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http://www.stangsunleashed.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=779
Any merit?
http://www.stangsunleashed.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=779
Any merit?
broeli said:Maybe it isn't a GT crank afterall? I consider anything that breaks with stock power and components either pretty weak or poorly designed...one of the two. What is up with a 26lb dampner??! That seems ridiculous. That is the same weight as my Exedy twin disc clutch setup that includes the flywheel!
I was having a similar thought, but I included all those that verbally dislike the Shelby.Fourcam330 said:God I can't wait to hear all the Chevy loving import sodomists going ape shit over this.
R1Lello said:Better to catch the problem now instead of a later on a recall. Many cars have problems, domestic and imports................that's why ALL dealerships have service departments, BMW, Mercedes, Ferrari, and Porche included.
While it wouldn't make sense to make two different forged 5.4 cranks..not all "forged" cranks are created equal. There are different processes such as flat forging and non-twist forging. Then there is always different materials used..anything from a 1045 to a 4340A forged 5.4 crank is a forged 5.4 crank. They are all the same.
broeli said:While it wouldn't make sense to make two different forged 5.4 cranks..not all "forged" cranks are created equal. There are different processes such as flat forging and non-twist forging. Then there is always different materials used..anything from a 1045 to a 4340
Fourcam330 said:The cranks are identical. The only difference is where they're radiused near the snout as Johnny said.
Jimmysidecarr said:I believe when all is said and done we will find that the cranks in the GT500 and the 05/06 Ford GT are in fact NOT identicle.
I believe the differences are the following...
A Ford GT has no flat machined in the crank snout for the normal oil pump drive.
In addition to the absence of the drive flat,
at the first "step" there is a "fillet" added to enhance the snout's strength.
On the GT500 crank the flat would have to be there... since we know they are not doing a dry sump oiling system on them.
If the "fillet" is added to the GT500 cranks.. who knows???
Other than that yes I would say they are the same material and most likely the exact same forging, but with slightly different machining than the Ford GT.
Making them possibly identicle to the original parent engines they came from... Forged steel truck cranks.