so what are anyone's objections to the Clone Plus Stroke Crankshaft (Plus .012 - .014) is it just because its a clone crank? whats wrong with a clone crank? I would imagine it has to be better than my Honda 5/8 threaded shaft that I have to use a 5/8 max torque clutch on suppose I could get a Hilliard extreme duty but already have the max torque so...
a billet crank is strong... a honda crank takes abuse... i was told not to have work (add stroke, etc) done to the clone cranks, because most experience failure with them...
imho, that little bit of extra stroke wouldnt be worth the time, or any money spent. esp when you are staying with a stock bore... s small piston stroker would prob run good though... but after spending a good amount of money on a standard bore motor and not being happy... i cant see myself doing that again...
of course officially im building an all stock, standard bore, stock cam, motor, :anon.sml: (just not going to be as public with this particular motor) as i did with the hemi motor...
for this three wheeler, i guess you really have to decide what you want out of it... i know you got a great deal on the motor, but when you start getting into building it, it will cost some money...
if you do not want to spend a ton, you should stick with the stock crank, or get a genuine honda crank, billet flywheel, billet rod, cam (with springs), it already has the filter, check you jetting or upgrade to the mikuni setup
cost wise it may look like this:
genuine honda crank ($90 new), might as well stick with what you got
rod
$83.95
cam (isky black mamba jr or normal)
$65, with 26 lb springs and oil
flywheel
$100, with 8 degree advance built in
140 etube
$7, you already have the filter
make sure jetting is right, or drill it out, free, or the cost of the drill bits at harbor freight
$4
do minor port work to the head, do not mill it, free
subtotal, not including crank (before shipping) :
$259.95... add about $50 for shipping to be safe in your estimate
runs decent (im sure much better than stock), doesnt cost a horrible amount of money, etc., less than the cost of a 420 or 390 and upgrading and much less than the cost of a stroker... if you go stroker, you should do more to get you money's worth out of it... :shrug:
however. the first thing i would do, before i spent a dime... i just get the motor on the project and run it... this helps, because to me, a standard bore motor, compared to a stroked out monster, is night and day... and i would have went straight to the bigger stuff, had i completely thought it through... i have over $1000 in the hemi... and now that ive switched the head to try a honda against it... i am well into the $1500 ish or more range... and no where near happy!
that is really just a factory crank from what I can tell can any one point me in the direction of a stroked crank that I can just plug n play and will not require me to pay a :censure: ton of money to get balanced or is there a such thing?
