I bought a new crankshaft from The Roadster Factory a couple of years ago
for about $200. The quality was good. I took it to my machinist to for
balancing and he said it was pretty well balanced to begin with and did not
require much work. He also said it was cheaper for me buy the new one at
that price than it would have cost to have him to recondition the old one.
I've got maybe 10 thousand miles on the it so far.
You can spend a lot of money ($1400?) on a 'billet' crankshaft but unless
you're a _serious_ racer it's probably not worth it.
-Erik
At 06:09 PM 5/10/2001 -0400, Kai M. Radicke wrote:
>Has anyone purchased a new TR6 crankshaft, available from Moss and others
>for about $200? If so can you comment on the quality of the crank...
>especially compared to your old one (disregarding wear though obviously)?
>
>As I finally get around to building up my spare engine, which first requires
>me to de-construct it, I was saddened to find a pretty chewed up crankshaft.
>I would have the journals ground down for thicker bearings, but running the
>supercharger I don't want to do that (thus I'm inquiring about the new
>cranks).
>
>I would think that after 30 years the metallurgy and associated processes
>involved in making new crankshafts has progressed, but then again with most
>of these parts coming from India or Taiwan we might be receiving parts
>produced using the same methods and impure metals found in 1940s parts.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Kai
--
Erik Quackenbush, V.P. Operations, Midwest Filter Corporation
1-847-680-0566 fax: 1-847-680-0832 http://www.midwestfilter.com
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