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Title: What's a stupid-ass 391 crank modified for passenger car use worth?
Post by: plovett on March 12, 2017, 07:10:35 PM: Just wondering. I have one that I think is 0.010"/0.010", machined on the snout and on the butt for passenger car use. Stock 3.78" stroke. I thought these forgings were fairly valuable. Granted, you can buy the Chinese forged cranks for the same or less with a lot more stroke.

I bought one ready to go in a passenger car FE for $450 and was happy to get it. I bought another 391 crank that was unmodified for $200. Then I paid an American craftsman $1500 for a whole lot of machine work on it. I'm super happy with that.

Where are these old things worth these days?

thanks,

paulie
Title: Re: What's a stupid-ass 391 crank modified for passenger car use worth?
Post by: plovett on March 12, 2017, 07:24:14 PM: n/m
Title: Re: What's a stupid-ass 391 crank modified for passenger car use worth?
Post by: Barry_R on March 12, 2017, 07:27:31 PM: Lots of people want a 3.78 stroke - whether because of rules or simple desire. Those are not available in a shelf stock Chinese crankshaft.
Your 391 stuff still has plenty of value - would not surprise me at all to see a perfect and ready to go one to approach the thousand dollar mark or significantly more if somebody really needed/wanted it.
Title: Re: What's a stupid-ass 391 crank modified for passenger car use worth?
Post by: plovett on March 13, 2017, 04:14:38 AM: Thanks Barry.
Title: Re: What's a stupid-ass 391 crank modified for passenger car use worth?
Post by: FERoadster on June 29, 2017, 10:08:43 AM: Bringing this post back up. Does anyone need a stock 391 crank? I'm not going to use it and hate it going back to the scrap yard.
I'll just store it in a corner.
Are these heavier than a normal FE cast crank? (this one seems heavier) and are they balanced differently?
Figure about $100 to ship 1/2 way across the nation. I shipped a FE crank to texas visa UPS for $85.
Richard >>> FERoadster
Title: Re: What's a stupid-ass 391 crank modified for passenger car use worth?
Post by: cwhitney on June 29, 2017, 07:57:22 PM: Where are you located. I may be interested in the crank.
cwhitney167@gmail.com

Thanks
Chris Whitney
8186322001
Title: Re: What's a stupid-ass 391 crank modified for passenger car use worth?
Post by: FERoadster on June 29, 2017, 10:48:03 PM: I'm in Brookings Oregon. on the Pacific coast 7 miles north of the Calif. stateline.
Crank seems to be std.
I'll measure it tomorrow.

I se the 818 area code is Calif. where about?

Richard
Title: Re: What's a stupid-ass 391 crank modified for passenger car use worth?
Post by: cwhitney on July 02, 2017, 07:27:02 PM: I'm in Sun Valley near Burbank. Shoot me an email with your number so I can talk to you about it
Thanks
Title: Re: What's a stupid-ass 391 crank modified for passenger car use worth?
Post by: FERoadster on July 04, 2017, 04:53:52 PM: Sent you a PM with my #
Title: Re: What's a stupid-ass 391 crank modified for passenger car use worth?
Post by: BAFord427 on May 19, 2018, 12:05:33 AM: Do you have one of these left for sale, or
Did you sell them all or decide to keep them?

Thanks,

Ron
Title: Re: What's a stupid-ass 391 crank modified for passenger car use worth?
Post by: FERoadster on May 19, 2018, 10:07:34 AM: None at this time.

Richard
Title: Re: What's a stupid-ass 391 crank modified for passenger car use worth?
Post by: TomP on May 31, 2018, 12:52:24 AM: Ron. i'd sell mine I guess. A steel 391 already modified to car specs.

racertom@hotmail(dot)com
Title: Re: What's a stupid-ass 391 crank modified for passenger car use worth?
Post by: gt350hr on May 31, 2018, 11:22:59 AM: Quote from: cwhitney on June 29, 2017, 07:57:22 PM
Where are you located. I may be interested in the crank.
cwhitney167@gmail.com

Thanks
Chris Whitney
8186322001

Chris ,
A friend of mine has a 391 crank in the South Bay area . I'll give him your number. It may already be reworked to passenger car specs.