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gregcon said
I'm not saying cast cranks are inherently bad. I guess they have their place.

But if you knowingly set out to assemble a 'high performance' engine with one...you're asking for a beating. You might not get the beating, but if you do get the beating..........you asked for it.
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The 71 BOSS 351 Cleveland was one of the hottest small blocks of the muscle car era and every single Cleveland made came with a cast crank. The NASCAR boys of the time spun um to 9500 plus RPM.