Stocker Crankshaft Heavy Metal

[Charles Rainey]

Originally Posted by Charles Rainey

I have been away from Stock Elim motors for a while and I wanted to ask a question. I was in a very reputable engine shop early in this week and I saw something that I wasn't aware of. They were machining a Stock Eliminator motor and was adding heavy metal to the crankshaft. They were adding heavy metal thru the crankshaft side of the counterweight. I had always operated under the conception that it had to be hidden. Comments please
charles

Let me re-clarify this , This was not a external convert to an internal. They were using a lighter crankshaft like a 305 and making it fit a 350. They were drilling and pressing the heavy weight into the side of the counterweight. In the older days, I was always under the impression that we had to install the weight and then we could weld it in and totally cover it so it could not be visibly seen that we had added heavy metal. Was I wrong in remembering that.
charles