Let's talk old school - Pounding on a Stock crank.

[Germanlkmanx]

Hey Guys,

In the days before China could even say the words "86mm stroker" and folk didn't have the money for an okrasa or even a fancy welder to add a heavy piece of steel across the way from the rod journal, just how quick did you used to go, and how far did you spin it!?

I know that lots and lots of guys were running the *NEW* 69mm genuine articles back in the 70's to go very quick indeed, so lets hear some stories.

How much hurt have you given a stock VW crankshaft?

tom.

[Sarge]

How much hurt have you given a stock VW crankshaft?

Plenty..., but none of it on slicks.  I couldn't afford a stroker back in the day, so all those Wednesday nights at OCIR where on a stock crank.

[Jon]

The welded stocker in mine sees 9000 on special occasions... but I would rather have a Berg crank, but this is what I got.

[deano]

Seems to me the general feeling is that the early 1500 cranks, w/o cross-drilled oil passages are supposed to stronger and will hold up better, than the later ones. Or maybe that's for welded strokers cores.... I can't recall. You still have to 8 dowel and wedgemate the crap out of them...

[John Rayburn]

The 1500 cranks were and are the way to go on a welded stroker. When Dale still had DPR, that's the crank you'd get. Also, Mason has been turning 9200 for the last 18 years on the same welded 78.4.