Ohio Crankshaft?
 

I am looking at a Ohio Crankshaft building me a short block. They will use a Motown block, JE pistons 4340 H-Beam Rods and crank. Has anybody used them that can give me some feed back.
Thanks

I've never used them, but read this a few weeks ago.

http://forums.racingjunk.com/viewtop...ght=ohio+crank

I bought my stuff from them and after a few runs the bearings looked bad...ended up it was out of balance and the main bores were too tight...had to have it balanced and align honed....I would get it unassembled and have everything checked out before you put it together. I know a guy who bought a shortblock assembled and it started knocking upon initial start up and he found a main cap loose. They did make it right but still had to pull it and haul it to them . Mine was a 540 with a merlin block.

i've got one of their 44lbs 383 cranks in my dirt track car turning 8000 rpms, no problems yet........knock on wood :)

Look at the Little M Sportsman block, the material and finish machine work are superior to the World blocks. Ohio Cranks have had a poor rep on several forums I frequent. For a budget build Eagle and Scat are good choices, although Callies quality and finish work is worth the extra if you can handle it. Look for a good local builder to put it together, Ed Wilson/Edvanced Engines is a moderator on several forums and is in your area. It might cost more now, but if it fails as many have had with Ohio, what will it cost later?

good advice from jmark, i don,t know ed wilson personaly, but i have read his replys to post to guy,s with numerous problems, that were sound. so being local he would be on my short list as a builder.

www.nyesautomotive.net

Awesome work .. typically Cheaper Prices Dart Blocks and Eagle stuff.

I wil N E V E R buy from them again. EVER.

Steer clear of this mess. Pony up a couple of more bucks and buy a quality rotating assembly from Callies. I deal with Brook at callies and have had very good results. Remember: Something that seems too good to be true usually is. Callies is a very reputable company that has been around for quite some time.

After reading some of the stuff about Ohio I almost hated to tell ya'll i bought a 4.75 bbc billet crank from them 2 weeks ago!
My engine builder assured me that he's been using them for a couple of years and no problems. Chuck @ Ohio was very helpfull and also helpfull with some carb info as well!!

My crank was fine...no taper and the journals were all within a couple of tenths of each other... it was the balance job that wasn't right along with the main bores were too tight in the block. My machine shop guy said the rest of the work on the block was spot on...it was just a brand new block and he said it looked like it had never been align honed and that almost all new blocks are on the tight side.

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I have bought 2 unassembled BBC shortblocks from Ohio Crank and have run them for about 3 years now and so far i haven't had a problem.

People told me the same when I was looking at a cranks and I was looking at ohio,rpm and hawks cranks. I bought the hawks and it is running now for almost a year with no problems. I also bought the forged h beam rods from hawks as well. I was told that hawks ohio and rpm are made in the same factory then sold to different companies that finish off the machine work. I don't know how true that is though, just heard and read it alot..

Don't be afraid of Ohio parts, there not the best, but theyre good parts for the average racer at a fair price. You wont be disappointed, just remember you usually get what you pay for.
good luck