has anyone had a billet crank made for a y block and if so what crank manu. did you use thanks adam

Welcome!



Recommend that you contact Ted Eaton. Contact info. is on his web site at www.eatonbalancing.com



Others may chime in with other leads as well. Ted has had at least one custom crank made for a y-block.



Regards,

NoShortcuts
a.k.a. Charlie Brown
near Syracuse, New York

Moldex is where we get our billet cranks.

-Gary Burnette-

They will build it to any specs you want for a Y-Block.

-Gary Burnette-

what price did they charge, i talked to scat i could buy a small airplane for what they want

Obviously a custom order steel crank can't be cheap. At a guess Scat likely has patterns and so on mostly for SBCs, so they can do them for much less. Probably don't want to be bothered with a one off. Are you aware that some medium heavy Ford 292 trucks from 1961-64 had steel cranks? If you could get one, it likely could be offset ground for a stroker setup. Others on here with experience in this area may comment. Prices I've heard for custom cranks were in the $1800-$2000 range, but I can't confirm..

Paul

Paul, I believe moldex charges in the neighborhood of $2500 to $ 3000 depending on what you want. These are billet strokers, not offset ground or welded up cranks.

-Gary Burnette-

scat was a lot north of 2500 or 3000 for a y block crank maybe ill call moldex. i was figuring 2500 range but not what scat was talking about adam 

I've moved this topic to the Technical section as it's a better fit there.

 

Here’s the link to a previous discussion about stroker cranks.

http://www.y-blocksforever.com/forums/Topic27324-3-1.aspx

Performing a search on this site will bring up several different threads on this subject.  While there are several companies doing billet crankshafts, I use Moldex almost exclusively for the billet cranks for the Y.  I’ve used Velasco for billet crankshafts for other engine families but have never tried them for a Y billet crankshaft.  Tom Lieb at Scat has been involved in discussions to make a production stroker crankshaft for the Y but there’s been no headway on that end yet.

Lorena, Texas (South of Waco)

if i take a set of nascar rods i bought can i turn a used steel crank to 1.85 rod journal and if i do how comprimised is crank just for street driving in a 56 ford truck im building thanks adam