Machine shop called to tell me my 312 block has a sizable crack in the water jacket. I just pulled the engine out of my 56 merc parts car to find it has a 292. This will be a high performance build and crank offset ground to increase stroke. Now the question, am I better off cutting the crank down to 292, or align boring the block to the larger main size? I'm more concerned with doing it the best way rather than the cheap way.

John Thats one of the reasons I said about turning the crank down I kinda remember us talking about turning the cranks and you talking about trouble gitting shops to dress the grinding wheel to properly radius the crank throw,and what I've seen the main bearing and seals seem to be cheaper for 292's than 312's

HOP

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