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FE Technical Forum / Re: scat stroker crank balance
« on: June 13, 2026, 04:52:09 PM »
the new bob weight is 2225.old one was 2368.do you have pics of the one you did at 2230?where and how much weight were the slugs?was it a scat forged 4.250 fe crank?
did scat change there 4.250 crank forgings at any time?

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FE Technical Forum / Re: scat stroker crank balance
« on: June 13, 2026, 03:01:00 PM »
This seems a little too hard, any chance his machine is off?

I suppose a counterweight could be off, but it sounds unlikely
brian has balanced hundreds of cranks and built more engines and is very good at what he does.i am sure he double checked everything.
what i dont understand is how thee location can move to the right with a lower bob weight? but i dont balance/build engines ever!but i like to understand whats happening

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FE Technical Forum / Re: scat stroker crank balance
« on: June 13, 2026, 01:42:43 PM »
so it goes bad to ugly on this crank balance.i bought a new set of molnar h-beams that are almost 70 grams lighter,and a set of pins that are 20 grams lighter,so bob weight went down to 2225 ,sounds good right? well now it moved the front weight completely off the counterweight into space,to the right ,and the rear is to close to edge to put a weight in it.my guess is this is a junk crank from scat!counterweights must be mislocated.i will have to source another crank,as i wont changed pistons/rods etc.so i will contact scat on monday.
any of the engine builders on here can tell me if you had a scat forging that was defective ?counter weights clocked wrong or bad machining?would removing weight from other end of counterweight bring it in?
any one please help.
maybe scat will help.

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Member Projects / Re: A Y block welded stroker crank
« on: June 06, 2026, 12:52:47 PM »
and if you needed a couple more counter weights like the billets,you could just weld them on.lol

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FE Technical Forum / Re: Hey chilly460, regarding spring loads...
« on: June 05, 2026, 10:14:59 AM »
This issue has been showing up more and more.  I think it is because of pictures attached to the post that are too large for the software to handle.  But not sure about that.  I have seen the same thing, where when logged in you can't see the post, but if logged out it shows up.  Weird, and unfortunately I have no solution...
jay,on the post with the sohc heads cracks,i tried to put a 16mb picture in that by mistake and thats when it went bad.if you can delete my post on that i think it will clear up.

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FE Technical Forum / valve spring pressure for sohc heads
« on: June 03, 2026, 01:01:25 PM »
what is everyone running for valve springs on ford sohc heads.cams will be 282 and .610 lift from racedyne/lsm and jays rockers,new t&d shafts etc.tool steel lw retainers and custom ss intake exh valves.2.350 intake and 2.100 exh valves.
maybe 7k rpm max 489 sohc.in general seat pressure etc.valves are 11/32.

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FE Technical Forum / Re: scat stroker crank balance
« on: May 25, 2026, 06:29:48 PM »
I'd hit the brakes until we see some weights

I took a Diamond shelf piston for a SOHC with a 4.25 crank and 6.700 rods, 4.28 bore from the catalog and they are 640 grams, Racetec usually comes in heavier in both pin and piston than Diamond,

Then looked at even the lightest Oliver at 825 grams, and they go up from there, and my make-believe combo comes in at a bob of 2365 grams. 

I can't remember if the target for a SCAT was 2000 or 2100, but I believe 2000, so you need to offset 365 grams.  Add maybe some more pork from Racetec and if he is running Oliver Max series or a big bore, and it could be real.

I have never had to, but you can weld to extend the counterweight, or even add to the counterweight with a machined piece.  I have seen SBC guys do all kinds of crazy stuff.


thats what i am going to do.also if a lighter pin,and rod would help it, but i dont know those weights yet.

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FE Technical Forum / Re: SOHC Heads with Cracks Between Valves
« on: May 25, 2026, 02:55:14 PM »
i have a pair of dove sohc heads that drop a seat,and put a big hole in port/chamber in 1 cylinder,my engine builder said no problem he can weld it up.so i am waiting to see what he can do.

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FE Technical Forum / Re: SOHC Heads with Cracks Between Valves
« on: May 25, 2026, 12:42:00 PM »
not sure what happen but my post doesnt show up?
can you post a link on what heads you are looking at on ebay?

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FE Technical Forum / Re: SOHC Heads with Cracks Between Valves
« on: May 25, 2026, 11:57:13 AM »
the ones greg has on ebay have cracks across the chambers,and the others on there are $25000 k .
can you post a link on wich ones you are looking at?

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FE Technical Forum / Re: scat stroker crank balance
« on: May 24, 2026, 10:37:14 AM »
thank you for your reply.i will ask builder on monday for the weights and also call scat to ask about crank.the x he marked is where the machine wants the weight and its not enough room to put that much in the front.the rods are oliver 6.700 and piston is custom race tech dome for 489 sohc.1.345 comp height.i dont think its all that heavy,but i could be wrong.

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FE Technical Forum / scat stroker crank balance
« on: May 23, 2026, 12:53:36 PM »
bought a new scat forged 4.25 crank for a build,and builder cant balance crank,its asking to much weight on sides of front and rear counterweights.maybe they are not clocked right?anyone see this?

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yes,thank you to those who replied.i learn somtheing every almost every time i ask here.

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"What I was doing to minimize costs was to tool the cope and the drag for normal foundry sand, and just 3D print the sand that defined the key parameters of the part.  This was costly up front because they don't give away the tooling.  But in the prior example, instead of paying for 9 cubic feet of 3D printed sand, you would only had to pay for 1 cubic foot.  1 cubic foot of sand is only a couple hundred bucks; 9 cubic feet is about $1860.  Tooling the cope and drag would be a lot cheaper than doing 10 castings, all with 3D printed sand."

jay for all us who dont know any of this can you show pictures of this tooling you are talking about?
dont know what the cope and drag are,and all other stuff?

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you would need  a digital 3d model that can used by the foundry to print the sand.as jay explained to cost of 1 printed mold ready  to pour is not cheap.8 cubic foot sand print would be 1658.at least i think.check with experts here.

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