Agree , I read that not only are you losing the nitrided finish on the crank you are also reducing the overall strength of the crank.
A friend of mine in Ozark, AL, has done my machine work on the motors.
His take was cutting the crank down and buying aftermarket caps was not a good idea. He has built many class racers motors, all Mopar
The other option was to machine the crank bores to accept a std 440 crank.
Was told thereis too much meat to take reducing block strength considerably. I'm talking about 600+ hp motors, which will probably need block fill if they're more than 30 over
