Thread: What 496 stroker kit to use?

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well here is the low down on the china cranks .they. scat. cat .ohio eagle etc all are coming from china. now the billet scat and maybe ohios are not? scat makes there hi rent 300m and 4340 cranks in house and i have used all of them. some are they say ground here? but the forging are ALL coming from china so it boils down to. who.s name you want to buy. i have had. cats .scat .ohios all in the shop at the same time and they are all the same forgings and used them all they are very nice for the price. but they may fall short of a crower or brc? i have seen them used in and i have put them 850+hp big blocks when this stuff was first out some of it was bad but now it is good and have seen it go thru some tough burn downs and had them reground and put back to use but i check all of them i do not care who makes the crank US or china

Yes, you do get what you pay for. I dont have any first hand knowledge, so this is what I have picked up from the guys who know these products. I have heard a lot of negative stuff about Cat products. I personally know an engine builder on the west coast who used Scat cranks all the time, as well as Eagle, but he will not ever have a Cat crank in his shop...based on his experience, he said they are not up to the quality of the other two. Just passing on what I heard!

Originally Posted by pat mccarthy

well here is the low down on the china cranks .they. scat. cat .ohio eagle etc all are coming from china. now the billet scat and maybe ohios are not? scat makes there hi rent 300m and 4340 cranks in house and i have used all of them. some are they say ground here? but the forging are ALL coming from china so it boils down to. who.s name you want to buy. i have had. cats .scat .ohios all in the shop at the same time and they are all the same forgings and used them all they are very nice for the price. but they may fall short of a crower or brc? i have seen them used in and i have put them 850+hp big blocks when this stuff was first out some of it was bad but now it is good and have seen it go thru some tough burn downs and had them reground and put back to use but i check all of them i do not care who makes the crank US or china

I will agree with what Pat says here.
One area that is often over looked is balancing.
It is not a bid deal if you balance external but when you go to balance internal on the Cat cranks you may use some more malory.