Recent content by matthewejacob

I'm in proctorville OH. Funny you should say that cause I just ran into a guy today, older guy that was around when these engines were on the road. He was looking for a crank just like what I had to build an old school stroker. Wound up selling mine to him for almost what I paid and we chatted...

yeah i think i'm going to just buy a more compatible crank from scat. when i baught it I didn't know all this about how guys used to grind them down to get a longer stroke. I'd rather have the later rods in it than mess with the floating bearings. i listed it on marketplace but around here there...

scat offers a crank with the 2.138 rod journals in a 4" stroke. I think that may be the ticket.

they are brand new .125 over egge pistons specifically for 4" stroker crank. so the scat crank should be ok with them. but it should at least allow me to use the rods i have which i have plenty of. i have two more spare flatheads sitting out there as well to pull from. the thing i was trying to...

I suppose the safe option since i have the pistons is just get a scat 4" stroker crank with the 2.138 rod jounals, which will allow me to use the stock rods i have already and be certain it would work. roughly 300 bucks for old style rods and bearings and i have to deal with the floating...

I may be ok. I did a quick search on ebay for 21a rods and they aren't too bad for a set. the bearings are a little more but still way under 900 bucks for the h-beam rods. I guess now really the question is given it's been ground down that far, will the pistons i've already baught have...

i think i'm kinda stuck and in too deep to even go back to the stock setup without having to buy another set of pistons. i had the block bored .125 over and purchased merc pistons from h and h flatheads. so if those wristpins are in a different place than the ford pistons i'm stuck having to...

I don't believe it's a stock crank that was ground down. it has the smaller hole in the end and the counter balances are quite a bit wider than my stock crank. it's definatley a merc crank i believe. so from what i'm gathering, it should have had the same journals as the ford crank and someone...

it has two holes. and micing the journals it looks like they are actually 1.990 so someone has taken them down to .10 under it seems. so I would need the early rods with the later crank?

Some of you have pm'd me but I can't reply because I don't have enough posts. If you om me you'll have to leave your number so I can reply. As for the rods being I the same, my stock Ford rods do not fit this crank. The rod journals are 1.999 and my rods are larger. So could my crank be an early...

It won't let me post in the wanted forums in the swap meet section so I guess I'll put it here. I am having a time trying to find a set of stock rods for a 49-53 merc crank. Had no idea how hard it would be. All i can find are the H-beam rods that are over 100 bucks a piece. Does anyone no any...