Originally Posted by nabit
My engine ahs the hawks racing cast steel cranks 4.250 and the hawks h-beam forged rods in it right now. All the measurements came up fine per my machinist and they weren't touched as far as the rod ends and the crank journals. They balanced out fine with srp forged pistons, proform balancer and tci flexplate.
My machinsit said they looked great especially for the price I paid for them.
When I installed everything I didn''t have a single problem with fitment or anything, all went together uneventful.
I should have the engine running by the end of september for more feedback..
i don't think anyone here is saying that you can't put one together with those parts, but in the end it's how hard you going to run and how will the parts hold up, that's the bottom line.
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