WOW! 4.25" Stroke Small Block Cranks now availavbe from BPE!

kielbasa said

heck, i was at a reputable shop last year while they were decking a block - all they did was follow the existing deck surface and "cleaned 'er up"......after my brother put the block in a Rottler, neither decks weren't parallel to crank, along with different deck heights! the mentality of some machinists just makes me shake my head.......

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I look at it this way: 40 yrs ago manual drum brakes and bias ply tires were what was considered acceptable for a factory produced car. Perfectly safe, and performing well enough for even the highest powered cars. A modern base model car will come with power assisted disc brakes and all weather radial tires usually with short sidewalls for stability. It's just called progress. If I brought in my Neon, and a guy wanted to put front drum brakes on it I wouldn't accept it. The fact that "good enough" back then was fine does not mean it's good enough now. But modern stuff costs more, and I think we all price shop first, then ask what the differences are. Some shops don't have the equipment to properly sqaure deck. Some have the erquipment but are still stuck with using a miller that can't cut flat or smooth enough even when run by the best guy on the planet. Some have the best equipment and then "all the options" are simply part of thier standard job that costs more than other's base operation.

Sorry Dave... Got off topic there. I'll shut up now...