I forget how much you can get, but the rod hitting the block or bottom of the piston is usually the limiting factor :] Don't try this at home! If I had the money I'd love to have a 327 cranck done so I could really replicate the Bill Kraft Rambler! -- Mark Price markprice242ATadelphia.net Morgantown, WV ---- Armand Eshleman <aje1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I found a machinist that alters existing cranks by welding additional > material onto the rod journals in a strategic location using a submerged arc > method. Watched as he proceeded to drastically lengthen the stroke of a two > cylinder tractor engine. It was almost half the rod journal diameter. The > antique tractor pullers love their stroked engines too! He straightens the > cranks and machines them too. He has an induction hardening machine. Not > sure if that works on cranks. Any way I was impressed! > Wondered how well this would do on an AMC forged 390 or 401 crank. How much > displacement could a guy end up with?? > > Armand > > _______________________________________________ > AMC-List mailing list > AMC-List@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.amc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/amc-list > > or go to http://www.amc-list.com _______________________________________________ AMC-List mailing list AMC-List@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.amc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/amc-list or go to http://www.amc-list.com