you can get cast or forged steel. i think the holden 149`s had steel cranks. steel is supposedto be stronger, i dont know about weight difference though..... mark k ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Andrews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 12:08 PM Subject: RE: LD20 Crank in L20B? (kinda related)
> Ummm.. is a steel bottom end something special or am i missing something? > > Original Message dated 8/21/02, 12:22:00 PM > Author: "Ross Goddard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Re: RE: LD20 Crank in L20B? (kinda related): > > > That reminds me of a story. (Tune out now of not interested). > I heard a story going round the sprite club about a sprite that had a > 'steel bottom end'. Apparently these guys bought this motor with the > aforementioned steel crank and rods and fitted the engine to their race > sprite. They then proceded to give it an absolute thrashing for a few > seasons. It reputedly revved higher and ran better than their previous > engine and they were quite impressed with their ' steel bottom end' After > a long while the thing finally let go, and they pulled it down to dicover > a standard bottom end!!!!! > Ross G > ---------- > From: David Andrews > Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 11:13 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: LD20 Crank in L20B? > I'm curious too. :) > Original Message dated 8/21/02, 10:44:00 AM > Author: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Re: LD20 Crank in L20B?: > > List, > I was just talking to someone who claimed they once built a hi-po L20B > using the LD diesel crankshaft, they claimed it was unbreakable and > rev-ed to near motorbike limits:) I'm a little sceptical , though I've > heard of the 6cyl Diesel cranks being used in L6's. Has anyone ever tried > this or have any info, just curious, > Dan > > > Do You Yahoo!? > HotJobs, a Yahoo! service - Search Thousands of New Jobs > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- > OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- > Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > No unauthorised redistribution of this email > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- > OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- > Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > No unauthorised redistribution of this email > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
