Cannibal
Tasty Human
- Location
- Summit Lake, WA
Looking for options/opinions here. I toasted my crank yesterday. It might have started out as a cold seizure and that took out the rod bearing, or maybe the rod bearing just started coming apart, not really sure, but it's toast none the less.
I'm already at 83mm, so that means either re-sleeve (kinda spendy just to get down to 82mm again), buy a good used cyl (that will probably need a bore), or go up to 84mm. I'm leaning to the 84mm size because, well, bigger is better (right?), plus it has more over-bores available, having 84.5, 85, and 85.4 from Group K.
I'll need a crank, so probably a Hot Rods? Are they better than stock (I assume so, but no personal experience)? Stock is $415ish, Hot Rods is $495, as long as I'm spending my money in the right places. Or would it be better to send off my crank and have it rebuilt? Any certain service better than the other?
I already have a JSU (Kommander) head, and I talked to Steve tonight and he has 84mm domes available. That simplifies things a bit.
I talked to Art at Blackjack Performance today and I'm going to shoot him and email and have him price this out for me. I want a freestyle port job (I just don't care about top speed, I want bottom end grunt).
*EDIT* also, no need to point me toward the "Billet Porn" thread. My wallet (and wife) won't allow. Don't I wish though!
I'm already at 83mm, so that means either re-sleeve (kinda spendy just to get down to 82mm again), buy a good used cyl (that will probably need a bore), or go up to 84mm. I'm leaning to the 84mm size because, well, bigger is better (right?), plus it has more over-bores available, having 84.5, 85, and 85.4 from Group K.
I'll need a crank, so probably a Hot Rods? Are they better than stock (I assume so, but no personal experience)? Stock is $415ish, Hot Rods is $495, as long as I'm spending my money in the right places. Or would it be better to send off my crank and have it rebuilt? Any certain service better than the other?
I already have a JSU (Kommander) head, and I talked to Steve tonight and he has 84mm domes available. That simplifies things a bit.
I talked to Art at Blackjack Performance today and I'm going to shoot him and email and have him price this out for me. I want a freestyle port job (I just don't care about top speed, I want bottom end grunt).
*EDIT* also, no need to point me toward the "Billet Porn" thread. My wallet (and wife) won't allow. Don't I wish though!
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