Yes, a link would be nice wouldn't it?

www.hankthecrank.com

Should set you back about $700 for the 4340 forging.

HTH

-Mindgame

 

I think the "Dragonslayer" is the equivalent in Callies current product line. Any hi-po rotating assembly should be balanced. Obviously, the closer it is to start the easier/cheaper the balancing will be.

Rich Krause

 

Stephen,

sorry bro, cant get email at that other address for a bit.

if you can, just forward it to odompr@hotmail.com or prodom@uncc.edu

 

I am using a commie crank(Eagle).

But, to answer your question.. I HAD a callies crank.. that was for 6" rods, I had to cut the counter weights down to fit my 5.850 setup.. boy that sucked. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$

 

callies racemaster is the "stealth", that screwed me up too when i first seen it.

 

I know there is a serious price difference in the "commie"cranks and the american made ones mostly because of the labor costs of doing everything in the usa, but aside from that what are teh differences in a callies and an equivalent scat or an eagle crank? Any difference in strength or is there some major design difference?

 

lt4 fd,

For most street/strip applications, it's not so much an issue of ultimate strength but rather quality control. Commie stuff typically requires more "prep work" than their domestic counterparts. For example, add in the costs of smoothing out tapered journals with a $150 index grind, and costly balancing and the total price paid to get a $500 commie crank to work nearly matches or exceeds than of a nice Cola, Callies, Lunati, etc.

Case in point: A local guy just paid $400 just to balance an Eagle crank

Are the upper-end domestic cranks stronger than the overseas stuff? Probably. Is the strength disparity significant in the majority of street/strip applications? Probably not

 

do all the overseas cranks require all this work and do the american made ones not require any of it?

 

Jim,

I just went through this with Callies about two weeks ago. I have 5.85" rods, and ordered the Racemaster "Stealth" with the 3.75" stroke. The counter weights on that crank are designed for a 6" rod, but Callies will cam the counter weights for a shorter rod at no additional cost. You just need to tell them when ordering the crank. By doing that, it will almost always require a bit of heavy metal to balance it out, but Callies assured me that it wouldn't be much judging from my bob weight. I'd give them a call and see what they say.

Mike