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That's a lot of landscaping Bobby!

 

I'm running out of those "rare" steel 427 cranks, only have one left- I've sold 3 in the last 2 months, all standard, including one NOS. The 3rd one went in this car on Tuesday





I'm taking one of my '63 blocks and a set of C3 low risers in for mag check on Monday for this car

 

Nice looking cars... I imagine Holman and Moody might have a few 427 cranks left. Someone has done a great job of getting those Galaxy's looking like they did back in the 60's.

 

Gene, those are some cool pics thanks for posting them. Great looking cars.

Lloyd, I remember that steel crank you have been pretty unique. Part of the 7000 rpm kit as I recall.

 

Hi Glenn;

Yes it is,, I have not seen one like it before, but I am sure companies like Holman and Moody might have a couple.
Just the standard stock 427 cranks are getting hard to find.
The aftermarket is providing some nice crank kits for our FE's and with stroker kits and other parts, which has given us some great opportunities to build some stout FE engines.

How is your project going? I don't mean to hijack this thread, but I have not heard lately how your project is doing.

 

The oddball crank is the wide-journal version, with the (very heavy) wider capscrew rods and .080 wider bearings to go with it, referred to as the NASCAR crank/rods, while the standard-width capscrew rod was called the LeMans rod. The LeMans rods had the breakage-prone necked-down shank bolts, while the NASCAR rods had a full-shank bolt like all the modern aftermarket rods- I have a set of original NASCAR "white" bolts out in the shop. In the days before good aftermarket capscrews became widely available, many LeMans rods were upgraded by chasing the threads with a regular 7/16 tap (the necked-down version had a tri-lobe setup) and using the full-shank NASCAR bolts- including the set in the 427 that's in my 406 car right now, which were a NOS set of LeMans rods that came from Holman Moody in the late '70's, that I converted in '77.
Nobody much used the NASCAR setup outside of NASCAR, as the parts were so heavy, and Carrillos, aluminum rods, and such were available. The .080 wider bearings went out of production a long time ago, and were pretty rare by the early 80's- you can actually run the setup with stock bearings (pretty cheezy), but why bother? The modern cranks with 2.2 diameter and wide BBC bearing sizes are far superior and much lighter. The NASCAR cranks 'n rods are pretty much nostalgia display pieces today
The "7000 RPM Kit" was the lightweight valvetrain, including the hollow-stem intakes, and the hollow, sodium-filled exhausts- not directly related to bottom end parts, and available before the big bottom-end stuff

 

Hi Lloyd. Not much has happened on my end. Still buying parts slowly as I can but getting there. I need to buy a good flexplate and piston pins then I can get the rotating assembly balanced. And bearings, rings and some misc gaskets. There might be a problem on the thrust bearing face area on the block. Needs some minor spot facing to clear and prevent the bearing from folding in on itself. The thrust bearing chaumfer on the Genesis block is not as deep as the OEM. I thankfully found this out from another forum member on net54. Also need a new secondary throttle shaft for the BC carb and get it back togther. The BD is rebuilt and on the intake. Linkage and fuel log needed too. So lots of little things to sort out really. And another pile of cash. I might have found a good machine shop local. I still need to check them out. If not up to RI it'll go to Pat Burke. Well worth the trip. So that's it.

 

Gene thanks for setting me straight on the RPM kits. I think the steel crank Lloyd has is a C4AE-6303-G.

 

At least you can see the light at the end of the tunnel. I am down to installing the rear shocks, and I am done. I bought some air shocks yesterday, but they need extenders, of which I will try to find today. Once they are in, I will take it out on the street and see if it goes straight and if it stops straight... the normal shakedown.

 

WOW;;; what a memory...

I had to go out to the shop and check it, and you are correct, it is a C4AE-6303G
I have a tough time remembering yesterday...

 

Thats why they refuse to let hin cross the Nevada County line

 

Where is Nevada???