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What's a fair price to grind a crank these days?
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01/17/14 11:47 PM
01/17/14 11:47 PM
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I need to get some machining done for some of my engines soon and getting estimates. One place says they'll grind rods and mains to size for $100, another wants $200.
The $200 job is clean it, grind rods and mains to size with proper radius, chamfer oil holes, and polish.
I didn't get details from the guy that charges $100.
My feeling is the $200 quote is from a higher quality shop but I dont' know what's the going rate these days.
This would be for a stock forged 440 crank.
The latter shop also wants $45 to magnuflux the crank to check for cracks.
Thanks, Jim
69 EF8 GTX 440 auto 72 EB5 RR/GTX 440 auto 70 EW1 GTX 440-6 4 spd 70 EF8 Satellite 318 auto (452 coming soon) 70 FK5 Satellite 318 auto 71 FC7 Cuda 340 4 spd
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Re: What's a fair price to grind a crank these days?
[Re: 440gtx6]
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01/17/14 11:52 PM
01/17/14 11:52 PM
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MR_P_BODY
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I paid $175 1 1/2 years ago to cut it to chevy rods and just size the mains(they were a bit large for what I wanted) EDIT that was all polished and ready to drop in(with radius)
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Re: What's a fair price to grind a crank these days?
[Re: MR_P_BODY]
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01/18/14 12:04 AM
01/18/14 12:04 AM
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That doesn't sound too much different than what I was quoted. I also asked about the cost to offset grind the rod journals to increase the stroke and that raised the price to $300.
69 EF8 GTX 440 auto 72 EB5 RR/GTX 440 auto 70 EW1 GTX 440-6 4 spd 70 EF8 Satellite 318 auto (452 coming soon) 70 FK5 Satellite 318 auto 71 FC7 Cuda 340 4 spd
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Re: What's a fair price to grind a crank these days?
[Re: Jeremiah]
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01/18/14 01:10 AM
01/18/14 01:10 AM
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I paid around $350 to offset grind from 4.150 / 2.375 to 4.250 / 2.200 and turn the counter weights down to 7 1/4 IIRC. They were both polished, chamfered ready to run.
Thats a good price... I paid $400 for just turning down the weights from a known shop on here.. I believe I got ripped off on that one... but I dont deal with that shop any longer
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Re: What's a fair price to grind a crank these days?
[Re: MR_P_BODY]
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01/18/14 01:54 AM
01/18/14 01:54 AM
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I paid around $350 to offset grind from 4.150 / 2.375 to 4.250 / 2.200 and turn the counter weights down to 7 1/4 IIRC. They were both polished, chamfered ready to run.
Thats a good price... I paid $400 for just turning down the weights from a known shop on here.. I believe I got ripped off on that one... but I dont deal with that shop any longer
$400 just to turn the counter weights?
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Re: What's a fair price to grind a crank these days?
[Re: hemiiroc]
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01/18/14 02:27 AM
01/18/14 02:27 AM
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I paid around $350 to offset grind from 4.150 / 2.375 to 4.250 / 2.200 and turn the counter weights down to 7 1/4 IIRC. They were both polished, chamfered ready to run.
Thats a good price... I paid $400 for just turning down the weights from a known shop on here.. I believe I got ripped off on that one... but I dont deal with that shop any longer
$400 just to turn the counter weights?
Yep... thats why I dont deal with them any longer and I dont suggest them to anyone any longer
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Re: What's a fair price to grind a crank these days?
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01/18/14 02:32 AM
01/18/14 02:32 AM
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heck you guys could have almost bought a new crank
You arent buying a Callies crank for ANYWHERE near $400... I had $2000 into that crank... I sold it and took a pretty big hit on it... that was BB stuff
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Re: What's a fair price to grind a crank these days?
[Re: Quicktree]
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01/18/14 04:32 AM
01/18/14 04:32 AM
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Jeremiah
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heck you guys could have almost bought a new crank
Not one that had been indexed and lightened...
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