 "2006-09-28T21:38:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![DrDoS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ccd318/32.png) [@DrDoS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DrDoS)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2006, 7:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/think-i-need-my-crank-machined-56k-no/18188/41 "2006-09-29T07:41:31Z")
> [@newman](#): > > Ok, so the rods were new and came premarked, but how many miles were on the crank? It was never mic’ed up? I would have clearanced them man… crank had about 40k on it. ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2006, 7:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/think-i-need-my-crank-machined-56k-no/18188/42 "2006-09-29T07:48:44Z")
> [@DrDoS](#): > > crank had about 40k on it. well, you had the crank out, i can’t believe you didn’t mic it… It’s case hardened, but still, i would have for peace of mind… I have not built too many motors tho. I am not claiming to be an expert. ---
**Author:** ![Denton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Denton](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Denton)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2006, 7:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/think-i-need-my-crank-machined-56k-no/18188/43 "2006-09-29T07:51:02Z")
plastiguage FTMFW All parts brand new I’d STILL plastiguage them. “It’s an import with 40k so it must be okay” FTMFL [drinkcodered.com](http://drinkcodered.com) EDIT: out of curiosity, did you torque the rod bolts to spec? ---
**Author:** ![LAFENGAS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lafengas/32/7573_2.png) [@LAFENGAS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LAFENGAS)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2006, 7:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/think-i-need-my-crank-machined-56k-no/18188/44 "2006-09-29T07:55:47Z")
> [@JoesTypeS](#): > > [www.citibank.com](http://www.citibank.com/) > > you’ll be needing that silly joe, you act like taking personal loans out for stuff like this is a smart idea. ---
**Author:** ![DrDoS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ccd318/32.png) [@DrDoS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DrDoS)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2006, 7:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/think-i-need-my-crank-machined-56k-no/18188/45 "2006-09-29T07:57:00Z")
Motor was never out of the car. swaped out rods and pistons inside the car. and the rod bolts were deffinetly torqued down to spec. ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2006, 7:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/think-i-need-my-crank-machined-56k-no/18188/46 "2006-09-29T07:58:33Z")
> [@DrDoS](#): > > Motor was never out of the car. swaped out rods and pistons inside the car. and the rod bolts were deffinetly torqued down to spec. yeah, but the crank was out… idk… it should have been mic’d or at least plastigauged… that’s too much work to just assume it’s ok… ---
**Author:** ![LAFENGAS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lafengas/32/7573_2.png) [@LAFENGAS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LAFENGAS)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2006, 8:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/think-i-need-my-crank-machined-56k-no/18188/47 "2006-09-29T08:00:42Z")
> [@newman](#): > > yeah, but the crank was out… idk… it should have been mic’d or at least plastigauged… that’s too much work to just assume it’s ok… :word: cutting corners is a big no-no. My experience with rebuilding engines has showed me to never assume, when you’re talking thousandths of an inch, it’s not overly difficult for these items to be out of spec. ---
**Author:** ![dozr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/41988e/32.png) [@dozr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dozr)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2006, 8:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/think-i-need-my-crank-machined-56k-no/18188/48 "2006-09-29T08:38:43Z")
> [@JoesTypeS](#): > > [www.americanexpress.com](http://www.americanexpress.com) > > 0% up to 15 mos lmao ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2006, 8:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/think-i-need-my-crank-machined-56k-no/18188/49 "2006-09-29T08:39:56Z")
Good luck man. Sooner or later you have to run out of bad luck right? ---
**Author:** ![Anonymity](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/anonymity/32/7215_2.png) [@Anonymity](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Anonymity)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2006, 8:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/think-i-need-my-crank-machined-56k-no/18188/50 "2006-09-29T08:42:48Z")
^^^ or $$ ---
**Author:** ![turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbo_ls1_ss/32/7303_2.png) [@turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/turbo_ls1_ss)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2006, 8:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/think-i-need-my-crank-machined-56k-no/18188/51 "2006-09-29T08:50:25Z")
2200$ for a built shortblock is not bad at all, considering what you get. idk what u guys are talkin about that think thats high. regardless, get a solid shortblock in there and the car should run pretty fuckin sweet. obviously building/repairing an engine WITHOUT MACHINING the block/crank is a very bad idea, but you dont need me to tell u that. gl with take: 3. i know its shitty… thats part of hte game :tup: ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2006, 8:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/think-i-need-my-crank-machined-56k-no/18188/52 "2006-09-29T08:51:31Z")
