Indeed it does suck. I’ve considered going bigger so many times in the past but truth be told, I probably will just stick with the same setup because it’s a good working combo.
528 low deck aluminum Indy block with 440-1 heads.
You have over 1000 runs on that bottom end making that power? You’re right the crank owes you nothing. Glad the rest is salvageable.
I doubt it as it was balanced in 2019 when I swapped the eagle rods for molnar rods and we cut the crank down to a 2.2 Chevy journal back then. Since 2019 I’ve put on over 400 runs on that crankshaft. We were going to put a molnar crank in it back in 2019 but ultimately decided if it passed mag we would run it. Well woulda shoulda coulda, still say I’m impressed with an Eagle crank that lasted that long in a decent HP/torque engine.
Thank you. It was a good engine that’s for sure. If we do decide to turn it up to a 540 we will be going with some 1mm, 1mm, 3mm rings to see what we can squeeze out if it.250 miles at wide open throttle at that power level is impressive! You guys did it right when you built it.
Was that 400 size mains or 440 size mains? Just curious, but assuming 440 size. Very happy the block survived. Also, did it damage any valves?
400 mains. Considered having the block taken to 440 but need to find the right guy to do it. The guy who we would have do it unfortunately died last year. Luckily I haven’t had an issue with 400 main bearings. King makes a standard HP bearing and a .001 extra HP bearing.
Cool, yeah if it was balanced recently then you did what you could and get everything out of that. Better make a lamp out of it .
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B engine mains are better anyways.
Why is that size "better" than the 440 size? Bearing speed is the only thing I can theorize, but I would personally trade more journal overlap for bearing speed. Of course, I am a novice so I am open to all theories.
