callies or cola. im building a 355 all forged and i want it to handle 800 hp (for possibly a big shot of spray), and i can get a cola and a dragonslayer (callies) for right at the same price , but is any one of them better than the other. if so why.

from what i read both are good cranks. ive only read about one callies snout breaking off the crank, becuase if blower tension. and im not going that route. so thats not a worry.

thanks for any insight

 

I went with a Dragonslayer fully forged crank for my 383 that I am going to be seeing about 800-850rwhp with spray.

 

how was the quality of the callies apperance wise. did it look like a welll made peice.

who did you buy it from

 

my engine builder told me that the callies and cola cranks have the oil holes drilled 90* off (or something) and that in short, if you spin it over 6500rpm it starves the bearings for oil. i dont know how correct this is, but the guy builds $100K pro mod engines, and about 12 of my buddies have run his motors for years (some for 10 years) and never had a failure. so i trust him.

 

Callies make a great crank.

Rich

 

How about a callies racemaster crank? 800 horse is a lot, you can't cheap out on parts at that power level, only the best will do.

 

The oil timing of Cola cranks is unmodified from stock. Cola is also GM's supplier of their forged 3.75" crate engine cranks if that helps. I have spoken to Raul @ Cola on several occasions and he is a cool car guy that builds a great product. Callies also has an excellent reputation, but I have no info to share there.