400 stroker

I work in a race engine shop, we don't have a crank grinder, and most crank grinders are old men, in this area(the one's worth a damn). Most are packing it in and the equipment is moving south or overseas. $200

Making a 440 crank fit into a 400 block requires turning the CW's down on a lathe (or mill or just an angle grinder), I outsourced this as our shop lathe didn't have enough ***, and I spend my time on the mill making money. Still needed to do further relief grinding on the block. I further contoured and knife edged the CW's. Balancing I did myself and had no cost. Bob Weight is 2340'ish; the Manley rods are heavy. $115

Nitriding helps with bearing life. I'm trying to make this engine live in an endurance racing application, without significantly oiling system changes, so it was worth it IMO. $200

Even with no cost for balancing, this is the major portion of buying a new crank. There are some projects were a hundred bucks here and there is meaningful, my project isn't one of them.:realcrazy: S/F....Ken M