How much punishment can the stock crank take? Mine is all std. with all stock bottom except for ARP main studs and rods bolts. Car is 99% street driven, but with the alky I feel she should turn mid 11s.
I've got a std. crank and over 600 passes on my motor from mid 11's to mid 10's so far, hope to pack another 200 or so on this year before I pull it to freshen it(and go forged crank/rods )
The block and caps will fail before the crank without a girdle in place. Unless you detonate it. Anything could happen with detonation. If a stock crank breaks it usually has been heated by a bad rod bearing which changes the metallurgy or grabs the journal and it simply snaps the crank off.