72 Demon slanty-to-340 Resto

Such a shame. A bit of machine oil on it before storage would have prevented that. This being said, it all depends on a bunch of things. You can cut the crank .020" if need be. They do make .020" under bearings. I have been told though that goes past its surface hardening.

1. Are the journals already cut .010" under for rods, mains, both, or is it still standard size ?

2. Has it had a mishap like a spun bearing ?

3. If is standard size, and its glass beaded to knock off the rust, grind, and polish, will it clean up at .010" ?

4. Is it straight or bent ?

5. Is crank thrust bearing surface worn ?

6. Get it magnafluxed to look for subsurface defects.

Not sure what a glass beading, shot peening, magnafluxing, straightness check, grinding, oil hole radiusing, and polish will run you, or if a new crank forging would end up cheaper or same cost. If everything above checks out, its probably useable, but you would have to compare costs with a new one to determine if its feasable or not.

Hope this helps
Matt
According to the guy it's never had any mishaps and never been machined, it was in his brother-in-law's 72 challenger and when the car rusted out he pulled the block, took it apart and stored it away for the future. Only crime is he didn't think to coat everything before he stored it.

For what I paid it was a fair price for a 340 block alone, he just threw in the timing cover and crank since he didn't need em. I wasn't super deadset on the crank anyways, I just figured I'd get a concensus on whether it can be saved or whether it's worth just getting a new crank