Raw Steel Crank FS

[Jeff Rand]

As the title states raw Buick BMS steel crank. I was saving this for my race car but I am getting out of racing.
$400 plus shipping

 

[Squid4life]

Jeff, is this a BMS forging?

 

[chopped39]

Thats a steal if its a Bms crank

 

[Jeff Rand]

Thats a steal if its a Bms crank

Yes it was sold to me as a BMS crank many years ago.

 

[Mike Licht]

Is this an unmachined forging?

 

[Jeff Rand]

Is this an unmachined forging?

Yes it is Mike.

 

[Mike Licht]

That would be interesting to have but the machining costs put that out of range for me. last one I did a number of years ago ended up around $1300 just for the machining cost. If someone wanted something special this is the only way though

 

[HOTT SIX]

Just wondering what stroke you could get out of it? I need a 3.54 for the combo I used years ago. Steel have everything but the crank.


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[Squid4life]

3.400" stock all the way to 3.625" for sure. You should be good to go. This is a hell of a deal too.

 

[HOTT SIX]

Yeah that's a great deal I'm gona talk to my machinist today and see how much I'm gona have in it. I think I paid 2100 for the 3.54. It was a combo that the Busch grand national series used when they were running the V6 along time ago.


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[dr_frankenstein]

where are you located?

can ya gimme an idea on weight so i can figure some shipping cost?

 

[Squid4life]

AJ, he is SoCal, somewhere north of SD if I remember correctly. Let me know if I can help. I may be making a trip out your direction again in early Oct and could meet up again.

 

[Mike Licht]

it is a good deal for sure and for someone that has the parts for on oddball combo like that it is even better. Moldex did most of the race stuff for Buick Moldex crankshaft Co. ♦ 12255 Wormer Rd. ♦ Redford, MI. 48239 ♦ Phone 313.387.6099

 

[Squid4life]

I wouldn't mind a vendor picking this up and finding someone in the US to make some copies, cut some cranks, and sell at a decent price. I would much rather spend $ on something made here than offshore, but that is another topic altogether. I am sure there is not enough profit after all that is required.

I would be all over this crank at this price if I didn't already have my crap collected for my next few motors.

 

[dr_frankenstein]

AJ, he is SoCal, somewhere north of SD if I remember correctly. Let me know if I can help. I may be making a trip out your direction again in early Oct and could meet up again.

sweet, that might work out nicely. Thanks for the heads up James!

 

[turbodave231]

This raw forging is the next best thing to a billet crank. I have had several finished by Moldex. Their workmanship is outstanding. I paid $1500 for the machine work plus balancing.

 

[Jeff Rand]

It weighs 65 lbs.

 

[Jeff Rand]

When looking into machining the rod journals and stroke, one might want to explore the possibilities of a big block Chevy rod (I think they offer 3 different rod lenghts). This would save you some money and open up any high performance bearing you might want. BBC is 2.200". It also gives you more meat on the big end of the rod and less grinding for a stroke application.

 

[Mike Licht]

I wouldn't mind a vendor picking this up and finding someone in the US to make some copies, cut some cranks, and sell at a decent price. I would much rather spend $ on something made here than offshore, but that is another topic altogether. I am sure there is not enough profit after all that is required.

I would be all over this crank at this price if I didn't already have my crap collected for my next few motors.

I wanted to do that, here are the facts of life: You would need a forging die $10K plus, Raw forgings in lots of 100 approx. $450, machining about $900 each so the first 100 cranks will cost the vendor over $145,000 that does not count boxes and shipping, so your looking at cranks that sell for well over $2000 to do it here. I don't see anyone selling 100 cranks at that price or ever getting their investment back

 

[Mike E]

I wanted to do that, here are the facts of life: You would need a forging die $10K plus, Raw forgings in lots of 100 approx. $450, machining about $900 each so the first 100 cranks will cost the vendor over $145,000 that does not count boxes and shipping, so your looking at cranks that sell for well over $2000 to do it here. I don't see anyone selling 100 cranks at that price or ever getting their investment back

I'm willing to bet you could work a billet down to the same price if you buy in the same quantities. You'll end up with cleaner material in the end product also.