> [@turbo ls1 ss](#): > > 2200$ for a built shortblock is not bad at all, considering what you get. idk what u guys are talkin about that think thats high. :agree: ---
**Author:** ![MaximaSE98](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/maximase98/32/7600_2.png) [@MaximaSE98](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MaximaSE98)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2006, 8:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/think-i-need-my-crank-machined-56k-no/18188/53 "2006-09-29T08:51:33Z")
$2200 for built Shorty is a pretty good deal…i was looking on [Car-part.com](http://Car-part.com) and complete low mile motors are going for 3500-6000 ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2006, 8:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/think-i-need-my-crank-machined-56k-no/18188/54 "2006-09-29T08:52:52Z")
> [@MaximaSE98](#): > > used motors > > [http://car-part.com](http://car-part.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi) used, unopened motors for performance application = :tif: it’s fine for when your mom’s caravan finally blows the headgasket, but taking a junkyard motor. taking the time to put it in, and expecting it to perform is a bad idear. ---
**Author:** ![MaximaSE98](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/maximase98/32/7600_2.png) [@MaximaSE98](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MaximaSE98)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2006, 8:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/think-i-need-my-crank-machined-56k-no/18188/55 "2006-09-29T08:53:35Z")
> [@newman](#): > > used, unopened motors for performance application = :tif: used motor stock \> blown motor now ---
**Author:** ![rj-92](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rj-92/32/7310_2.png) [@rj-92](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rj-92)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2006, 9:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/think-i-need-my-crank-machined-56k-no/18188/56 "2006-09-29T09:08:05Z")
Plastigauge is your friend. It looks as if the worng bearings wer used. Always check and re-check clearences. ---
**Author:** ![focusinprogress](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/focusinprogress/32/7227_2.png) [@focusinprogress](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/focusinprogress)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2006, 9:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/think-i-need-my-crank-machined-56k-no/18188/57 "2006-09-29T09:17:16Z")
just buy the damn shortblock and BE DONE. because then you have no more guessing games and no more carnage. ---
**Author:** ![nitroinsane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d26b3c/32.png) [@nitroinsane](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/nitroinsane)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2006, 9:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/think-i-need-my-crank-machined-56k-no/18188/58 "2006-09-29T09:32:24Z")
sell the turbo kit recoop debt buy short block sell the fucking car ---
**Author:** ![walter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/walter/32/7202_2.png) [@walter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/walter)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2006, 10:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/think-i-need-my-crank-machined-56k-no/18188/59 "2006-09-29T10:54:07Z")
have to pay to play when you cheap out, it ends up costing more, every time… ---
**Author:** ![HotRodKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hotrodkid/32/7609_2.png) [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2006, 5:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/think-i-need-my-crank-machined-56k-no/18188/60 "2006-09-29T17:43:29Z")
C’mon doc … tell us how you REALY feel … > [@Doc](#): > > Doc here, :pimp: > > Well, the photos finally came through…and saw the crankshaft and bearings for the first time… > > Send my Congratulations along to “Larry and Curley”… (or Ralph and Norton…Whatever applies the best…) They’ve taken a perfectly GOOD set of bearings and a Steel Crankshaft … and invented an Edison Wax Disc Phonograph… > > To play 45’s…they probably could use the cam at the same rotation speed… > > ALL they need now is a sound horn, and a needle to pickup the grooves as it turns…and let’s not forget the Dalmatian with one ear to the sound horn with the quote “His Master’s Voice” below it…(you real Olde guys know what I am referring to…) > > To reuse anything from that block , would require a clean up tantamount to cleaning up Three mile Island for re~population again… > > Pass along the information: Oil is sold by Weight…Not Grit… > > Were it I, I’d do something useful with the block…like pull it, place it by my mailbox…fill each cylinder with potting soil, and Daisys…a Functional yard Gnome…At LEAST then it won’t matter and Actually augment functionality by adding MORE dirt… :thumbup: > > Doc :pimp: [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/think-i-need-my-crank-machined-56k-no/18188.md?page=2) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/think-i-need-my-crank-machined-56k-no/18188.md?page=4)